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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants pre-pandemic (Wave 1)

From: Changes in mental health across the COVID-19 pandemic for local and international university students in Australia: a cohort study

 

Wave 1 population (n = 50,930)

Wave 1 participants (n = 14,880)

Wave 1 students continuing at university across 2019 and 2020 (n = 9011)

Students who responded to the Wave 2 survey (n = 4407)

Local students who responded to the Wave 2 survey (3162)

International students who responded to the Wave 2 survey (1245)

WAVE 1

Mean age (SD)

24.8

24.2 (6.9)

23.1 (6.4)

23.4 (6.8)

23.4 (7.5)

23.3 (4.5)

Median age (IQR)

 

22 (20, 26)

21 (19, 24)

21 (19, 25)

21 (19, 24)

22 (20, 26)

Gender (% of total)

 Female

(56.7)

9432 (63.9)

5662 (63.3)

2991 (68.3)

2166 (68.9)

825 (66.9)

 Male

(43.1)

5251 (35.6)

3239 (36.2)

1361 (31.1)

954 (30.3)

407 (33.0)

 Self-described

(0.1)

77 (0.5)

43 (0.5)

28 (0.6)

26 (0.8)

2 (0.2)

 Missing

 

120

67

27

16

11

Citizenship status (% of total)

 Local

(62.3)

9412 (63.3)

6064 (67.3)

3162 (71.8)

N/A

N/A

 International

(43.1)

5468 (36.8)

2947 (32.7)

1245 (28.3)

N/A

N/A

 Missing

 

0

0

0

  

Study level (% of total)

 Undergraduate

 

6830 (46.70)

4954 (55.9)

2329 (53.4)

1772 (56.5)

557(45.4)

 Masters (coursework)

 

6001 (41.03)

2781 (31.4)

1403 (32.2)

985 (31.4)

418 (34.0)

 Other postgraduate

 

346 (2.37)

164 (1.9)

86 (2.0)

70 (2.2)

16 (1.3)

 Graduate research

 

1448 (9.90)

959 (10.6)

544 (12.5)

307 (9.8)

237 (19.3)

 Missing

 

225 (1.71)

153

45 (1.0)

28

17

WAVE 2

Pandemic Country of residence (% of total)

 Overseas

 

N/A

N/A

232 (5.3)

35 (1.1)

197 (15.8)

 Australia

 

N/A

N/A

4174 (94.7)

3127 (98.9)

1047 (84.2)

 Missing

   

1

0

1

Living circumstances (% of total)

 With family

    

1690 (53.5)

246 (19.8)

 With partner

    

587 (18.6)

208 (16.7)

 With others

    

640 (20.3)

467 (37.5)

 Alone

    

244 (7.7)

324 (26.0)

 Missing

   

1

1

0

  1. SD Standard deviation IQR Interquartile range N/A Not applicableÂ