Table 1.

Sample characteristics.

		Country
		Lebanon		Jordan		Tunisia
		N	%	N	%	N	%
TOTAL SAMPLE SIZE (N = 1074)		346	32.2	410	38.2	318	29.6
Gender	Female	236	68.2%	307	75.3%	188	59.5%
	Male	109	31.5%	98	24.0%	126	39.9%
	I prefer not to say	1	0.3%	3	0.7%	2	0.6%
	Total	346		408		316
Age	19–24	21	6.1%	144	35.1%	34	10.7%
	25–34	91	26.4%	75	18.3%	102	32.1%
	35–44	101	29.3%	90	22.0%	121	38.0%
	45–54	97	28.1%	69	16.8%	39	12.3%
	55–64	21	6.1%	22	5.4%	20	6.3%
	65+	14	4.1%	10	2.4%	2	0.6%
	Total	345		410		318
Education	Less than a high school degree	0	0.0%	8	2.0%	2	0.6%
	Specialist/professional training	4	1.2%	7	1.7%	11	3.5%
	High school degree/Diploma	23	6.6%	44	10.9%	35	11.3%
	Bachelor degree (BSc., B.A..)	114	33.0%	272	67.3%	94	30.2%
	Master degree	163	47.1%	56	13.9%	107	34.4%
	Doctorate	42	12.1%	17	4.2%	62	20.0%
	Other	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
	Total	346		404		311
Field of work	Food and Agriculture	93	28.2%	46	12.0%	106	35.3%
	Trade and business	65	19.7%	42	11.0%	32	10.7%
	Biological, medical, healthcare	31	9.4%	90	23.5%	26	8.7%
	Other related natural science fields	20	6.1%	5	1.3%	20	6.6%
	Education	49	14.8%	100	26.1%	38	12.7%
	Unemployed	28	8.5%	67	17.5%	49	16.3%
	Other	44	13.3%	33	8.6%	29	9.7%
	Total	330		383		300