Table 1 Descriptive Statistics (N = 3072).
From: Identity and inequality misperceptions, demographic determinants and efficacy of corrective measures
Germany | UK | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean/Prop. | SD | Min. | Max. | Mean/Prop. | SD | Min. | Max. | |
Gender (1 is woman) | 0.486 | 0.444 | ||||||
Age | ||||||||
18–35 y.o. | 0.178 | 0.129 | ||||||
36–54 y.o. | 0.461 | 0.436 | ||||||
55–70 y.o. | 0.362 | 0.435 | ||||||
Education (1 is high educated) | 0.359 | 0.442 | ||||||
Marital status (1 is married) | 0.414 | 0.381 | ||||||
Household income | ||||||||
Low income | 0.189 | 0.286 | ||||||
Middle income | 0.638 | 0.547 | ||||||
High income | 0.173 | 0.167 | ||||||
Labour market position | ||||||||
Employed | 0.825 | 0.731 | ||||||
Unemployed | 0.018 | 0.027 | ||||||
Out of labor force | 0.157 | 0.242 | ||||||
Political orientation | ||||||||
Left | 0.252 | 0.190 | ||||||
Center | 0.609 | 0.594 | ||||||
Right | 0.138 | 0.216 | ||||||
Misperceptions immigration | 12.318 | 21.583 | −17.000 | 83.000 | 11.536 | 22.247 | −14.000 | 86.000 |
Misperceptions Islam | 16.251 | 15.045 | −5.100 | 94.900 | 16.330 | 18.574 | −4.400 | 95.600 |
Misperceptions poverty | 6.660 | 19.651 | −16.000 | 84.000 | 7.635 | 19.916 | −15.700 | 84.300 |
Misperceptions income richest 10% | 13.275 | 32.786 | −25.700 | 74.300 | 19.536 | 33.230 | −25.900 | 74.100 |
Observations | 1813 | 1259 | ||||||
