Table 4.

Desire for social distance (single items and scale): differences according to gender and SES in the vignette (mean values, SD)

	Gender			SES
	Female (n=332–350)	Male (n=292–312)	P value*	Low janitor/cleaner (n=307–324)	High lawyer (317–338)	P value*
Tenant†	1.71 (0.92)	1.96 (0.86)	<0.001	1.98 (0.98)	1.68 (0.78)	0.001
Colleague†	1.39 (0.57)	1.48 (0.61)	0.012	1.43 (0.54)	1.42 (0.63)	0.546
Neighbour†	1.52 (0.74)	1.56 (0.69)	0.155	1.54 (0.71)	1.54 (0.72)	0.649
Childcare†	1.70 (0.75)	1.95 (0.91)	<0.001	1.98 (0.90)	1.66 (0.74)	<0.001
In-law†	1.79 (0.90)	1.90 (0.79)	0.003	1.98 (0.89)	1.71 (0.78)	<0.001
Introduce friend†	1.74 (0.82)	2.25 (0.95)	<0.001	2.08 (0.92)	1.88 (0.90)	0.008
Recommend for job†	1.83 (0.84)	2.04 (0.81)	<0.001	2.03 (0.83)	1.83 (0.82)	0.011
Desire for social distance scale‡	11.66 (4.12)	13.15 (4.00)	<0.001	13.03 (4.14)	11.72 (4.03)	<0.001

*Mann Whitney U test

†Single items ranging from 1 to 4.

‡Desire for social distance scale comprised of 7 items, sum scale ranging from 7 to 28.

SES, socioeconomic status.