Table 1.

Descriptive statistics (frequency counts) regarding demographics information for each experimental condition.

	Same Positive N = 207	Same Negative N = 203	Familiar Positive N = 201	Familiar Negative N = 203	Unfamiliar Positive N = 203	Unfamiliar Negative N = 205
Employment
Employed full-time	68	63	70	61	72	73
Employed part-time	16	28	21	36	23	29
Self employed	16	19	14	17	11	21
Unemployed (looking)	8	6	5	9	6	4
Unemployed (not looking)/long-term sick or disabled	17	16	14	16	14	15
Parent/Carer	10	13	10	10	17	10
Student	3	4	2	6	4	5
Retired	66	52	58	47	52	46
Other	3	2	7	1	4	2
Education
Primary/Secondary (no qualifications)	11	15	10	7	7	3
GCSE (or equivalent)	36	44	39	48	44	44
NVQ 1/2	16	10	10	13	10	11
A/AS-Levels (or equivalent)	53	50	44	46	45	47
Bachelor’s degree ;(or equivalent)	65	66	76	61	74	71
Post-Graduate	21	14	17	21	21	27
Other	5	4	5	7	2	2
Gender
Woman	117	122	106	123	122	116
Man	90	81	93	79	81	87
Non-binary	0	0	1	1	0	1
Prefer not to say (other)	0	0	1	0	0	1
Age bracket (years)
18–24	8	8	3	10	7	11
25–34	17	23	20	18	18	20
35–44	42	27	30	41	32	39
45–54	34	49	38	38	46	41
55–64	52	49	59	52	53	50
65–74	48	38	41	39	40	39
75+	6	9	10	5	7	5
Ethnicity
Asian or Asian British a	5	10	6	3	9	11
Black or Black British b	5	4	3	1	1	2
Mixed background c	4	2	5	4	1	4
Other d	3	0	0	0	1	0
White e	190	187	187	195	191	188

^a Asian or Asian British includes those who identified as Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani, Chinese, or as being from ‘any other Asian background’. ^b Black or Black British includes those who identified as Black Carribean or Black African. ^c Mixed background includes those who identified as White and Black African, White and Black Caribbean, White and Asian, or as being from ‘any other Mixed background’. ^d Other includes ‘other ethinic group’ or ‘other (not stated)’. ^e White includes those who identified as White British, White Irish, or as being from ‘any other White background’.