Table 1 Characteristics of the samples by countries.
From: A comparative analysis of the OECD/INFE financial knowledge assessment using the Rasch model
| Â | Austria | Brazil | Canada | Croatia | Finland | Hong Kong | Hungary | Jordan | Russia | SA | UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample size (n) | 1886 | 1974 | 1002 | 1049 | 1440 | 1000 | 1000 | 1130 | 1642 | 2813 | 1000 |
Age (mean) | 48.53 | 41.65 | 47.35 | N/A | 47.73 | N/A | 46.37 | N/A | 41.33 | 42.02 | 46.02 |
 < 29 | 16.4% | 25.8% | 18.0% | 20.4% | 18.7% | 19.7% | 20.5% | 47.2% | 24.5% | 29.2% | 19.6% |
 30–59 | 53.7% | 58.0% | 54.5% | 52.0% | 50.6% | 61.5% | 52.5% | 47.6% | 60.4% | 51.9% | 52.5% |
  > 60 | 29.9% | 16.3% | 27.5% | 27.6% | 30.7% | 18.8% | 27.0% | 5.2% | 15.1% | 18.9% | 27.9% |
Gender | |||||||||||
 Female | 52.9% | 52.4% | 50.5% | 51.3% | 53.0% | 53.3% | 52.5% | 44.9% | 52.9% | 61.5% | 50.2% |
 Male | 47.1% | 47.6% | 49.5% | 48.7% | 47.0% | 46.7% | 47.5% | 55.1% | 47.1% | 38.5% | 49.8% |
Education | |||||||||||
 Secondary or less | 14.1% | 52.0% | 9.0% | 79.2% | 16.9% | 30.5% | 48.6% | 9.0% | 15.5% | 57.7% | 5.9% |
 Completed secondary | 16.0% | 38.9% | 17.6% | 20.1% | 34.2% | 43.5% | 21.6% | 26.3% | 49.1% | 30.7% | 27.6% |
 Vocational education beyond secondary | 59.4% | .0% | 29.1% | .6% | 20.9% | .0% | 13.7% | 3.3% | 7.0% | 1.4% | 29.8% |
 Higher education | 10.6% | 9.1% | 44.3% | .1% | 28.0% | 26.0% | 16.0% | 61.3% | 28.3% | 10.3% | 36.6% |