Table 1.
Demographic Statistics of Younger and Older Adult Groups
| Variable and category | Younger adults (n = 124) |
Older adults (n = 124) |
|---|---|---|
| Recruitment source (n) | ||
| Online advertising | 29 | 31 |
| Prolific.co | 95 | 93 |
| Age (years) | ||
| M | 29.17 | 60.59 |
| SD | 6.42 | 5.42 |
| Range | 18–43 | 55–80 |
| Sex (n) | ||
| Female | 94 | 95 |
| Male | 30 | 29 |
| Countries represented in sample (n) a | 13 | 12 |
| Self-reported ethnicity (n) b | ||
| Arab | 0 | 0 |
| Asian | 19 | 1 |
| Black | 5 | 1 |
| Latin American | 4 | 0 |
| Ma-ori/Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 |
| North American Indigenous | 1 | 0 |
| White | 96 | 122 |
| Other | 5 | 3 |
| Highest level of education (n) | ||
| No schooling | 0 | 0 |
| Primary | 1 | 0 |
| Secondary | 33 | 35 |
| University c | 65 | 63 |
| Graduate or postgraduate | 25 | 26 |
a
For the breakdown of the subsamples by country of residence, see Table S1 in the Supplemental Material available online. bBecause participants could select more than one ethnicity, the sum of the ethnic group ns is larger than the n for the survey. cThis category included undergraduate or similar program at a tertiary education institution.