Table 3 Characteristics of CiFi PV participants and the Swiss population (nominal and interval variables)

Active membership in a club or association (N = 510)¹,²

1 = No meetups or very rarely (low)

39.8%

53.7%

2 =  ≤ 1 monthly meet-up (medium)

33.3%

22.0%

3 =  ≥ 1 weekly meet-up (high)

26.9%

24.3%

Type of engagement of the civically engaged respondents (N = 365)¹,³

1 = Sports club

27.8%

32.8%

2 = Other

20.4%

25.6%

3 = Environmental organization

15.7%

5.1%

4 = Political organization

11.7%

7.3%

5 = Neighborhood association

9.8%

5.7%

6 = Music club

7.3%

10.2%

7 = Union

3.1%

4.3%

8 = Service club

2.3%

3.1%

9 = Student organization

0.9%

3.5%

10 = Parents’ association or youth club

0.9%

2.4%

Gender (N = 510)

0 = female

23.3%

51.0%

1 = male

76.7%

49.0%

Education (N = 510)

1 = Compulsory school (low)

0.8%

2.7%

2 = Vocational training, high school (medium)

18.2%

34.1%

3 = Technical college, university, PhDs (high)

79.2%

63.1%

Income (monthly) (N = 510)

1 =  < 4500 CHF (low)

7.6%

13.5%

2 = 4500–8999 CHF (medium)

33.7%

35.6%

3 =  ≥ 9000 CHF (high)

50.2%

36.7%

No answer

8.4%

14.2%

Homeownership (N = 510)

1 = Owner

50.6%

36.4%

2 = Tenant

43.5%

60.6%

3 = Member of cooperative

5.7%

3.0%

Political orientation (N = 510)

1 = Left

9.6%

5.1%

2

20.2%

11.6%

3

20.8%

20.2%

4

19.0%

23.0%

5

17.5%

19.5%

6

9.2%

13.0%

7

2.0%

5.4%

8 = Right

0.6%

2.2%

No answer

1.2%

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Age (N = 506)

Continuous scale with an open text field

Mdn= 54

Mdn = 43⁴

Principles of life

Altruistic (A)

Egoistic (E)

Biospheric (B)

Hedonic (H)

(N = 510)

Likert scale from ‘1 Not important at all—5 Very important’

A: M = 4.1, SD = 0.61

E: M = 2.5, SD = 0.71

B: M = 4.4, SD = 0.57

H: M = 3.5, SD = 0.78

A: M = 4.0, SD = 0.94

E: M = 2.6, SD = 1.04

B: M = 4.0, SD = 0.88

H: M = 3.9, SD = 0.91