Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the total sample and separately for each cognitive style.
| Total sample | ME | B | MS | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | < 0.001 | ||||
| Male | 532 (52.5%) | 30 | 367 | 135 | |
| Female | 482 (47.5%) | 113 | 340 | 29 | |
| Age-mean (SD) | 33.79 (11.89) | 30 (10) | 34 (12) | 37 (12) | < 0.001 |
| Marital Status | 0.001 | ||||
| Unmarried | 718 (70.8%) | 116 | 501 | 101 | |
| Married | 238 (23.5%) | 21 | 163 | 54 | |
| Divorced/living apart | 52 (5.1%) | 4 | 41 | 7 | |
| Widowed | 5 (0.5%) | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Other | 1 (0.1%) | ||||
| Education | n.s. | ||||
| No education | 4 (0.4 %) | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Lower-track secondary school | 25 (2.5%) | 3 | 17 | 5 | |
| Medium-track secondary school | 139 (13.7%) | 23 | 95 | 21 | |
| Advanced technical college entrance qualification | 140 (13.8%) | 13 | 12 | 26 | |
| Higher-track school/university entrance level | 695 (68.5%) | 102 | 85 | 102 | |
| other | 11 (1.1%) | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| Highest education level | n.s. | ||||
| No professional training | 110 (10.8%) | 17 | 78 | 15 | |
| Apprenticeship | 220 (21.7 %) | 33 | 147 | 40 | |
| Technical college | 91 (9.0%) | 17 | 58 | 16 | |
| Advanced technical college | 75 (7.4%) | 6 | 51 | 18 | |
| University | 376 (37.1%) | 46 | 272 | 58 | |
| In training | 116 (11.4%) | 21 | 80 | 15 | |
| Other | 26 (2.6%) | 3 | 21 | 2 | |
| Employment Status | n.s. | ||||
| Full-time | 475 (46.8%) | 55 | 331 | 89 | |
| Part-time | 232 (22.9%) | 33 | 169 | 30 | |
| Othera | 306 (30.3%) | 55 | 208 | 43 | |
| Monthly income (in Euro) | n.s. | ||||
| < 1,250 | 417 (41.1%) | 68 | 298 | 51 | |
| 1,250–1,750 | 152 (15.0%) | 25 | 103 | 24 | |
| 1,750–2,250 | 125 (12.3%) | 20 | 82 | 23 | |
| 2,250–3,000 | 125 (12.3%) | 12 | 89 | 24 | |
| 3,000–4,000 | 95 (9.4%) | 9 | 70 | 16 | |
| 4,000–5,000 | 45 (4.4%) | 3 | 30 | 12 | |
| >5,000 | 55 (5.4%) | 6 | 35 | 14 |
ME, Music Empathizer; B, Balanced; MS, Music Systemizer.
a
Other included housewife/househusband, in training, unemployed, on sick leave, retired, p-values indicate whether there were significant differences between ME and MS.