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Table 3 Descriptive statistics for the PESS/PEKS items by nation

From: An English-language adaptation and validation of the Political Efficacy Short Scale (PESS)

 

M

SD

Skewness

Kurtosis

UK

DE

UK

DE

UK

DE

UK

DE

Item 1

3.05

3.42

1.10

0.99

−0.29

−0.46

−0.58

−0.06

Item 2

2.12

2.00

1.05

0.97

0.84

0.91

0.14

0.49

Item 3

2.83

3.23

1.24

1.21

0.08

−0.24

−0.96

−0.81

Item 4

2.08

1.98

1.07

0.93

0.82

0.82

−0.12

0.36

  1. UK United Kingdom (N = 468), DE Germany (N = 474)