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