Table 1. Sample characteristics in the USA and Singapore.
| US | SGP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Empirical data | Target | Empirical data | |||
| Age | RF | RF | N | RF | RF | N |
| 18–24 | 13% | 13% | 117 | 15% | 15.5% | 140 |
| 25–34 | 22% | 22% | 198 | 22% | 22.5% | 203 |
| 35–44 | 22% | 22% | 198 | 25% | 25.6% | 231 |
| 45–54 | 24% | 24% | 216 | 24% | 24.7% | 223 |
| 55–64 | 19% | 19% | 171 | 15% | 11.4% | 103 |
| Sex | ||||||
| male | 49% | 49% | 441 | 50% | 50% | 450 |
| female | 51% | 51% | 459 | 50% | 50% | 450 |
| total | 100% | 900 | 100% | 900 | ||
Shown are the target age (by age group) and sex distributions (Target), as well as the actual distributions in both samples (Empirical data), RF = relative frequency, N = absolute number, US = United States, SGP = Singapore.