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Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of our sample (N = 500)

Variable	Sample (%)	Italian population (%)
Gender
Male	49	49
Female	51	51
Age
18–34	24	24
35–54	38	38
>54	38	38
Region
North	45	45
Central Italy	20	20
South and islands	35	35
Education
Junior high school or below	7	36
High school diploma	52	43
College education or higher	41	21

Variable	Sample (%)	Italian population (%)
Gender
Male	49	49
Female	51	51
Age
18–34	24	24
35–54	38	38
>54	38	38
Region
North	45	45
Central Italy	20	20
South and islands	35	35
Education
Junior high school or below	7	36
High school diploma	52	43
College education or higher	41	21

Note(s): For the Italian population we used ISTAT data

Source(s): Authors’ own work