Table 1 Information on the subjects included in the analyses.
From: The word order of languages predicts native speakers’ working memory
Branching Direction | Linguistic Group | Country | Number Subjects | Sex: Females - Males | Agea: Mean (Range) | % Cityb | Number Siblings: Mean (Range) | Education Levelc: Mean (Range) | Occupationd | Monthly Income (€): Mean (range) | Most Spoken 2nd Language | Knowledge Opposite Branchinge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Right | Italian | Italy | 30 | 11–19 | 37 (15–40) | 100 | 1 (0–2) | 14 (9–15) | 2–0–3–1–22–2 | 1780 (0–3500) | English | 0 |
Khmer | Cambodia | 30 | 20–10 | 25 (15–43) | 0 | 3.8 (1–7) | 9 (3–12) | 11–3–6–2–0–8 | 41 (0–186) | English | 0 | |
Oshiwambo | Namibia | 30 | 20–10 | 25 (15–40) | 6.7 | 4.3 (0–11) | 7 (2–12) | 10-2-2-7-2-7 | 151 (0–874) | English | 0 | |
Northern Thai | Thailand | 30 | 16–14 | 28 (15–40) | 6.9 | 1.9 (0–6) | 12 (6–17) | 0-0-8-6-5-11 | 171 (0–389) | English | 0 | |
67–53 | 29 (15–43) | 28.6 | 2.7 (0–11) | 10 (2–17) | 23-5-19- 16-29-28 | 536 (0–3500) | English | 0 | ||||
Left | Japanese | Japan | 30 | 16–14 | 21 (19–24) | 100 | 1.5 (0–3) | 15 | 0-0-0-0-0-30 | 0 | English | 1.6 (1–2) |
Korean | South Korea | 24 | 14–10 | 22 (18–30) | 87.5 | 1.3 (0–2) | 15 (13–15) | 0-0-0-1-0-23 | 0 | English | 1.5 (1–2) | |
Khoekhoe | Namibia | 29 | 21–8 | 25 (14–40) | 13.8 | 4.9 (0–16) | 7 (0–15) | 7-2-3-5-0-12 | 156 (0–1036) | Afrikaans | 1.4 (1–2) | |
Sidaama | Ethiopia | 30 | 10–20 | 23 (16–35) | 76.7 | 7.2 (0–14) | 9 (0–15) | 5-2-6-3-0-14 | 18 (0–134) | Amharic | 0.2 (0–2) | |
61–52 | 23 (14–40) | 69.0 | 3.8 (0–16) | 11 (0–15) | 12-4-9- 9-0-79 | 45 (0–1036) | English | 1.2 (0–2) |
