Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample (N = 202,898).

From: Sociodemographic variation in dispositional forgivingness: a cross-national analysis with 22 countries

Characteristic

n (%)

Age group

 18–24 years

27,007 (13%)

 25–29 years

20,700 (10%)

 30–39 years

40,256 (20%)

 40–49 years

34,464 (17%)

 50–59 years

31,793 (16%)

 60–69 years

27,763 (14%)

 70–79 years

16,776 (8.3%)

 80 years or older

4,119 (2.0%)

 Missing

20 (< 0.1%)

Gender

 Male

98,411 (49%)

 Female

103,488 (51%)

 Other

602 (0.3%)

 Missing

397 (0.2%)

Marital status

 Married

107,354 (53%)

 Separated

5,195 (2.6%)

 Divorced

11,654 (5.7%)

 Widowed

9,823 (4.8%)

 Domestic partner

14,931 (7.4%)

 Single, never married

52,115 (26%)

 Missing

1,826 (0.9%)

Employment status

 Employed for an employer

78,815 (39%)

 Self-employed

36,362 (18%)

 Retired

29,303 (14%)

 Student

10,726 (5.3%)

 Homemaker

21,677 (11%)

 Unemployed and looking for a job

16,790 (8.3%)

 None of these/other

8,431 (4.2%)

 Missing

793 (0.4%)

Years of education

 Up to 8 years

45,078 (22%)

 9–15 years

115,097 (57%)

 16 + years

42,578 (21%)

 Missing

146 (< 0.1%)

Frequency of religious service attendance

 > 1/week

26,537 (13%)

 1/week

39,157 (19%)

 1–3/month

19,749 (9.7%)

 A few times a year

41,436 (20%)

 Never

75,297 (37%)

 Missing

722 (0.4%)

Immigration status

 Born in this country

190,998 (94%)

 Born in another country

9,791 (4.8%)

 Missing

2,110 (1.0%)

Country

 Argentina

6,724 (3.3%)

 Australia

3,844 (1.9%)

 Brazil

13,204 (6.5%)

 Egypt

4,729 (2.3%)

 Germany

9,506 (4.7%)

 Hong Kong (S.A.R. of China)

3,012 (1.5%)

 India

12,765 (6.3%)

 Indonesia

6,992 (3.4%)

 Israel

3,669 (1.8%)

 Japan

20,543 (10%)

 Kenya

11,389 (5.6%)

 Mexico

5,776 (2.8%)

 Nigeria

6,827 (3.4%)

 Philippines

5,292 (2.6%)

 Poland

10,389 (5.1%)

 South Africa

2,651 (1.3%)

 Spain

6,290 (3.1%)

 Sweden

15,068 (7.4%)

 Tanzania

9,075 (4.5%)

 Türkiye

1,473 (0.7%)

 United Kingdom

5,368 (2.6%)

 United States

38,312 (19%)

  1. Note. n = sampling weight adjusted count (i.e., effective sample size); % = sampling weight adjusted proportion; S.A.R. = Special Administrative Region.