Table 11.

Level of agreement between respondents on questions regarding the quality of non-financial information

QualityCountryGerman vs. French respondentsSizeTypeEntity
Non-EUEUGermanFrenchNon-SMESMEPreparerUserNon-businessBusiness
ComparabilityDisagree8.211.222.24.38.724.342.41.12.918.0
Agree91.888.877.895.791.375.757.698.997.182.0
Chi-square (p-value)0.458 (0.498)3.468 (0.063)11.805 (0.001**)41.687 (0.000***)16.493 (0.000***)
ReliabilityDisagree8.822.039.511.520.031.063.33.53.834.1
Agree91.278.060.588.580.069.036.796.596.265.9
Chi-square (p-value)5.051 (0.025*)5.960 (0.015*)3.584 (0.058)62.674 (0.000***)40.096 (0.000***)
RelevanceDisagree8.322.539.520.016.832.959.01.25.632.3
Agree91.777.560.580.083.267.141.098.894.467.7
Chi-square (p-value)5.936 (0.015*)2.256 (0.133)7.987 (0.005**)62.172 (0.000***)28.786 (0.000***)
IntangiblesNo15.337.750.030.432.146.265.310.813.046.7
Yes84.762.350.069.667.953.834.789.287.053.3
Chi-square (p-value)10.431 (0.001**)2.105 (0.147)4.715 (0.030*)42.503 (0.000***)32.483 (0.000***)
Financial sectorLow extent85.170.760.579.373.959.835.891.890.160.9
Great extent14.929.339.520.726.140.264.28.29.939.1
Chi-square (p-value)5.566 (0.018*)2.697 (0.101)5.648 (0.017*)53.122 (0.000***)32.002 (0.000***)
TaxonomyNo25.016.828.23.417.132.944.33.610.325.0
Yes75.083.271.896.682.967.155.796.489.775.0
Chi-square (p-value)2.104 (0.147)7.014 (0.008**)8.683 (0.003**)36.343 (0.000***)10.065 (0.002**)
Note(s):

*Significant at the 0.05 level; **Significant at the 0.01 level; ***Significant at the 0.001 level

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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