Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants

Characteristic	Number (%)
Ethnicity
White	5838 (55.67)
Asian or Asian British	3027 (28.87)
Black, Black British, Caribbean or African	529 (5.04)
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	555 (5.29)
Other	410 (3.91)
Prefer not to say	127 (1.21)
Gender
Female	6977 (66.54)
Male	3429 (32.70)
Non-binary	64 (0.61)
Prefer not to say	16 (0.15)
Level of education
Postgraduate	1873 (17.86)
Undergraduate	8613 (82.14)
Previous schooling
Private education	3605 (34.38)
State education	6609 (63.03)
Prefer not to say	272 (2.59)
Fee status
Home	9207 (87.80)
European Union (EU)	419 (4.00)
International (non-EU)	860 (8.20)
Current year of study
Year 1	1963 (18.72)
Year 2	2152 (20.52)
Year 3	1952 (18.62)
Year 4 (not penultimate year)	947 (9.03)
Penultimate year	1989 (18.97)
Final year	1483 (14.14)
Age
Median (range)	22 (17–48)
Total	10 486 (100.00)