Descriptive findings for participants in individual country datasets and the harmonised data
| South Africa (N=5161) | Mexico (N=7405) | Colombia (N=3607) | Harmonised (N=16 173) | |
| Sex (% female) | 2626 (51%) | 4085 (55%) | 2008 (56%) | 8719 (54%) |
| Mean age, years (SD) | 20 (3.1) | 20 (3.1) | 18 (4.1) | 20 (3.4) |
| Mother highest education (%) | ||||
| No schooling | 658 (11%) | 27 (0.5%) | 185 (14%) | 870 (6%) |
| Primary school | 271 (5%) | 438 (7%) | 605 (47%) | 1314 (9%) |
| Secondary school | 3056 (72%) | 4906 (69%) | 392 (30%) | 8354 (75%) |
| University | 221 (11%) | 1789 (23%) | 108 (8%) | 2118 (28%) |
| Depressive symptoms, normalised (SD) | 0.23 (0.1) | 0.20 (0.2) | 0.08 (0.1) | 0.17 (0.2) |
| Multidimensional poverty (continuous) | 0.31 (0.2) | 0.35 (0.1) | 0.21 (0.1) | 0.33 (0.2) |
| Multidimensional poverty (% in poverty) | 2601 (46%) | 3879 (52%) | 902 (25%) | 7382 (45%) |
| Income poverty (% income poor) | 606 (12%) | 1349 (18%) | 284 (8%) | 2239 (13%) |
| Individual deprived in | ||||
| Child labour | 65 (1%) | 1004 (14%) | 171 (6%) | 1301 (8%) |
| School lag | 1412 (27%) | 1415 (19%) | 868 (32%) | 3695 (24%) |
| School attendance | 761 (15%) | 821 (11%) | 264 (7%) | 1846 (12%) |
| No access to health services/insurance | 5085 (98%) | 7314 (99%) | 942 (26%) | 13 341 (82%) |
| Any adult member deprived in | ||||
| Education (literacy) | 994 (19%) | 1796 (24%) | 400 (11%) | 3190 (19%) |
| Education (achievement) | 1950 (32%) | 4489 (61%) | 1718 (48%) | 8157 (50%) |
| Long-term unemployment | 1700 (33%) | 291 (4%) | 350 (10%) | 2341 (15%) |
| No formal employment | 4969 (91%) | 613 (8%) | 977 (27%) | 6286 (39%) |
| House deprived from | ||||
| Adequate material of floors/walls or access to sewage/water or overcrowding | 2621 (51%) | 3424 (46%) | 1134 (31%) | 7179 (45%) |