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. 2022 Nov 10;8(11):e11551. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11551

Table 3.

Descriptive analysis of the sociodemographic and genealogical characteristics.

Mean ± SD or (%) Skewness (Kurtosis) CI (95%)
Sociodemographic variables
Age [N: 222] 58.8 ± 11.96 −.668 (1.07) 57.19–60.33
Age intervals [N: 222] 16–34 years 8 (3.6) −.471 (−1.74) 21.01–30.24
35–48 years 29 (13.06) -.393 (−1.14) 41.87–44.68
49–64 years 116 (52.25) −.139 (−1.20) 56.59–58.17
65 years or more 69 (31.08) .846 (.32) 70.25–72.59
Gender [N: 222] Men 119 (53.6)
Women 103 (46.4)
Marital status [N: 222] Single 36 (16.29)
Married or in a relationship 149 (67.42)
Separated/divorced 28 (12.67)
Widow 8 (3.62)
Employment status [N: 222] Employed 110 (49.55)
Unemployed 7 (3.15)
On sick leave 3 (1.35)
Retired or early retired 88 (39.64)
Students 3 (1.35)
Housework 11 (4.95)
Travels
Travels in the last 3 years [N: 222] Yes 212 (95.5)
No 10 (4.5)
Genealogical tourism travel [N: 215] Yes 140 (65.12)
No 75 (34.88)
Other reasons to travel [N: 121] Tourism and leisure 104 (85.95)
Work 17 (14.05)
Reasons for genealogical travel
Consultation of archives [N: 140] 94 (67.14)
Visiting places where ancestors lived [N: 140] 114 (81.43)
Meeting relatives [N: 140] 26 (18.57)
Degree of satisfaction with the objectives of the genealogical journey (0–10)
Consultation of archives [N: 94] 6.8 ± 3.03 −.721 (−.632) 6.3–7.3
Visiting places where ancestors lived [N: 114] 7.51 ± 2.95 −1.026 (−.314) 7.02–8
Meeting relatives [N: 26] 8.04 ± 2.84 −1.281 (.387) 7.57–8.51
Money spent on travel (total) [N: 122] 2677.54 € ± 2730.80 1.22 (.39) 2192.97–3162.11

Source: Own elaboration.