Table 1 Study 1 country-level descriptive statistics.

From: Love and affectionate touch toward romantic partners all over the world

Country

Affectionate Touch Variability Index

N

M

SD

Cronbach’s α

Algeria

248

78.0

36.8

.910

Australia

245

95.3

16.7

.807

Austria

112

97.3

10.3

.510

Belgium

277

91.5

17.3

.549

Brazil

139

90.3

23.6

.820

Chile

113

80.3

23.3

.545

China

231

52.8

47.3

.961

Colombia

106

91.7

22.8

.845

Costa Rica

99

90.4

24.4

.849

Croatia

224

90.5

23.4

.812

Cuba

168

95.8

14.9

.736

El Salvador

51

79.4

25.8

.702

Estonia

148

82.6

20.3

.560

Georgia

123

84.8

28.4

.809

Germany

71

96.8

14.0

.806

Greece

131

88.2

25.1

.779

Hungary

804

92.6

19.5

.740

India

188

79.5

27.8

.678

Italy

268

89.6

21.8

.696

Lithuania

169

86.4

27.9

.829

Mexico

89

91.3

17.7

.614

Pakistan

314

61.1

37.3

.763

Peru

106

79.7

20.4

.617

Poland

378

90.4

23.3

.812

Portugal

166

89.6

22.0

.718

Romania

145

67.6

18.7

.456

Russia

155

86.3

28.2

.839

Serbia

364

87.8

22.5

.666

Slovakia

264

86.9

26.0

.793

Slovenia

467

91.5

21.1

.756

South Korea

130

68.5

37.9

.848

Spain

247

91.2

19.4

.632

Sweden

194

93.9

17.6

.731

The Netherlands

60

57.5

46.8

.956

Turkey

507

84.5

28.6

.801

Ukraine

102

58.6

31.0

.796

United states

78

91.3

24.5

.890

Total

7681

85.4

27.6

.792