Table 3.

Correlation matrix of study and control variables.

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Donating	–
2. Child-reported sympathy	0.30***	–
3. Caregiver-reported sympathy	0.10	0.12	–
4. Guilt	0.14†	0.04	-0.05	–
5. Moral reasoning	0.35***	0.34***	0.04	0.10	–
6. Child age	0.39***	0.62***	0.15†	0.00	0.36***	–
7. Child gender	-0.18*	-0.14†	-0.14†	-0.04	-0.14	-0.03	–
8. Primary caregiver’s level of education	0.12	0.18*	-0.18*	-0.04	0.05	0.12	0.12

Child age is measured in years. Child gender is dummy-coded (girls = 0, boys = 1).

^†p < 0.10

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01

^***p < 0.001.