Bicultural identity among economical migrants from three south European countries living in Switzerland. Adaptation and validation of a new psychometric instrument

Table 5 Convergent validity (n = 93)

	Score (country of origin)		Score (Switzerland)
		P		P
Age at arrival in Switzerland (r_S correlation)	0.13	0.209^a	-0.27	0.008^a
Length of stay in Switzerland, yrs (r_S correlation)	-0.31	0.003^a	0.26	0.011^a
Frequency of returns to country of origin (median, min-max)
More than once a year (n = 37)	42 (24 – 48)	0.001^b	36 (23 – 43)	0.685^b
Once a year (n = 39)	39 (29 – 48)		37 (26 – 44)
Less than once a year (n = 17)	34 (22 – 44)		35 (28 – 47)
Frequency of contacts with country of origin (median, min-max)		0.192^b		0.676^b
More than once a week (n = 28)	41 (24 – 48)		37 (24 – 43)
Once a week (n = 25)	41 (32 – 46)		37 (23 – 41)
Less than once a week (n = 40)	38 (22 – 48)		35 (26 – 47)

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