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Table 7 Means, standard deviations and percentiles of the PSS-10 factor “perceived self-efficacy” according to sex and age

From: The German version of the Perceived Stress Scale – psychometric characteristics in a representative German community sample

 

Total (N = 2463)

age group

14-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70+

Mean

6.1

5.8

5.0

5.5

5.4

5.1

5.9

SD

3.2

3.7

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.4

3.3

5 %

1

0

0

1

0

0

1

25 %

4

3

3

3

3

3

4

50 %

6

5

5

5

5

4

6

75 %

8

8

7

8

8

7

8

95 %

11

13

12

12

12

12

12

 

Female (n = 1315)

age group

14-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70+

Mean

6.3

6.2

5.1

5.4

5.4

5.2

6.1

SD

3.0

3.6

3.3

3.2

3.4

3.3

3.2

5 %

2

1

0

1

0

0

1

25 %

4

4

3

3

3

3

4

50 %

7

6

5

5

5

5

6

75 %

8

8

7

7

8

7

8

95 %

11

13

11

11

11

12

12

 

Male (n = 1148)

age group

14-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70+

Mean

5.9

5.4

5.0

5.7

5.3

5.0

5.6

SD

3.3

3.8

3.5

3.7

3.7

3.5

3.6

5 %

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

25 %

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

50 %

6

5

4

5

5

4

5

75 %

8

7

7

8

8

7

8

95 %

11

13

12

12

12

12

13