Table 2

Effect sizes and 95% CI for the comparison of various groups regarding annual payment amounts per person

Independent variableFactor levelsEffect size(95% CI)
Disclosure behaviour: once
 Year2015 vs 2016rb=0.07(0.06 to 0.09)
Disclosure behaviour: repeatedly
 Year2015 vs 2016rb=0.14(0.12 to 0.17)
2015
 Disclosure behaviourOnce vs repeatedlyrb=−0.31(−0.32 to −0.29)
 GenderMale vs femalerb=0.28(0.26 to 0.29)
 Academic degreeNone vs Dr vs Professorε2=0.12(0.11 to 0.13)
None vs Drrb=−0.24(−0.25 to −0.22)
None vs Professorrb=−0.68(−0.69 to −0.66)
Dr vs Professorrb=−0.51(−0.53 to −0.49)
2016
 Disclosure behaviourOnce vs repeatedlyrb=−0.32(−0.34 to −0.31)
 GenderMale vs femalerb=0.31(0.30 to 0.33)
 Academic degreenone vs Dr vs Professorε2=0.12(0.11 to 0.13)
None vs Drrb=−0.21(−0.23 to −0.20)
None vs Professorrb=−0.68(−0.70 to −0.66)
Dr vs Professorrb=−0.50(−0.53 to −0.48)
  • rb=rank-biserial correlation: positive values indicate that the after scores are smaller than the before scores.