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Table 1 Descriptive statistics split by data set

From: The Australian Racism, Acceptance, and Cultural-Ethnocentrism Scale (RACES): item response theory findings

  

Total

Actual

Usable response rate

Sample size

Primary school

296

213

72 %

15–20 years

182

147

81 %

Community

402

263

65 %

  

M

SD

Range

N

Age (Years)

Primary school

11.34

0.71

10–13

271

15–20 Years

18.31

1.41

15–20

147

Community

23.24

9.72

15–71

263

  

Male

Female

 

N

Gender

Primary School

151 (56 %)

120 (44 %)

 

271

15–20 years

46 (31 %)

101 (69 %)

 

147

Community

71 (27 %)

192 (73 %)

 

263

  

Australia

Other

 

N

Country of birth

Primary school

237 (87 %)

35 (13 %)

 

272

15–20 years

91 (62 %)

56 (38 %)

 

147

Community

182 (69 %)

81 (31 %)

 

263

   

Australia

Other

N

Parent country of birth

Primary school

Mother

179 (67 %)

87 (33 %)

266

Father

164 (62 %)

100 (38 %)

264

15–20 years

Mother

73 (50 %)

74 (50 %)

147

Father

68 (46 %)

79 (54 %)

Community

Mother

133 (51 %)

130 (49 %)

263

Father

130 (49 %)

133 (51 %)

  1. Note: Various participants did not provide all requested demographic data; 15–20 Years sample is a subset of the Community sample
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