Table 1. Demographics, career, academic level and occupational group statistics across countries.

	Portugal (n = 572)	Brazil (n = 572)	Comparisons
Academic level %
High school, vocational education or less	12.26	12.52	χ2(4) = 153.682; p < .001; V = .395
Unfinished graduation	4.67	13.09
Graduation	29.57	34.16
Post-graduation (not master neither PhD)	9.34	25.62
Master	38.52	9.49
PhD	5.64	5.12
Demographics and career
Working years in the current job sector M(SD)	11.23 (9.69)	9.73 (8.61)	t(983.35) = -2.607; p = .009; d = .164
Working years in the current organization M(SD)	8.11 (8.92)	5.84 (6.80)	t(924.95) = -4.544; p < .001; d = .287
Working years in the current job M(SD)	6.14 (7.05)	4.97 (6.29)	t(986.08) = -2.760; p = .006; d = .174
Sex (males) %	37.16	32.77	χ2(1) = 2.024; p = .155; φ = .046
Age M(SD)	35.83 (9.76)	35.11 (10.13)	t(1,039) = -1.169; p = .243; d = .072
Occupational groups* %
Elementary Occupations	1.81	1.55	χ2(8) = 81.394; p < .001; V = .284
Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers	0.60	0.78
Craft and Related Trades Workers	2.22	2.14
Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers	-	-
Services and Sales Workers	6.05	6.21
Clerical Support Workers	9.48	27.38
Technicians and Associate Professionals	12.90	8.74
Professionals	53.63	36.12
Managers	8.87	15.53
Armed Forces Occupations	4.44	1.55
Socioeconomic status %
A1	14.06	9.11	χ2(6) = 38.045; p < .001; V = .191
A2	54.69	45.16
B1	25.20	29.60
B2	4.69	10.06
C1	1.17	5.31
C2	0.20	0.38
D	-	0.38
E	-	-

*Following the International Standard Classification of Occupations ISCO-08 [79].