Respondents – demographics. The survey was closed when 302 valid responses were reached. The total number of responses received was 511, meaning that 59.10% of filled-in surveys was valid. From this point on, only the valid responses will be considered. Most the respondents (73.51%) were Millennials, aged between 22-29 years old (in May 2019). The remaining 26.49% was divided over all other age ranges as can be seen in table 10. Table 10: Age of respondents AGE FREQUENCY PERCENT BETWEEN 10 AND 19 35 11.59 BETWEEN 20 AND 29 222 73.51 BETWEEN 30 AND 39 20 6.62 BETWEEN 40 AND 49 9 2.98 BETWEEN 50 AND 59 11 3.64 OLDER THAN 60 5 1.66 TOTAL 302 100 Concerning gender, both males and females were almost equally represented, with just about 10% more women than men (54.6% for the former, 44.7% for the latter). Regarding the highest level of education finished the respondents were also spread over all groups, the biggest group (42.7%) having a bachelor’s degree (table 11): Table 11: Degrees of respondents TYPE OF DEGREE FREQUENCY PERCENT HIGH SCHOOL 86 28.5 BACHELOR 129 42.7 MASTER 83 27.5 PHD 4 1.3 TOTAL 302 100 Because the survey was spread on the internet, the entire world was reachable for this research. This is demonstrated by the large range of different nationalities, as can be seen in table 12 (valid responses only). Just a bit more than half of the respondents came from Belgium (were the research was conducted), but the remaining 45.7% respondents are spread over multiple countries. The three biggest groups of respondents were from The Netherlands (11.3%), the United Kingdom (9.6%) and the United States of America (6.6%). The remaining respondents were spread all over the world, from Singapore to Brazil. Table 12: Nationality of respondents COUNTRY FREQUENCY PERCENT AUSTRIA 2 0.7 BELGIUM 164 54.3 BRAZIL 1 0.3 CANADA 1 0.3 CZECH REPUBLIC 1 0.3 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 1 0.3 DENMARK 3 1 EGYPT 3 1 FRANCE 3 1 GERMANY 2 0.7 GREECE 2 0.7 GUATEMALA 1 0.3 HONG KONG (S.A.R.) 3 1 ISRAEL 1 0.3 ITALY 3 1 MALTA 1 0.3 NETHERLANDS 34 11.3 NEW ZEALAND 1 0.3 PHILIPPINES 1 0.3 POLAND 4 1.3 PORTUGAL 3 1 ROMANIA 2 0.7 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1 0.3 SINGAPORE 1 0.3 SRI LANKA 1 0.3 SWEDEN 6 2 SWITZERLAND 1 0.3 UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 29 9.6 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 20 6.6 TOTAL 302 100
