Table 1.

Participant characteristics

Variable	Group	n	MAge	SDAge	MBTACT	SDBTACT
Education
	No school—junior high school (0–8 years)	36	63.89	12.08	−1.22	0.76
	Some high school (9–12 years, no diploma/no GED)	114	62.10	12.31	−0.85	0.83
	GED	38	54.71	12.32	−0.32	0.89
	Graduated from high school	790	58.27	12.2	−0.30	0.81
	1–2 years of college, no degree yet	524	56.09	12.02	−0.05	0.84
	3 or more years of college, no degree yet	117	53.14	12.73	0.20	0.83
	Graduated from 2-year college, vocational school, or Associate's degree	236	54.22	12.01	0.06	0.85
	Graduated from 4- or 5-year college, or Bachelor's degree	626	53.26	12.09	0.35	0.75
	Some graduate school	102	56.20	10.83	0.33	0.84
	Master's degree	352	54.61	11.67	0.45	0.75
	Ph.D., Ed.D., MD, DDS, LLB, LLD, JD, or other professional degree	157	55.03	10.55	0.46	0.79
Occupation
	Operator, laborer, and military	236	57.63	12.03	−0.43	0.89
	Executive, administrative, and managerial	665	54.38	11.57	0.24	0.81
	Professional specialty	639	54.92	11.81	0.38	0.78
	Technician and related support	115	53.97	12.14	0.15	0.91
	Sales occupation	294	57.68	12.73	−0.13	0.8
	Administrative support, including clerical	494	56.62	12.39	0.02	0.84
	Service occupation	291	56.33	12.81	−0.31	0.93
	Farming, forestry, and fishing	58	60.21	13.28	−0.2	0.77
	Precision production, crafts, and repair	246	55.99	12.06	−0.27	0.84

Notes: n = sample size; M_age = mean age (years); SD_age = standard deviation of age (years). M_BTACT = average bifactor BTACT factor scores; SD_BTACT = standard deviation of bifactor BTACT factor score.