Table 1.

Characteristics of the study sample

	Study sample (n = 720)
Sex (n/%)
Male	293 (40.7%)
Female	427 (59.3%)
Age in years (M/SD)	23.99 (3.15)
Activity
Higher education student	411 (57.1%)
Working (employee/self-employed)	284 (39.4%)
Non-active	25 (3.5%)
Education (n/%)
Primary or lower secondary education diploma	9 (1.3%)
Secondary education diploma	107 (14.9%)
Higher education diploma (bachelor degree)	338 (46.9%)
Higher education diploma (master degree)	257 (35.7%)
Higher education diploma (PhD)	9 (1.3%)
Disposable income in euros (M/SD)	1935.41 (724.39)

Disposable income was measured using the OECD equivalence scale (Hagenaars et al. 1994) and only measured among non-students. 15 People chose not to disclose their income. As such, sample for disposable income: n = 294