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Bilinguals' age, age of acquisition, mean self-ratings of their mastery of Greek (L1) and English (L2) (1 = very little; 5 = very well), and estimated daily use. Monolinguals' demographics are included for comparison.
| Age learned (years) | Self-ratings (1–5) | % daily use | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilingual group | Age (years) | Greek | English | Greek | English | Greek | English |
| English monolinguals | 23.7 | 0 | 5 | 100% | |||
| Greek monolinguals | 24.2 | 0 | 5 | 100% | |||
| EM | 25.7 | 0 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 31% | 86% |
| GM | 24.6 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 33% | 88% |
