TABLE 1.
Sample characteristics for the South African and the Austrian sample.
| Gender | Age | Social status | ||
| Sample | (N = 249) | (N = 249) | (N = 212) | |
| South Africa | Male: N = 77 (49.7%) | M = 13.38 | SES1 (township) | N = 35 (22.6%) |
| (N = 155) | Female: N = 78 (50.3%) | SD = 2.18 | SES2 (lower class) | N = 62 (40.0%) |
| SES3 (middle class) | N = 58 (37.4%) | |||
| SES4 (upper class) | N = 0 (0.0%) | |||
| Austria | Male: N = 45 (47.9%) | M = 12.34 | SES1 (township) | N = 1 (1.1%) |
| (N = 94) | Female: N = 49 (52.1%) | SD = 3.58 | SES2 (lower class) | N = 7 (7.4%) |
| SES3 (middle class) | N = 44 (46.8%) | |||
| SES4 (upper class) | N = 5 (5.3%) | |||
N(social status) ≠ [N(South Africa) + N(Austria)] because not all participants provided information on their social status.