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I want you to measure per decade, from the 1940s, or earliest when records of the same were made, of how the disabled view the world. Do they feel it's in good shape or not? Each decade till the current 2020s. And put that in a table.

Yes. But there is an important measurement problem: there was no consistent global survey in the 1940s–1970s asking disabled people, “Is the world in good shape?” The systematic measurement of disability and quality of life developed much later. WHO notes that even global disability estimates changed substantially as measurement methods improved. 

So the most defensible approach is to construct a historical “Disabled People's World Outlook” index from the evidence available in each period: treatment, legal rights, social inclusion, economic opportunity, accessibility, stigma, and—where available—reported wellbeing.

Estimated global outlook by decade

Scale: 0 = overwhelmingly negative conditions/outlook; 100 = overwhelmingly positive conditions/outlook.

These are historical analytical estimates, not survey percentages.

Decade Approx. outlook How the world was generally experienced by disabled people Dominant social model Overall feeling about the world*

1940s 25/100 Wartime rehabilitation existed, especially for veterans, but many civilians with disabilities remained segregated, institutionalized or dependent on charity. Charity / medical 🔴 Very difficult

1950s 28/100 Rehabilitation expanded after WWII, but disability was still widely viewed through dependency, treatment and institutional care. Medical / charity 🔴 Difficult

1960s 34/100 Civil-rights movements began changing expectations; disability organizations became more assertive, although mainstream inclusion remained limited. Medical → emerging social 🔴 Difficult, improving

1970s 43/100 Major transition: independent-living and disability-rights movements developed; disability increasingly became a political and social-rights issue. Social model emerging 🟠 Mixed

1980s 52/100 Accessibility and anti-discrimination became increasingly prominent; disabled people's organizations gained greater political visibility. Social / rights 🟡 Mixed-positive

1990s 61/100 Disability rights entered mainstream law and policy in many countries; inclusion, accessibility and independent living became established goals. Rights / inclusion 🟢 Generally improving

2000s 70/100 The movement became explicitly global. The 2006 UN Convention represented a major international shift toward disabled people as rights-holders rather than objects of charity. Human rights 🟢 Positive direction

2010s 75/100 Accessibility, inclusive education, employment rights and disability representation expanded, although substantial poverty, discrimination and barriers remained. WHO estimated about 15% of the world's population lived with disability. Rights / inclusion 🟢 Positive but incomplete

2020–2026 78/100 Digital accessibility, assistive technology, disability representation and legal recognition are substantially stronger than historically, but inequality, poverty, employment gaps, inaccessible environments and discrimination remain major problems. Rights / inclusion / accessibility 🟢 More hopeful, but far from equal

*“Feeling” here means the estimated overall social environment and outlook, not a measured percentage of disabled people who personally said they were happy or unhappy.

The really important historical pattern

The trajectory is not simply that disabled people became “happier.” It is more accurately:

1940s–60s:

> “Society takes care of us.”

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1970s–80s:

> “We should have a voice and control over our own lives.”

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1990s:

> “We have equal rights.”

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2000s–2020s:

> “Society must remove the barriers that prevent us from exercising those rights.”

That transformation is explicitly documented by WHO and the UN. WHO describes the historical movement away from segregation, institutions and special schools toward community inclusion and a human-rights approach. The UN describes the CRPD as a shift from seeing disabled people as objects of charity, medical treatment and social protection toward seeing them as rights-bearing, decision-making members of society. 

One striking finding

The 2000s are probably the biggest institutional turning point in this series.

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted in 2006 and entered into force in 2008. As of September 2026, the UN treaty record lists 194 parties to the Convention. 

But that does not mean the world became fully accessible. WHO's evidence shows that disabled people continue to experience lower educational attainment, lower employment, higher poverty and restrictions on participation, while negative attitudes can produce isolation and reduced self-esteem. 

So I'd summarize the historical curve as:

In short: the evidence points to a long movement from segregation and charity → rehabilitation → self-advocacy → civil rights → human rights → inclusion and accessibility. The improvement is substantial, but today's disabled population still faces enough structural barriers that calling the world completely “in good shape” would not fit the evidence. 

Do the same for children. How do children view the world? Is it nice or terrible?

Yes. For children, the evidence is somewhat different from adults and disabled people because children's own views were not systematically measured worldwide in the 1940s–70s. UNICEF's systematic international child-wellbeing measurement is much more recent. So, as with the previous table, the early decades have to be historical estimates, not literal survey results.

I would measure the question as “How favorable was the world that children were growing up in?” using survival, health, education, safety, family conditions, rights, poverty, freedom to participate, and—where available—children's reported life satisfaction.

Children's view of the world, by decade

Decade Estimated child-world outlook What was happening Broad perception

1940s 30/100 WWII, displacement, hunger, disease and very high child mortality. UNICEF itself was created in 1946 amid the postwar crisis affecting children. 🔴 Very difficult

1950s 38/100 Postwar reconstruction, expanding vaccination and public health, but poverty, infectious disease, child labour and limited educational access remained widespread. 🔴 Difficult but improving

1960s 46/100 Major advances in medicine, nutrition, schooling and child survival; television and consumer technology also transformed childhood. Large inequalities remained. 🟠 Mixed

1970s 54/100 Childhood became increasingly protected by welfare systems and mass education. International concern over child rights and development grew. 🟡 Mixed-positive

1980s 61/100 Major child-survival campaigns, immunization, oral rehydration and other interventions began reducing preventable deaths. 🟢 Generally improving

1990s 68/100 The Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) transformed children into explicit rights-holders internationally; UNICEF increasingly used a human-rights framework. 🟢 More hopeful

2000s 73/100 Global child survival, schooling and vaccination continued improving. Child wellbeing began being measured much more systematically, including children's own life satisfaction. 🟢 Positive

2010s 76/100 Children generally had unprecedented access to education, healthcare, information and technology, although poverty, violence, inequality, bullying and mental-health problems remained. 🟢 Positive but unequal

2020s 70/100 COVID-19 disrupted education and social life and worsened some aspects of children's wellbeing. UNICEF's latest evidence finds substantial declines in life satisfaction among 15-year-olds in many wealthy countries between 2018 and 2022. 🟡 Mixed / under pressure

The interesting part: children's outlook isn't a straight upward line

The 2020s are particularly interesting. In objective terms, children today benefit from enormous historical advances: UNICEF reports that the share of children dying from preventable causes fell dramatically—from about 10% of children born in 1980 to 3% by 2018. 

But subjective wellbeing has not necessarily followed the same trajectory. UNICEF's 2025 assessment found that among 43 OECD/EU countries, life satisfaction among 15-year-olds fell substantially from 2018 to 2022, alongside deterioration in several other wellbeing indicators. 

So there are really two different curves:

Physical/material condition of childhood:

1940s 🔴 → 1950s → 1960s → 1970s → 1980s → 1990s → 2000s → 2010s 🟢

Subjective feeling about life:

improving for much of the late 20th century → more complicated in the 2010s → noticeable deterioration around COVID-era years.

And this is why I would not simply say today's children think the world is “nice.” The modern child has extraordinary advantages—medicine, education, communication, entertainment, information and legal rights—but also experiences newer pressures involving digital life, academic pressure, social comparison, climate anxiety, conflict and mental health. UNICEF explicitly identifies mental health as a major concern and estimates that more than 13% of adolescents globally live with a mental disorder. 

So if we phrase your question very simply:

> “Do children generally see the world as nice or terrible?”

The historical evidence suggests neither. The world has become substantially safer and more protective for children in many measurable respects, while children's subjective experience has become more complicated—and in some recent measurements, worse.

Do the same study for women.

Yes. For women, we can make the same kind of historical “How good does the world feel to women?” index, but with an important qualification: there was no continuous worldwide survey from the 1940s onward asking women that exact question. The earlier decades therefore combine documented legal status, safety, education, economic opportunity, political participation, health, and social norms; the later decades can increasingly incorporate actual attitude and wellbeing surveys.

The World Bank has comparable legal-rights data back to 1970. Globally, its Women, Business and the Law score rose from 45.8/100 in 1971 to 77.1/100 in 2023, showing a large legal expansion of women's rights. 

Women's view of the world, by decade

Decade Estimated women's world outlook Major characteristics Broad perception

1940s 32/100 WWII brought enormous suffering, but women also entered many occupations previously closed to them. Political, economic and family rights remained highly unequal in much of the world. 🔴 Difficult

1950s 37/100 Education and employment opportunities expanded in some countries, but traditional gender roles remained very strong and many legal/economic restrictions persisted. 🔴 Difficult, slowly improving

1960s 46/100 Major women's movements emerged; contraception, higher education and employment opportunities expanded; traditional restrictions remained extensive. 🟠 Mixed, rapidly changing

1970s 55/100 A major legal and social transformation began. Anti-discrimination laws, equal-pay legislation and women's movements expanded substantially. 🟡 Increasingly hopeful

1980s 61/100 More women entered professional and political life; international women's-rights institutions expanded. Violence and economic inequality remained major problems. 🟢 Improving

1990s 67/100 The UN women's conferences and the 1995 Beijing Platform greatly strengthened the international gender-equality framework. 🟢 More hopeful

2000s 72/100 Girls' education, maternal health, political representation and legal protections continued improving. Women increasingly participated in public and economic life. 🟢 Generally positive

2010s 75/100 Women's rights became deeply embedded in global development policy, while #MeToo and other movements increased women's public voice. But violence, pay gaps and unequal care burdens persisted. 🟢 Positive but incomplete

2020s 70/100 Huge accumulated gains remain, but COVID-19, conflict, economic pressures and reported backlash against women's rights have created significant concern. 🟡 Mixed / under pressure

The major historical change

The 1970s onward are particularly important. The World Bank's comparable data show that women had less than half of men's legal rights in 1970, whereas the global average reached roughly three-quarters by 2023. 

And the change isn't merely legal:

Education: girls' access to education has expanded enormously.

Health: maternal mortality has fallen substantially; UN Women reports a roughly one-third decline since 1995. 

Political participation: women's share of parliamentary seats more than doubled from 11% in 1995 to about 25% by 2020. 

Economic rights: enormous numbers of discriminatory legal provisions have been removed, although substantial gaps remain. 

But why does the 2020s score fall?

This is important. The fall doesn't mean women are objectively worse off than they were in the 2010s. It reflects a combination of continuing structural inequality and newer evidence of stagnation/backsliding.

UN Women reported that in 2024 nearly one-quarter of governments reported a backlash on women's rights, while women remained substantially underrepresented in political leadership and continued to face violence and economic inequality. 

At the same time, a 2024 UN global survey of 25,000 women across 185 countries found that 85% said they were willing to contribute to advancing women's rights—which suggests that dissatisfaction is also accompanied by considerable agency and willingness to change conditions. 

And the 2022 UN Women Gender Equality Attitudes Study specifically measured women's and men's attitudes concerning education, employment, healthcare, leadership, marriage, control over one's life, safety, property, finances and gender stereotypes across 20 countries. 

So the overall historical picture

If we put the three groups you've asked about so far side-by-side:

Group 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

Disabled people 25 28 34 43 52 61 70 75 78

Children 30 38 46 54 61 68 73 76 70

Women 32 37 46 55 61 67 72 75 70

The common pattern is striking: the second half of the 20th century produced enormous improvements in rights and social inclusion for all three groups. But the 2020s introduce a more complicated picture: objective conditions remain historically advanced, while subjective wellbeing, social conflict, inequality and perceptions of stagnation/backlash have become increasingly important.

Same study for men.

Yes. For men, I would measure the same broad question—“How favorable was the world for men, and how might men have experienced it?”—but with a different set of indicators: health and longevity, employment and economic security, education, family/social roles, political rights, personal safety, and freedom from restrictive gender expectations.

There is an important difference from the women's series: men generally possessed the formal political and economic rights that women were fighting to obtain, particularly in much of the 20th century. But that does not mean the male experience was uniformly positive. Men have historically faced higher exposure to war, occupational deaths, violence and premature mortality. Global male life expectancy has nevertheless risen dramatically since the mid-20th century. 

Men's view of the world, by decade

Decade Estimated men's world outlook Major characteristics Broad perception

1940s 42/100 WWII brought enormous death, injury, conscription and economic disruption, particularly for men. Yet men generally held dominant political, property and employment rights. 🟠 Very difficult but institutionally powerful

1950s 52/100 Postwar reconstruction, rising employment and family formation improved material security in many countries. Traditional expectations of being provider/protector remained strong. 🟡 Improving

1960s 59/100 Rising prosperity, mass education, consumer technology and longer lives improved everyday conditions. Social expectations of masculinity remained restrictive. 🟢 Generally positive

1970s 63/100 Economic opportunities remained substantial, but oil shocks, unemployment and industrial restructuring created new insecurity. Gender roles began changing rapidly. 🟢 Positive but changing

1980s 66/100 Technology, education and professional opportunities expanded. At the same time, traditional male identity was increasingly questioned as women's employment and rights expanded. 🟢 Generally positive

1990s 70/100 Longer lives, globalization, expanding education and technological development produced substantial opportunities, although deindustrialization hurt some male-dominated occupations. 🟢 Positive

2000s 73/100 Digital technology and globalization created new opportunities, while wars, terrorism and economic inequality produced significant stresses. 🟢 Positive but uneven

2010s 72/100 Men retained substantial political/economic advantages globally, but male mortality, unemployment in some regions, social isolation and changing expectations around masculinity became increasingly visible issues. 🟢 Mixed-positive

2020s 68/100 COVID-19, economic disruption, conflict and social polarization created new pressures. At the same time, men benefit from historically high education, technology, longevity and personal freedoms in many societies. 🟡 Mixed / under pressure

The unusual thing about the men's curve

The male story is different from the women's story.

For women, the major historical movement was largely toward acquiring rights and opportunities that had previously been restricted.

For men, the major movement was more complicated:

1940s:

Power + danger — men generally had political/economic authority, but enormous exposure to war and dangerous work.

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1950s–1970s:

Power + prosperity — economic growth, employment and rising living standards made traditional male roles relatively secure in many societies.

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1980s–2000s:

Power + transformation — education, technology and globalization expanded opportunities, while traditional male occupational and family roles began changing.

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2010s–2020s:

Rights + opportunity + identity pressure — men retain extensive formal rights, but questions about work, family roles, masculinity, social connection and purpose have become more prominent.

One major advantage—and one major disadvantage

Advantage: men's material and institutional position has generally been strong historically. The modern world gives men unprecedented access to education, technology, communication, mobility and economic possibilities.

Disadvantage: men have consistently experienced higher mortality from many external causes and have lower life expectancy than women. Current UN-based data extend male life-expectancy estimates back to 1950 and show substantial improvement over time. 

So “men had more power” does not automatically mean “men experienced the world better.” Power, wellbeing and personal safety are different dimensions.

Putting all four groups together

Using the same illustrative analytical scale we've been using:

Decade Disabled Children Women Men

1940s 25 30 32 42

1950s 28 38 37 52

1960s 34 46 46 59

1970s 43 54 55 63

1980s 52 61 61 66

1990s 61 68 67 70

2000s 70 73 72 73

2010s 75 76 75 72

2020s 78 70 70 68

The table should not be read as saying one group is inherently happier than another. It is a historical model of the social environment and opportunities experienced by each group.

One particularly interesting conclusion is that the 2010s–2020s appear to be a period where objective human progress and subjective wellbeing increasingly diverge. Health, technology, education and legal rights have reached historically high levels, while some measures of wellbeing and social confidence have not risen proportionately. That phenomenon is visible in contemporary gender-attitude research as well: UN Women finds substantial continuing differences in attitudes toward work, family, safety, leadership and gender roles, including differences between men and women themselves. 

So for men, I would characterize the long-term trajectory as “from dangerous power → prosperous stability → social transformation → modern opportunity mixed with new pressures,” rather than simply “the world became better or worse.”