| 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) |
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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) | Â | 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 |