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Table 2 Background variables, country-level acceptance of sexual minorities, and social capital by country

From: Acceptance of sexual minorities, discrimination, social capital and health and well-being: a cross-European study among members of same-sex and opposite-sex couples

 

Sample characteristics

Country characteristics

Country

N

Gender

Age, years

Education, years

Sexuality-based discrimination

Social Capital (Individual)

Self-rated

Subjective well-being

LGB Acceptance

Social Capital (Country mean)

  

(% male)

(mean; SD)

(mean; SD)

(%)

(mean; SD)

(mean; SD)

(mean; SD)

(%)

 

Belgium

32

37.5

34.6 (15.9)

13.4 (3.8)

9.4

20.6 (5.8)

3.2 (.68)

15.7 (2.0)

87.2

20.5

Bulgaria

18

38.9

42.4 (13.7)

12.0 (4.2)

.0

16.3 (5.6)

2.4 (1.2)

10.9 (5.3)

53.9

16.1

Croatia

12

33.3

34.8 (17.1)

12.3 (4.7)

.0

23.1 (9.5)

3.0 (1.3)

13.8 (5.9)

39.6

17.3

Cyprus

21

47.6

29.9 (16.8)

12.6 (8.8)

.0

15.5 (6.5)

3.5 (.75)

15.0 (3.4)

58.5

16.0

Czech Republic

21

28.6

26.1 (10.1)

13.0 (2.3)

.0

17.6 (6.8)

3.1 (.89)

13.7 (2.9)

65.6

17.9

Denmark

38

15.8

33.2 (12.8)

16.6 (7.3)

7.9

27.0 (4.0)

3.3 (.84)

17.2 (1.9)

90.1

25.0

Estonia

16

50.0

33.7 (16.5)

13.4 (2.2)

.0

19.2 (5.7)

2.3 (.78)

11.6 (4.7)

42.9

20.8

Finland

24

41.7

33.9 (12.5)

15.3 (4.7)

16.7

24.6 (5.3)

2.9 (.90)

15.9 (2.7)

74.7

23.5

France

14

35.7

31.8 (13.6)

14.4 (4.2)

.0

21.2 (4.3)

2.5 (.86)

13.6 (3.1)

82.4

19.6

Germany

56

37.5

37.4 (15.7)

13.9 (4.4)

3.6

20.5 (4.5)

2.7 (.90)

15.0 (3.6)

82.3

19.9

Greece

29

51.7

32.8 (18.5)

10.8 (3.4)

.0

14.3 (6.6)

3.0 (.78)

11.0 (4.3)

52.5

15.3

Hungary

12

41.7

33.1 (11.6)

14.8 (4.1)

.0

16.6 (9.3)

2.3 (1.2)

11.8 (5.0)

48.3

17.6

Ireland

93

51.6

32.4 (15.3)

14.3 (3.5)

1.1

21.2 (5.5)

3.2 (.90)

13.6 (4.1)

52.4

20.8

Netherlands

28

42.9

28.4 (13.6)

15.0 (4.6)

25.0

22.0 (5.2)

2.7 (.76)

16.1 (1.7)

93.0

22.7

Norway

19

31.6

28.3 (15.3)

14.8 (3.0)

10.5

25.4 (4.6)

3.3 (.67)

16.7 (2.4)

83.4

24.7

Poland

15

26.7

34.5 (16.0)

13.3 (4.0)

.0

19.8 (7.4)

2.7 (.96)

15.7 (3.7)

48.8

17.3

Portugal

16

68.8

40.1 (15.9)

9.4 (5.8)

.0

18.2 (4.2)

2.4 (.72)

12.4 (2.9)

64.8

16.7

Russian Federation

18

27.8

34.0 (15.5)

13.5 (4.1)

.0

18.5 (8.1)

2.4 (.80)

12.8 (3.5)

29.6

17.6

Slovakia

15

53.3

35.3 (15.0)

13.7 (3.6)

.0

14.0 (6.3)

2.7 (.72)

12.9 (3.2)

42.0

16.3

Slovenia

13

38.5

35.5 (15.7)

11.4 (2.0)

.0

14.2 (8.6)

2.3 (.63)

13.1 (3.8)

52.6

16.9

Spain

19

31.6

31.1 (16.4)

14.8 (7.6)

15.8

16.6 (6.1)

2.4 (1.0)

13.9 (2.8)

81.4

19.4

Sweden

17

35.3

41.6 (16.1)

14.7 (4.9)

5.9

22.6 (5.3)

3.1 (.70)

16.7 (2.4)

90.2

23.9

Switzerland

18

38.9

27.1 (13.0)

12.9 (3.5)

5.6

21.5 (5.9)

3.1 (.73)

15.7 (2.5)

82.6

22.0

Ukraine

23

34.8

38.2 (15.4)

10.3 (3.9)

.0

20.0 (5.8)

2.1 (.61)

12.7 (3.5)

30.9

17.4

United Kingdom

30

33.3

33.4 (16.1)

13.7 (4.1)

16.7

21.3 (6.8)

3.2 (1.2)

15.5 (3.1)

85.0

21.1