Association of childhood experiences with wellbeing and flourishing outcomes in Indian adults: Evidence from the India Sample of the Global Flourishing Study (GFS)

Background: Childhood experiences contribute to health and wellbeing across the life course, yet research from low- and middle-income countries has largely focused on a few outcomes rather than broader patterns of adult wellbeing, behaviors, and social and financial circumstances. Methods: In this cross-sectional analysis, we used a nationally representative sample of adults in India (N = 12,765; aged [≥] 18 years) from the Global Flourishing Study (GFS) Wave 1 (2023) to examine associations between eight retrospectively reported childhood experience items, 45 adult outcomes, and two compos

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