Table 2 Description of the variables used
From: Prejudices against the unemployed—empirical evidence from Germany
Cases | Mean/ share | SD | Min | Max | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DV: prejudice index (in percent) | 4977 | 40.01 | 16.51 | 2 | 100 |
Gender (1 = female) | 4977 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 |
Migration background | 4883 | ||||
None | 4011 | 0.82 | |||
1st generation | 541 | 0.11 | |||
2nd generation | 331 | 0.07 | |||
Special needs (1 = yes) | 4974 | 0.09 | 0.29 | 0 | 1 |
Mental health problems (1 = yes) | 4972 | 0.60 | 0.49 | 0 | 1 |
Self-rated health (1 = poor/very poor) | 4972 | 0.19 | 0.39 | 0 | 1 |
Body mass index | 4189 | ||||
Underweight | 82 | 0.02 | |||
Standard weight | 1886 | 0.45 | |||
Overweight | 1447 | 0.35 | |||
Obesity | 774 | 0.18 | |||
Self-efficacy (loc, index) | 4958 | 0.31 | 0.14 | 0 | 0.93 |
Highest educational attainment | 4961 | ||||
Low (none, “Hauptschulabschluss”) | 1316 | 0.27 | |||
Medium (“Mittlere Reife”) | 1987 | 0.40 | |||
High (“Abitur”) | 1658 | 0.33 | |||
Monthly gross income | 4868 | ||||
1st quartile | 1223 | 0.25 | |||
2nd quartile | 1212 | 0.25 | |||
3rd quartile | 1217 | 0.25 | |||
4th quartile | 1216 | 0.25 | |||
Job status (ISEI) | 4890 | 42.65 | 15.31 | 16 | 90 |
Control variables | |||||
Age in years | 4977 | 43.04 | 11.14 | 17 | 64 |
Work is most important in life | 4976 | 0.62 | 0.49 | 0 | 1 |
Agreeability index, Big 5 (1 = high) | 3906 | 0.54 | 0.18 | 0 | 1 |
Marital status (1 = married and same hh) | 4952 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 |
Unemployed hh-member (1 = yes) | 4977 | 0.08 | 0.26 | 0 | 1 |
Unemployed in the past (1 = yes) | 4977 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0 | 1 |
Duration of unemployment in the past (in months) | 4977 | 0.53 | 7.22 | 0 | 373 |