Table 1.
Sample Description, National Character Survey Mean Ratings of Americans, and Intraclass Correlations between Americans’ In-group Ratings and Other Cultures’ Ratings of Americans
| NCS Means
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| Culture | Language | n | Date | N | E | O | A | C | ICC |
| In-Group Ratings of Americans | |||||||||
| United States (4) | English | 351 | Sep-03/Apr-04 | 51.6 | 52.8 | 51.1 | 42.6 | 48.6 | — |
| Ratings Before Iraq Invasion | |||||||||
| Belgium | Flemish | 75 | Mar-03 | 49.0 | 52.0 | 46.8 | 43.6 | 48.9 | .57*** |
| Burkina Faso | French | 47 | Jan-03 | 43.5 | 56.9 | 66.4 | 42.9 | 60.5 | .33 |
| Indonesia | Indonesian | 62 | Mar-03 | 39.7 | 56.0 | 62.9 | 43.6 | 62.2 | .27 |
| Malta | English | 49 | Nov-02 | 39.3 | 59.8 | 62.5 | 43.2 | 56.4 | .36* |
| Philippines | Filipino | 46 | Jan-03 | 44.5 | 51.9 | 57.5 | 36.0 | 57.3 | .42* |
| Poland | Polish | 49 | Mar-03 | 38.5 | 58.9 | 54.9 | 39.4 | 52.4 | .49** |
| South Korea | Korean | 52 | Nov-02 | 44.3 | 54.7 | 59.0 | 36.8 | 56.0 | .44* |
| Switzerland | French | 65 | Mar-03 | 49.5 | 52.9 | 46.0 | 40.3 | 49.5 | .73*** |
| Turkey | Turkish | 59 | Dec-02 | 42.9 | 46.7 | 53.3 | 40.4 | 52.4 | .43* |
| Uganda | English | 41 | Nov-02 | 46.1 | 53.4 | 57.9 | 47.8 | 55.1 | .21 |
| UK: N. Ireland | English | 45 | Feb-03 | 42.7 | 60.0 | 60.4 | 48.9 | 50.2 | .36 |
| Ratings After Iraq Invasion | |||||||||
| Argentina | Spanish | 50 | Apr-04 | 50.6 | 40.9 | 37.7 | 34.3 | 56.6 | .18 |
| Australia | English | 52 | May-03 | 51.6 | 55.8 | 47.7 | 37.3 | 54.6 | .68*** |
| Botswana | English | 66 | Sep-03 | 47.9 | 54.4 | 59.8 | 43.5 | 54.9 | .49** |
| Brazil (3) | Portuguese | 139 | Jun-03/Oct-03 | 51.8 | 43.4 | 45.6 | 33.5 | 56.0 | .28 |
| Canada (3) | English | 229 | Mar-03/Mar-04 | 50.3 | 53.7 | 48.3 | 36.8 | 49.9 | .76*** |
| Chile | Spanish | 47 | May-03 | 48.0 | 50.4 | 48.7 | 39.7 | 58.9 | .44* |
| China | Chinese | 44 | Jan-04 | 49.6 | 59.3 | 65.8 | 46.6 | 51.4 | .43* |
| Croatia | Croatian | 47 | May-03 | 49.2 | 51.0 | 48.5 | 40.8 | 55.4 | .59*** |
| Czech Republic | Czech | 71 | May-03 | 43.1 | 58.1 | 50.9 | 39.4 | 52.7 | .56** |
| Denmark | Danish | 62 | Nov-03 | 46.2 | 56.2 | 49.2 | 46.0 | 50.8 | .56** |
| Estonia | Estonian | 46 | Oct-03 | 45.0 | 59.2 | 52.2 | 50.0 | 47.8 | .36* |
| Ethiopia (2) | English | 89 | Jun-03 | 41.7 | 59.1 | 63.0 | 46.9 | 57.9 | .13 |
| France | French | 65 | Apr-04 | 49.3 | 53.0 | 48.2 | 42.4 | 51.5 | .74*** |
| Germany | German | 83 | May-03 | 47.4 | 55.2 | 46.1 | 44.9 | 45.1 | .52** |
| Hong Kong | Chinese | 92 | May-03 | 43.9 | 57.4 | 63.3 | 44.3 | 50.1 | .48** |
| Hungary | Hungarian | 49 | Jan-04 | 40.8 | 54.5 | 52.4 | 45.1 | 51.4 | .48** |
| Iceland | Icelandic | 181 | Dec-03 | 50.8 | 49.8 | 48.1 | 44.9 | 45.9 | .42* |
| India | English | 44 | Dec-03 | 50.1 | 51.9 | 51.6 | 46.2 | 51.9 | .43* |
| Japan | Japanese | 49 | Sep-03 | 42.0 | 61.9 | 66.7 | 43.6 | 49.5 | .35 |
| Kuwait | Arabic | 63 | May-03 | 45.0 | 55.0 | 59.6 | 45.9 | 58.8 | .18 |
| Malaysia | Malay | 81 | Jun-03 | 42.4 | 60.3 | 58.6 | 36.5 | 55.0 | .43* |
| Morocco | English | 50 | Apr-03 | 47.5 | 48.1 | 55.2 | 51.0 | 49.6 | .03 |
| New Zealand (2) | English | 161 | Mar-03/May-03 | 49.2 | 54.7 | 51.8 | 41.0 | 51.1 | .82*** |
| Nigeria | English | 36 | Jan-04 | 42.1 | 57.1 | 62.7 | 54.5 | 65.1 | −.20 |
| Peru | Spanish | 45 | Nov-04 | 46.0 | 49.5 | 51.8 | 40.9 | 56.7 | .40* |
| Portugal | Portuguese | 44 | Jun-03 | 49.8 | 49.0 | 54.4 | 36.0 | 55.4 | .57*** |
| Puerto Rico | Spanish | 34 | Oct-04 | 46.2 | 37.8 | 49.2 | 46.7 | 55.7 | .04 |
| Russia | Russian | 50 | Dec-03 | 48.7 | 43.4 | 46.3 | 37.9 | 56.8 | .31 |
| Serbia | Serbian | 66 | Dec-03 | 48.0 | 47.5 | 44.5 | 39.8 | 55.1 | .35* |
| Slovakia | Slovak | 47 | Nov-03 | 43.2 | 56.2 | 52.7 | 41.1 | 46.4 | .62*** |
| Slovenia | Slovene | 88 | Nov-04 | 50.4 | 55.1 | 52.1 | 40.9 | 46.9 | .65*** |
| Spain | Spanish | 46 | Apr-03 | 52.4 | 47.1 | 43.8 | 35.7 | 54.6 | .51** |
| Sweden | Swedish | 46 | Oct-03 | 44.7 | 57.9 | 52.7 | 45.0 | 51.1 | .52** |
| Switzerland | German | 193 | Oct-03 | 48.0 | 54.9 | 45.2 | 45.4 | 44.0 | .45* |
| UK: England | English | 50 | Dec-03 | 44.5 | 58.1 | 50.9 | 45.6 | 48.1 | .53** |
| Ratings Before and After Iraq Invasion | |||||||||
| Italy | Italian | 50 | Dec-02 | 47.9 | 52.0 | 48.2 | 44.4 | 55.8 | .52** |
| Italy | Italian | 46 | Mar-03 | 47.2 | 48.8 | 45.5 | 41.6 | 55.6 | .52** |
| Lebanon | English | 54 | Oct-02 | 47.2 | 49.2 | 53.6 | 46.1 | 54.9 | .34 |
| Lebanon | English | 47 | Apr-03 | 49.4 | 47.5 | 52.2 | 45.9 | 50.3 | .31 |
Note. Multiple sites for a culture are indicated in parentheses. Mean NCS scales are expressed as T-scores (M = 50; SD = 10) using international in-group norms. N = Neuroticism; E =Extraversion; O = Openness; A = Agreeableness; C = Conscientiousness; NCS = National Character Survey; ICC = intraclass correlation between Americans’ in-group ratings and other cultures’ ratings of Americans.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.