Table 3 Self-reported impact of COVID-19 across local and international students overall and by pandemic country of residence for international students at Wave 2
| Â | Number of students who reported the issue to be worse than before the pandemic n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pandemic issue | All participants (n = 4407) | Local students (n = 3096) | International students (n = 1198) | International students living overseas (n = 197) | International students living in Australia (n = 1047) |
Health and wellbeing | |||||
My mental health | 3041 (70.8) | 2181 (70.5) | 860 (71.8) | 120 (64.2) | 739 (72.7) |
My physical health | 2333 (54.2) | 1642 (53.0) | 691 (57.4) | 90 (48.1) | 601 (59.0) |
Homesickness | 1535 (47.0) | 826 (39.2) | 709 (61.0) | 53 (28.3) | 656 (64.4) |
Access to general health service | 1396 (34.0) | 1074 (36.1) | 322 (28.4) | 41 (21.9) | 281 (27.6) |
Access to mental health service | 917 (24.2) | 685 (25.4) | 232 (21.3) | 41 (21.9) | 191 (18.8) |
Racial discrimination | 666 (24.0) | 270 (15.5) | 396 (38.3) | 63 (33.7) | 333 (32.7) |
Study | |||||
Connection to the University | 3441 (80.1) | 2525 (81.6) | 916 (76.3) | 155 (83.8) | 761 (74.8) |
Coping with study | 3008 (70.0) | 2113 (68.3) | 895 (74.6) | 146 (78.1) | 1018 (73.6) |
Finding a suitable place to study | 2606 (61.9) | 1770 (58.6) | 836 (70.6) | 133 (72.3) | 703 (69.2) |
Connections with others | |||||
Connection to university peers | 3540 (82.5) | 2586 (83.7) | 954 (79.6) | 157 (84.9) | 797 (78.4) |
Connection with friends | 3255 (75.8) | 2393 (77.5) | 862 (71.7) | 126 (68.1) | 736 (72.4) |
Relationship with my partner | 585 (22.9) | 412 (22.7) | 173 (23.5) | 27 (14.7) | 146 (14.4) |
Relationship with my family | 904 (21.1) | 688 (22.3) | 216 (18.0) | 26 (15.1) | 190 (18.7) |
Finance and housing | |||||
Confidence in future job prospects | 3062 (72.0) | 2088 (68.2) | 974 (82.9) | 152 (82.2) | 822 (81.5) |
Access to paid work | 2349 (60.0) | 1590 (55.4) | 759 (72.9) | 119 (64.7) | 640 (63.0) |
Financial position | 1833 (43.4) | 1109 (36.5) | 724 (61.3) | 113 (61.4) | 611 (60.1) |
Finding suitable accommodation | 674 (19.4) | 366 (15.3) | 308 (28.7) | 61 (33.2) | 247 (24.3) |