Appendices

Appearance as Capital

ISBN: 978-1-80043-711-1, eISBN: 978-1-80043-708-1

Publication date: 29 November 2021

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(2021), "Appendices", Sarpila, O., Kukkonen, I., Pajunen, T. and Åberg, E. (Ed.) Appearance as Capital, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 173-176. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-708-120210012

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Copyright © 2022 Outi Sarpila, Iida Kukkonen, Tero Pajunen and Erica Åberg. Published by Emerald Publishing Limited

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Appendix 1.

Descriptive Statistics of Analytical Sample: Weighted Proportions of Categorical Variables, Weighted Means and Standard Deviations, as Well as Minimum and Maximum Values of Continuous Variables.

  N Mean/Proportion Std.dev. Min Max
Daily time in front of the mirror 1,587 14.92 16.67 0 150
Belief in appearance as currency 1,580
Disagree 83 5.28
Somewhat disagree 199 12.60
Neither agree nor disagree 482 30.53
Somewhat agree 646 40.88
Agree 169 10.71
Gender 1,595
Male 802 50.30
Female 793 49.70
Age group 1,589
15–24 239 15.02
25–34 269 16.91
35–44 256 16.11
45–54 282 17.72
55–64 288 18.12
65–74 256 16.11
Area of living 1,568
Urban 1,253 79.90
Rural 315 20.10
Partner status 1,528
Partnered 1,105 72.30
Single 2,423 27.70
Subjective class position 1,600
Upper/upper middle class 403 25.20
Lower middle class 450 28.13
Working class 411 25.67
None/other 336 21.00
Appendix 2.

Descriptive Statistics of Analytical Samples: Weighted Proportions of Categorical Variables, Weighted Means and Standard Deviations, as Well as Minimum and Maximum Values of Continuous Variables.

Finland Surveys
N Mean/Proportion
Appearance attitude
Outcome 1 935 11.57
Outcome 2 2,519 31.17
Outcome 3 3,344 41.38
Outcome 4 (original categories 4 and 5) 1,284 15.89
Year
1999 1,987 24.59
2004 2,937 36.34
2009 902 11.16
2014 980 12.13
2019 1,276 15.79
Gender
Female 4,431 54.83
Male 3,651 45.17
Age group
Older (31–64-year-olds) 6,116 75.67
Younger (18–30-year-olds) 1,966 24.33
All 8,082
(Only respondents who had valid scores on independent and dependent variables, non-weighted values)
The Household Budget Surveys
N Proportion/Mean Std.dev. Min. Max
Proportional share of personal hygiene and beauty care consumption expenditure 3,327 0.019 0.032 0 0.338
Year
1998 642 19.30
2001 828 24.89
2006 588 17.67
2012 546 16.41
2016 723 21.73
Gender
Female 1,665 50.05
Male 1,662 49.95
Age 3,327 41.34 14.46 18 64
Place of residence
Helsinki metropolitan area 664 19.96
Other 2,663 80.04
Education
Non-academic 3,036 91.25
Academic 291 8.75
All 3,327
(Only respondents who had valid scores on independent and dependent variables, weighted values)

Linear regression of personal hygiene and beauty care consumption (share of total consumption expenditure).

Gender (ref. female)
Male −0.020*** (0.001)
Year (ref. 1998)
2001 0.000 (0.002)
2006 0.002 (0.002)
2012 −0.001 (0.002)
2016 −0.000 (0.002)
Age (centred) −0.0002** (0.000)
Education (ref. non-academic)
Academic 0.003 (0.002)
Place of residence (ref. other)
Helsinki metropolitan area 0.004* (0.002)
Constant 0.028*** (0.002)
N 3,327
R 2 0.114

Note: Standard errors in parentheses

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.