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. 2017 Dec 28;15:251. doi: 10.1186/s12955-017-0822-6

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the study sample and associations with BRCS scores

N (%) BRCS
M (S.D.)
Group
differences
P value
Cohen’s d,
effect-sizea
Gender P < .05 d = 0.09
 Male 1174 (46.8) 14.9 b (3.3)
 Female 1334 (53.2) 14.6 (3.1)
Age group, yr. P < .001 d = 0.03
 14–24 257 (10.2) 14.4 (3.3)
 25–34 360 (14.4) 14.9 (3.2)
 35–44 382 (15.2) 15.1 (3.3)
 45–54 445 (17.7) 15.0 (3.0)
 55–64 454 (18.1) 15.2 (2.9)
 65–74 381 (15.2) 14.4 (3.2)
  ≥ 75 229 (9.1) 13.4 (3.3)
Cohabitation P < .001 d = 0.01
 Yes 1315 (52.4) 15,0 (3.0)
 No 1193 (47.6) 14.4 (3.3)
Marital Status P < .001 d = 0.02
 Married 1112 (4.3) 15.0 (3.0)
 Separated 64 (2.6) 15.7 (3.2)
 Single 705 (28.1) 14.7 (3.3)
 Divorced 351 (14.0) 14.6 (3.3)
 Widowed 276 (11.0) 13.7 (3.2)
Education P < .000 d = 0.04
 None 67 (2.7) 12.7 (4.0)
 High School 1810 (72,5) 14.6 (3.2)
 College 323 (12,9) 15.4 (3.0)
 University 220 (8.8) 16.2 (2.6)
 Currently Student 78 (3,1) 13.8 (3.5)
Unemployment P < .05 d = 0.02
 Yes 142 (5.7) 14,1 (3.5)
 No 2366 (94.3) 14.8 (3.2)
Net household income P < .001 d = 0.02
  < 1250 €/month 593 (23.6) 14.1 (3.5)
 1250- < 2500 €/month 1146 (45.7) 14.7 (3.1)
  ≥ 2500 €/month 769 (30.7) 15.3 (3.1)

aCohen’s defined effect sizes as follows: “small, d = .2”, “medium, d = .5”, and “large, d = .8”

bBolded means in the table represent the subgroups with the highest mean score