TABLE 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the samples.
| Characteristics | Italian psychometric Sample (n = 360) Mean (SD) Frequency (%) | Main samples |
Main samples comparison |
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| Italy (n = 465) Mean (SD) Frequency (%) | Spain (n = 352) Mean (SD) Frequency (%) | F χ2 | P | ||
| Age (years) | 22.99 (5.76) | 36.76 (12.86) | 38.05 (13.96) | 1.89 | 0.169 |
| Gender | 4.17 | 0.124 | |||
| Male | 153 (42.5%) | 167 (35.9%) | 111 (31.5%) | ||
| Female | 207 (57.5%) | 295 (63.4%) | 241 (68.5%) | ||
| Marital status | 7.98 | 0.157 | |||
| Married/Cohabiting | 24 (6.7%) | 209 (44.9%) | 143 (40.6%) | ||
| Separated | / | 8 (1.7%) | 5 (1.4%) | ||
| Divorced | / | 9 (1.9%) | 18 (5.1%) | ||
| Widowed | / | 6 (1.3%) | 5 (1.4%) | ||
| Never married | 336 (93.3%) | 232 (49.9%) | 181 (51.4%) | ||
| Other | / | 1 (0.2%) | / | ||
| Level of education | 66.15 | <0.001 | |||
| Primary school | / | / | 8 (2.3%) | ||
| Lower secondary school | 3 (0.8%) | 17 (3.7%) | 23 (6.5%) | ||
| Upper secondary school | 267 (74.2%) | 144 (31%) | 49 (13.9%) | ||
| Undergraduate/Master | 76 (21.1%) | 222 (47.7%) | 150 (42.6%) | ||
| Ph.D. Scholar/Specialization | 12 (3.3%) | 78 (16.8%) | 107 (30.4%) | ||
| Other | 2 (0.6%) | 4 (0.9%) | 15 (4.3%) | ||
| Family income | 0.638 | 0.888 | |||
| Very low | 5 (1.4%) | 8 (1.7%) | 5 (1.4%) | ||
| Low | 44 (12.2%) | 70 (15.1%) | 51 (14.5%) | ||
| Middle | 280 (77.8%) | 340 (73.1%) | 265 (75.3%) | ||
| High | 31 (8.6%) | 47 (10.1%) | 31 (8.8%) | ||
| Very high | / | / | / | ||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 22.41 (3.13) | 23.74 (4.19) | 25.02 (20.80) | 1.67 | 0.196 |