Exploring the feasibility of ex-post harmonisation of religiosity items from the European Social Survey and the European Values Study

Aizpurua, Eva; Fitzgerald, Rory; de Barros, Julia Furtado; Giacomin, Gregorio; Lomazzi, Vera; Luijkx, Ruud; Maineri, Angelica; Negoita, Daniela

doi:10.1186/s42409-022-00038-x

Table 6 Descriptive statistics of sociodemographic variables and religiosity by group

From: Exploring the feasibility of ex-post harmonisation of religiosity items from the European Social Survey and the European Values Study

	EVS (N = 21513)				ESS (N = 29565)
	EVS DE (N= 1460)				ESS DE (N= 2258)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	49.61	0.482	18	82	50.21	0.384	18	82
Female	0.512	0.013	0	1	0.512	0.011	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	1.962	0.017	1	3	1.598	0.016	1	3
In paid work	0.564	0.013	0	1	0.572	0.010	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.539	0.013	0	1	4.222	0.065	0	10
	EVS SI (N= 1023)				ESS SI (N= 1263)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	49.13	0.543	18	82	50.05	0.501	18	82
Female	0.500	0.016	0	1	0.508	0.014	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	1.763	0.024	1	3	1.821	0.021	1	3
In paid work	0.552	0.016	0	1	0.546	0.014	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.689	0.014	0	1	4.597	0.091	0	10
	EVS NO (N= 950)				ESS NO (N= 1312)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	48.05	0.590	18	82	47.70	0.498	18	82
Female	0.485	0.016	0	1	0.481	0.014	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	1.902	0.027	1	3	1.915	0.024	1	3
In paid work	0.623	0.016	0	1	0.654	0.013	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.371	0.016	0	1	3.273	0.076	0	10
	EVS EE (N= 1260)				ESS EE (N= 1841)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	49.60	0.517	18	82	49.38	0.424	18	82
Female	0.538	0.014	0	1	0.539	0.012	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	2.124	0.020	1	3	2.181	0.016	1	3
In paid work	0.599	0.014	0	1	0.645	0.011	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.354	0.014	0	1	3.245	0.072	0	10
	EVS SE (N= 1138)				ESS SE (N= 1479)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	45.39	0.514	18	82	46.78	0.470	18	82
Female	0.488	0.015	0	1	0.494	0.013	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	2.030	0.022	1	3	2.025	0.020	1	3
In paid work	0.646	0.014	0	1	0.648	0.012	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.270	0.013	0	1	2.875	0.074	0	10
	EVS PL (N= 1297)				ESS PL (N = 1412)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	46.66	0.503	18	82	48.62	0.474	18	82
Female	0.532	0.014	0	1	0.522	0.013	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	1.737	0.025	1	3	1.785	0.022	1	3
In paid work	0.544	0.014	0	1	0.562	0.013	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.858	0.010	0	1	6.113	0.072	0	10
	EVS NL (N= 660)				ESS NL (N= 1572)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	44.66	0.674	18	82	48.82	0.451	18	82
Female	0.439	0.019	0	1	0.510	0.013	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	1.787	0.031	1	3	1.705	0.022	1	3
In paid work	0.621	0.019	0	1	0.613	0.012	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.491	0.020	0	1	3.988	0.080	0	10
	EVS CH (N= 642)				ESS CH (N= 1456)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	49.01	0.721	18	82	48.73	0.470	18	82
Female	0.503	0.020	0	1	0.508	0.013	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	2.013	0.023	1	3	1.686	0.021	1	3
In paid work	0.619	0.019	0	1	0.629	0.013	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.573	0.020	0	1	4.756	0.080	0	10
	EVS FI (N= 372)				ESS FI (N= 1684)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	52.56	0.972	18	82	50.41	0.454	18	82
Female	0.465	0.026	0	1	0.511	0.012	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	1.892	0.036	1	3	2.066	0.017	1	3
In paid work	0.523	0.026	0	1	0.542	0.012	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.595	0.026	0	1	4.789	0.070	0	10
	EVS GB (N= 1747)				ESS GB (N= 2097)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	48.66	0.434	18	82	48.04	0.386	18	82
Female	0.511	0.012	0	1	0.506	0.011	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	1.835	0.020	1	3	1.992	0.018	1	3
In paid work	0.585	0.012	0	1	0.625	0.011	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.371	0.012	0	1	3.508	0.068	0	10
	EVS RS (N= 1369)				ESS RS (N= 1966)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	49.21	0.479	18	82	46.38	0.390	18	82
Female	0.521	0.014	0	1	0.510	0.011	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	1.409	0.017	1	3	1.746	0.016	1	3
In paid work	0.447	0.013	0	1	0.439	0.011	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.798	0.011	0	1	5.870	0.068	0	10
	EVS IT (N= 2159)				ESS IT (N= 2617)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	51.87	0.387	18	82	51.14	0.361	18	82
Female	0.486	0.011	0	1	0.519	0.010	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	1.540	0.015	1	3	1.578	0.014	1	3
In paid work	0.454	0.011	0	1	0.446	0.010	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.776	0.001	0	1	5.593	0.055	0	10
	EVS HU (N= 1455)				ESS HU (N= 1594)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	49.25	0.474	19	82	49.55	0.458	18	82
Female	0.529	0.013	0	1	0.527	0.013	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	1.726	0.020	1	3	1.721	0.019	1	3
In paid work	0.569	0.013	0	1	0.596	0.012	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.549	0.013	0	1	3.734	0.073	0	10
	EVS FR (N= 1817)				ESS FR (N= 1941)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	50.08	0.434	18	82	49.78	0.414	18	82
Female	0.520	0.012	0	1	0.526	0.011	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	1.617	0.019	1	3	1.699	0.018	1	3
In paid work	0.474	0.012	0	1	0.528	0.011	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.415	0.012	0	1	4.778	0.079	0	10
	EVS AT (N= 1560)				ESS AT (N= 2414)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	47.93	0.469	18	82	49.46	0.359	18	82
Female	0.513	0.013	0	1	0.519	0.010	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	2.031	0.017	1	3	1.665	0.017	1	3
In paid work	0.610	0.012	0	1	0.574	0.010	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.609	0.012	0	1	4.804	0.062	0	10
	EVS DK (N= 1671)				ESS DK (N= 1501)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	41.13	0.402	18	82	49.53	0.477	18	82
Female	0.479	0.012	0	1	0.505	0.013	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	1.979	0.018	1	3	1.693	0.022	1	3
In paid work	0.698	0.011	0	1	0.583	0.013	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.534	0.012	0	1	3.935	0.072	0	10
	EVS ME (N= 933)				ESS ME (n= 1158)
	Mean	SE	Min	Max	Mean	SE	Min	Max
Age (respondent)	46.07	0.572	18	82	45.00	0.489	18	82
Female	0.513	0.016	0	1	0.511	0.015	0	1
Educational level (respondent)	1.711	0.021	1	3	1.939	0.020	1	3
In paid work	0.411	0.016	0	1	0.444	0.015	0	1
Religious person (joint)	0.885	0.011	0	1	5.180	0.084	0	10

Source: EVS 5(2020a), ESS 9(2018)-weighted
SE standard error, min minimum, max maximum

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