Psychology: Research and Review
Table 1 Demographic data of the sample
From: Non-verbal intelligence outperforms selective attention in a visual short-term memory test
M/count | SD/% | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 26.62 | 9.97 | |
Gender | Female | 781 | 53.9% |
Male | 667 | 46.1% | |
χ21 = 8.98, p < 0.01 | |||
Education | Middle school | 60 | 4.1% |
High school | 501 | 34.6% | |
Undergraduate | 883 | 61.0% | |
Not specified | 4 | .3% | |
χ22 = 704.8, p < 0.01 | |||
Place of birth in Brazil | Southeast Brazil | 860 | 59.4% |
South Brazil | 263 | 18.2% | |
North Brazil | 2 | 0.1% | |
Northeast Brazil | 159 | 11.0% | |
Center-West Brazil | 5 | 0.3% | |
Foreign born | 3 | 0.2% | |
Not specified | 156 | 10.8% | |
χ26 = 2701.8, p < 0.01 | |||
Total | 1448 | ||