Table 4.
Partial correlations between subjective definition of contact factors and contact quantity
| Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definition of contact | ||||||
| 1. Traditional | – | |||||
| 2. Superficial | .34** | – | ||||
| 3. Online | .17** | .57** | – | |||
| 4. Negative | .16** | .53** | .39** | – | ||
| Intergroup contact quantity | ||||||
| 5. Amount of past contact | .12** | .10* | .18** | −.03 | – | |
| 6. Number of recent contactsa | .16** | .11* | .09 | −.04 | .44** | – |
| 7. Number of current friendsa | .12** | .01 | .10* | −.09 | .50** | .44** |
a
Spearman ρ; controlled for age, gender (male/female), residence (rural/urban), university degree (yes/no); ethnicity (White/BAME)
*
p < .05 level (2‐tailed)
**
p < .01 (2‐tailed).