Table 1: Participants’ demographics.

Young adults (N = 1891)
Variable N % M SD
Sex
 Female
 Male

1220
671

64.5
35.5
Age 26.51 4.29
Place of residence
 Northwest Italy
 Northeast Italy
 Centre
 South of Italy
 Abroad

491
290
316
787
7

26
15.3
16.7
41.6
0.4
Level of education
 Middle school
 High school
 Undergraduate degree
 Master degree
 PhD or second level professional degree

59
1252
272
223
85

3.1
66.2
14.4
11.8
4.5
Occupation
 Students
 Workers

559
1332

29.6
70.4
Having children
 Yes
 No

325
1566

17.2
82.8
Religiosity
 No or little importance
 Moderately relevant
 Quite or extremely relevant

863
526
502

45.7
27.8
26.5
Religious belief
 Christian
 Atheistic
 Private religion
 Does not express

1156
399
162
174

61.1
21.1
8.6
9.2