Descriptive statistics for the research samplea
| Research sample | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Mean or percent | |
| Gender | ||
| female | 117 | 50 |
| male | 115 | 50 |
| Age of respondent (SD = 2.91) | 25.09 | |
| Highest educational degree | ||
| bachelor's degree | 214 | 92 |
| master's degree | 18 | 8 |
| Family status | ||
| not single | 124 | 53 |
| single | 108 | 47 |
| Respondent's job (multinominals) | ||
| in a business consulting company | 34 | 15 |
| in other professional services companies (architects, doctors, engineers, IT consultants, lawyers, tax consultants, auditors, …) | 110 | 47 |
| in other fields of business | 178 | 77 |
| none | 4 | 2 |
| Working experience (in months) (SD = 45.98) | 33.47 | |
| Parents' jobs (multinominals) | ||
| Business consultants | 6 | 3 |
| Other professional services (architects, doctors, engineers, IT consultants, lawyers, tax consultants, auditors, ...) | 81 | 35 |
| Other occupations | 169 | 73 |
| Housewives / stay-at-home husbands | 32 | 14 |
| No occupation | 7 | 3 |
| Business consultants (multinominals) | ||
| Among relatives | 35 | 15 |
| Among friends | 87 | 38 |
| Among colleagues | 38 | 16 |
| None | 111 | 48 |
| Total response time (in minutes) (SD = 2.47) | 10.05 | |
| Research sample | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Mean or percent | |
| female | 117 | 50 |
| male | 115 | 50 |
| 25.09 | ||
| bachelor's degree | 214 | 92 |
| master's degree | 18 | 8 |
| not single | 124 | 53 |
| single | 108 | 47 |
| in a business consulting company | 34 | 15 |
| in other professional services companies (architects, doctors, engineers, IT consultants, lawyers, tax consultants, auditors, …) | 110 | 47 |
| in other fields of business | 178 | 77 |
| none | 4 | 2 |
| 33.47 | ||
| Business consultants | 6 | 3 |
| Other professional services (architects, doctors, engineers, IT consultants, lawyers, tax consultants, auditors, ...) | 81 | 35 |
| Other occupations | 169 | 73 |
| Housewives / stay-at-home husbands | 32 | 14 |
| No occupation | 7 | 3 |
| Among relatives | 35 | 15 |
| Among friends | 87 | 38 |
| Among colleagues | 38 | 16 |
| None | 111 | 48 |
| 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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