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complete the research questionnaire, 19 from Empire Life and
170 from Queen's. Thirty-four Queen's employees explicitly
decided against participating, most giving reasons of work
load or protection of privacy. All those who agreed to
participate read and signed a consent form. (See Appendix
E.) Of the 189 questionnaires released, 132 were returned,
for a return rate of 70%. However, 12 of those were
incomplete and could not be used.
Of the 120 subjects whose responses were included in
the study, 60 were males, 60 females. The mean age was 37.2
years (SD = 12.60), with a range from 17 to 67. In terms of
highest educational achievement, 3.3% had completed primary
school, 9.2% had had some secondary schooling, 24.2% had
completed secondary schooling, 20% had completed technical
school, 13.3% had had some university experience, 12.5% had
completed a university degree, and 15% reported
post-graduate schooling. Males were, On average, nine years
older than the females and had slightly higher educational
achievement.
Materials
The research tool was a 24 page questionnaire
consisting of four sections and taking approximately 45
minutes to complete. (See Appendix F for a facsimile of the
research questionnaire.) The first section on the front