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Table 1 Sample characteristic features

From: An English-Language Adaptation of the Social Desirability–Gamma Short Scale (KSE-G)

 

United Kingdom

Germany

N

468

474

Mean age in years (SD) [range]

45.2 (14.5) [18–69]

44.0 (14.4) [18–69]

Proportion of women (%)

52.6

50.0

Educational level (%)

  

 Low: never went to school, skills for life/1–4 GCSEs A*–C or equivalent

34.8

33.5

 Middle: 5 or more GCSEs A*–C/vocational GCSE/GNVQ intermediate or equivalent

32.1

33.8

 High: 2 or more A-levels or equivalent

33.1

32.7

  1. Note. The equivalent German educational levels were as follows (from low to high): ohne Bildungsabschluss/Hauptschule [no educational qualification; lower secondary leaving certificate], mittlerer Schulabschluss [intermediate school leaving certificate], (Fach-)Hochschulreife [higher education entrance qualification]