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ArticleScientific reports2025

Childhood experiences and adult community participation in secular and religious contexts in 22 countries.

Ying Chen, Brendan W Case, Katelyn N G Long, Robert Woodberry, Eric S Kim, R Noah Padgett, Byron R Johnson, Tyler J VanderWeele

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Ying ChenHuman Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. yic867@mail.harvard.edu.
Brendan W CaseHuman Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Katelyn N G LongHuman Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Robert WoodberryInstitute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.
Eric S KimHuman Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
R Noah PadgettHuman Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Byron R JohnsonHuman Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Tyler J VanderWeeleHuman Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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Abstract

Participation in community groups (including both secular and religious groups) is associated with improved health, well-being, and societal cohesion. However, less is known about conditions that increase community participation, especially childhood factors. Using data from 202,898 adults across 22 countries, this study evaluated childhood antecedents of adult community participation in both secular and religious contexts. Associations were examined in each country separately, and also cross-nationally by meta-analytically pooling country-specific estimates. Results suggest that frequent religious service attendance in childhood was the strongest predictor for both adult secular community participation and adult religious service attendance. In addition, several other childhood experiences, including living comfortably financially, child abuse, feeling like an outsider in the family, having excellent self-rated health, a later birth cohort, and being male, were also each associated with a greater likelihood of adult weekly

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Community ParticipationReligionAdolescentAdultAgedChildFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultChildhood predictorsCross-nationalGlobal flourishing studyReligious communitiesSecular communitiesSocial participation

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PMCPMC12623914

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