Table 4.
ANCOVA results for personal opinions about older people
| M (SD) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dependent variables | UK | Taiwan | F(1, 417) | Partial η2 |
| Perceived social status | 3.99 (1.21) | 4.61 (1.14) | 19.64* | .05 |
| Economic threat | 3.43 (.85) | 2.79 (1.24) | 39.55* | .09 |
| Symbolic threat | 2.60 (.65) | 2.59 (.91) | 0.07 | .00 |
| Direct prejudice | 2.96 (.97) | 3.27 (.99) | 34.32* | .08 |
| Indirect prejudice | 2.30 (1.01) | 3.65 (.96) | 179.38* | .30 |
| Intergenerational friendships | 2.41 (.97) | 1.19 (1.09) | 142.12* | .25 |
Note: Covariates are religiosity, gender and age. Mean scores in bold are those that are significantly higher or lower than the midpoint of the scale.
ANCOVA = analysis of covariance.
*
p < .008.