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. 2014 Aug 4;9(8):e103805. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103805

Table 1. Gender Difference in the Entrepreneurship-Prone Big Five Profile Across 51 Cultures.

Culture N (males/females) Direction of gender differences(M = Males score higher; F = Females score higher) Significance of genderdifference Effect size of genderdifference (d)
Argentina 104/100 F ns −0.14
Australia 105/101 M ns 0.25
Austria 80/78 M ns 0.15
Belgium 127/120 M ns 0.23
Botswana 95/91 M ns 0.13
Brazil 306/291 M p<.05 0.18
Burkina Faso 102/105 M p<.001 0.54
Canada 69/98 F ns −0.03
Chile 94/100 F ns −0.05
China 91/86 M p<.05 0.31
Croatia 97/94 M ns 0.01
Czech 170/230 F ns −0.04
Denmark 72/81 M ns 0.21
England 95/99 M p<.01 0.42
Estonia 160/138 M ns 0.03
Ethiopia 99/98 M ns 0.14
France 135/139 M ns 0.05
Germany 156/437 M ns 0.12
Hong Kong 105/102 M p<.001 0.44
Iceland 99/100 M ns 0.23
India 93/92 M ns 0.25
Indonesia 97/99 M p<.05 0.36
Iran 69/68 M ns 0.02
Italy 96/99 M ns 0.08
Japan 96/95 M ns 0.23
Kuwait 218/250 M p<.001 0.34
Lebanon 82/118 F ns −0.03
Malaysia 127/162 M ns 0.22
Malta 101/101 M p<.01 0.37
Mexico 93/80 M ns 0.14
Morocco 98/73 F ns −0.06
N. Ireland 52/54 F ns −0.00
New Zealand 101/99 M ns 0.06
Nigeria 90/94 F ns −0.04
Peru 67/87 M p<.05 0.39
Philippines 99/98 M ns 0.27
Poland 98/99 F ns −0.04
Portugal 101/97 M ns 0.07
Puerto Rico 85/75 M ns 0.01
Russia 154/166 F ns −0.14
S. Korea 101/95 F ns −0.08
Serbia 101/99 M ns 0.18
Slovak 98/100 F ns −0.06
Slovenia 99/110 F ns −0.18
Spain 100/100 F ns −0.06
Swiss-French 128/137 M p<.05 0.29
Swiss-German 98/116 M ns 0.17
Thailand 106/103 M ns 0.00
Turkey 104/104 M ns 0.08
Uganda 83/83 M ns 0.29
USA 456/463 M ns 0.02