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Table 3 Descriptive statistics and correlations for variables of study 3 (N = 163)

From: Why does browsing social networking sites increase conspicuous consumption? The effects of relative deprivation and subjective socioeconomic status

 

M

SD

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1 Gender

-

-

1

       

2 Age

21.01

1.27

-0.003

1

      

3 Manipulated PSU

0.50

0.50

-0.004

-0.126

1

     

4 Daily PSU

3.31

0.68

0.059

0.019

0.003

1

    

5 Objective SES

9.49

2.16

-0.009

0.102

0.070

0.066

1

   

6 Manipulated SSS

0.50

0.50

-0.056

0.029

-0.031

0.007

0.121

1

  

7 RD

3.03

0.58

-0.027

0.014

0.195*

0.082

0.019

-0.179*

1

 

8 CC

4.98

1.52

-0.041

-0.014

0.278**

0.158*

-0.039

-0.234**

0.421**

1

  1. Note: Gender, manipulated PSU, and manipulated SSS were category variables. For gender, 1 = male, 2 = female. For manipulated PSU, 0 = non-PSU group, 1 = PSU group. For manipulated SSS, 0 = lower SSS, 1 = higher SSS. PSU = passive social networking site use, SES = socioeconomic status, SSS = subjective socioeconomic status, RD = relative deprivation, CC = conspicuous consumption. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01