Table 2

Descriptive statistics for the research samplea

Research sample
NumberMean or percent
Gender
female11750
male11550
 
Age of respondent (SD = 2.91) 25.09
Highest educational degree
bachelor's degree21492
master's degree188
Family status
not single12453
single10847
Respondent's job (multinominals)
in a business consulting company3415
in other professional services companies (architects, doctors, engineers, IT consultants, lawyers, tax consultants, auditors, …)11047
in other fields of business17877
none42
 
Working experience (in months) (SD = 45.98) 33.47
Parents' jobs (multinominals)
Business consultants63
Other professional services (architects, doctors, engineers, IT consultants, lawyers, tax consultants, auditors, ...)8135
Other occupations16973
Housewives / stay-at-home husbands3214
No occupation73
Business consultants (multinominals)
Among relatives3515
Among friends8738
Among colleagues3816
None11148
 
Total response time (in minutes) (SD = 2.47) 10.05

Note(s): a Based on the 232 respondents remaining after elimination of seven respondents due to missing values and implausible answers in the socio-demographic variables

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