\begin{table}%t2 \caption{\label{tab2}Magnetic field obtained from various pulsar samples.} %\centering \par \begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline\hline sample & no. objects & $\ell_{\rm II}$ & $b_{\rm II}$ & B & $\chi^2_{\rm rid}$ \\ & & degrees & degrees & $\mu$G & \\ \hline $<$$300$~pc & 7 & 16 & 45 & 1.9 & 470 \\ III quad & 4 & 5 & 42 & 3.3 & 40 \\ $<$$500$~pc & 18 & 6 & 28 & 2.7 & 1500 \\ III quad & 8 & 9 & 43 & 2.5 & 340 \\ 0.5--2~kpc & 103 & 80 & --10 & 2.5 & 10000 \\ arm excl. & 57 & 100 & 6 & 3.1 & 2200 \\ \hline \end{tabular}\vspace*{-3mm} \end{table}