Table 2.
Sample characteristics.
| Characteristic | Total Sample | Subsamples | Subsample Differences | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxembourgish | French | German | |||
| n | 1529 | 708 | 636 | 185 | |
| Age (M; SD) | 45.71; 8.37 | 46.10; 8.76 a | 45.15; 7.97 a | 46.13; 8.13 a | F (2, 1526) = 2.43 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male (%) | 58.5 | 58.5 a | 58.0 a | 60.0 a | χ2 (2) = 0.23 |
| Female (%) | 41.5 | 41.5 a | 42.0 a | 40.0 a | |
| Nationality | |||||
| Luxembourgish (%) | 46.2 | 93.6 | 5.0 | 5.9 | F (2, 1526) = 318.67 ** |
| French (%) | 22.4 | 0.4 | 53.5 | 0.0 | |
| German (%) | 10.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 82.2 | |
| Educational Level | |||||
| High school diploma (%) | 20.9 | 22.6 a | 18.9 | 21.6 a | χ2 (2) = 21.36 ** |
| Apprenticeship (%) | 33.3 | 35.7 a | 28.6 | 40.0 a | |
| Work sector | |||||
| Public sector (%) | 12.2 | 22.3 | 3.3 a | 3.8 a | χ2 (2) = 95.42 ** |
| Finance (%) | 11.8 | 8.9 | 14.2 a | 14.6 a | |
The a superscript denotes a subset of variables whose means and frequencies do not differ significantly from each other at 0.05 level (Bonferroni correction) ** p < 0.01