Table 3
Summary statistics
|
Variable |
Definition |
Mean |
s.d. |
Median |
Min. |
Max. |
Obs. |
ESS Q. No. |
|
anti |
Permissible number of immigrants from poorer European countries |
0.472 |
0.499 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
26013 |
D7 |
|
employ t |
1 = "none" or "a few"; 0 = "some" or "many" 1 = employ at least one person including oneself; 0 = otherwise |
0.128 |
0.334 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
27211 |
F12, F13 |
|
employself t |
1 = employ only oneself; 0 = otherwise |
0.077 |
0.268 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
27211 |
F12, F13 |
|
employees t |
Number of employees other than oneself |
0.624 |
20.341 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
3010.000 |
27211 |
F13 |
|
employother t |
1 = employ other than oneself; 0 = otherwise |
0.050 |
0.219 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
27211 |
F13 |
|
unemploy t |
1 = unemployed and wanting a job; 0 = otherwise |
0.049 |
0.216 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
27211 |
F8a |
|
isb |
Extent of the sectoral employment of foreigners |
0.991 |
0.664 |
0.907 |
0.000 |
7.940 |
23391 |
F24 |
|
relinc |
Intra-country relative net income per capita |
1.047 |
0.941 |
0.806 |
0.007 |
19.485 |
21138 |
F1, F30 |
|
ed0 |
1 = less than primary education; 0 = otherwise |
0.048 |
0.215 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
27082 |
F6 |
|
ed1 |
1 = primary, basic or lower secondary; 0 = otherwise |
0.400 |
0.489 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
27082 |
F6 |
|
ed2 |
1 = upper secondary or non-tertiary postsecondary; 0 = otherwise |
0.368 |
0.482 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
27082 |
F6 |
|
ed3 |
1 = tertiary; 0 = otherwise |
0.182 |
0.386 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
27082 |
F6 |
|
friend 0 |
1 = no immigrant friend; 0 = otherwise |
0.520 |
0.499 |
1.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
27052 |
D47 |
|
friend 1 |
1 = a few immigrant friends; 0 = otherwise |
0.325 |
0.468 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
27052 |
D47 |
|
friend 2 |
1 = several immigrant friends; 0 = otherwise |
0.153 |
0.360 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
27052 |
D47 |
|
media |
Hours spent on the media on current affairs per weekday |
1.597 |
1.281 |
1.250 |
0.000 |
9.750 |
27069 |
A2, A4, A6 |
|
racist |
Discrimination against races different from the majority |
0.222 |
0.567 |
0.000 |
-3.000 |
3.000 |
25723 |
D4,D5 |
|
citizen |
1 = citizen of the country; 0 = non-citizen |
0.954 |
0.209 |
1.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
27192 |
C18 |
|
ethnic |
1 = belong to an ethnic minority in the country; 0 = do not |
0.035 |
0.184 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
26726 |
C24 |
|
fparent |
1 = at least one parent was born abroad; 0 = otherwise |
0.141 |
0.348 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
27173 |
C25, C27 |
|
age |
Approximate age in years at the time of interview |
47.130 |
18.276 |
46.000 |
14.000 |
110.000 |
27050 |
F3, inwyr |
|
female t |
1 = female; 0 = otherwise |
0.534 |
0.498 |
1.000 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
27211 |
F2 |
|
Sources : ESS |
2002-2003, Round 1; Eurostat Census 2001 |
NB: Unweighted
t Code 0 includes missing observations.