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. 2023 Oct 18;10(10):221036. doi: 10.1098/rsos.221036

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of participants by country in study 1.

USA UK Poland Germany total
n 492 600 558 490 2140
male (%) 242 (49.2) 298 (49.7) 270 (48.4) 243 (49.6) 1053 (49.2)
female (%) 247 (50.2) 301 (50.2) 287 (51.4) 245 (50.0) 1080 (50.5)
other (%) 3 (0.6) 1 (0.2) 1 (0.2) 2 (0.4) 7 (0.3)
age, M (s.d.) 46.56 (18.39) 50.44 (16.84) 44.50 (17.06) 47.25 (17.70) 47.28 (17.59)
18–24 74 (15.0) 44 (7.3) 67 (12.0) 60 (12.2) 245 (11.4)
25–54 239 (48.6) 308 (51.3) 290 (52.0) 226 (46.1) 1063 (49.7)
55–64 78 (15.9) 106 (17.7) 91 (16.3) 91 (18.6) 366 (17.1)
65 < (%) 101 (20.5) 142 (23.7) 110 (19.7) 113 (23.1) 466 (21.8)
education
 below upper secondary (%) 35 (7.1) 126 (21.0) 13 (2.3) 64 (13.1) 238 (11.1)
 upper secondary (%) 214 (43.5) 149 (24.8) 353 (63.3) 279 (57.0) 994 (46.5)
 tertiary (%) 243 (49.4) 325 (54.2) 192 (34.4) 147 (29.9) 906 (42.4)
income relative to median
 low (%) 174 (35.4) 107 (17.8) 183 (32.8) 95 (19.4) 559 (26.1)
 middle (%) 163 (33.1) 412 (68.7) 316 (56.6) 313 (63.9) 1204 (56.3)
 high (%) 155 (31.5) 81 (13.5) 59 (10.6) 82 (16.7) 377 (17.6)
region of residence
 predominantly urban 231 (47.0) 277 (46.2) 449 (80.8) 273 (55.7) 1230 (57.5)
 predominantly rural–suburb 190 (38.6) 224 (37.3) 61 (11.0) 160 (32.7) 635 (29.7)
 predominantly rural–remote 71 (14.4) 99 (16.5) 46 (8.3) 57 (11.6) 293 (12.8)
religious affiliation
 non-affiliated 188 (38.5) 271 (45.4) 128 (23.1) 227 (46.4) 814 (38.3)
 Roman Catholic 97 (19.9) 68 (11.4) 385 (69.6) 108 (22.1) 658 (30.9)
 Orthodox 3 (0.6) 5 (0.8) 10 (1.8) 4 (0.8) 22 (1.0)
 Jewish 13 (2.7) 5 (0.8) 1 (0.2) 2 (0.4) 21 (1.0)
 Muslim 7 (1.4) 19 (3.2) 2 (0.4) 9 (1.8) 37 (1.7)
 Hindu 6 (1.0) 1 (0.2) 7 (0.3)
 Buddhist 4 (0.8) 2 (0.3) 1 (0.2) 2 (0.4) 9 (0.4)
 Protestant 107 (21.9) 172 (28.8) 9 (1.6) 125 (25.6) 413 (6.9)
 other 69 (14.1) 49 (8.2) 17 (3.1) 11 (2.2) 146 (6.9)
employment status
 employed full time 160 (32.5) 289 (48.2) 310 (55.6) 230 (46.9) 989 (46.2)
 employed part time 56 (11.4) 64 (10.7) 45 (8.1) 56 (11.4) 211 (10.3)
 unemployed, looking for work 55 (11.2) 13 (2.2) 25 (4.5) 7 (1.4) 100 (4.7)
 unemployed, not looking for work 37 (7.5) 34 (5.7) 15 (2.7) 17 (3.5) 103 (4.8)
 retired 112 (22.8) 150 (25.0) 128 (22.9) 120 (24.5) 510 (23.8)
 student 25 (5.1) 27 (4.5) 28 (5.0) 54 (11.0) 134 (6.3)
 disabled 47 (9.6) 23 (3.8) 7 (1.3) 6 (1.2) 83 (3.9)
ethnicity, n (%)
 majority members 388 (79.0) 524 (87.3) 524 (93.9) 446 (91.2) 1882 (88.0)
 minority members 103 (21.0)a 76 (12.7)b 34 (6.1)c 43 (8.8)d 256 (12.0)

aBlack/African American (n = 44/9.0%), Asian (n = 19/3.9%), American Indian or Alaska native (n = 2/0.4%), Hispanic (n = 28/5.7%), other (n = 3/0.3%).

bBlack/African/Caribbean/black British (n = 15/2.5%), Asian/Asian British: Indian (n = 14/2.3%), Asian/Asian British: Pakistani (n = 11/1.8%), mixed (n = 13/2.2%), other (n = 23/3.8%).

cSilesian (n = 20/3.6%), German (n = 3/0.5%), Ukrainian (n = 4/0.7%), other (n = 7/1.3%).

dUrkish (n = 5/1.0%), Polish (n = 6/1.2%), other (n = 32/6.5%).