Table 3.
Study year 2022 - Mean scores for psychological distress, wellbeing, and physical activity measures by survey mode, survey mode, gender and age group.
|
Measure |
Mode | Gender | Age group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12–14 |
15–17 |
18–21 |
22–25 |
Total |
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| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |||
| Psychological distress (K10) | CATI | Females | 22.2 (7.7) | 23.4 (7.5) | 24.4 (8.0) | 22.5 (6.9) | 23.1 (7.6) |
| Males | 18.8 (5.1) | 19.3 (5.9) | 20.1 (6.3) | 21.0 (6.9) | 19.8 (6.1) | ||
| Total | 20.4 (6.7) | 21.3 (7.0) | 22.2 (7.5) | 21.7 (6.9) | 21.4 (7.1) | ||
| Online | Females | 20.2 (7.6) | 20.0 (7.5) | 26.7 (8.0) | 24.1 (7.7) | 22.8 (8.2) | |
| Males | 18.5 (6.8) | 18.3 (7.0) | 24.4 (8.4) | 22.9 (8.2) | 21.0 (8.1) | ||
| Total | 19.3 (7.2) | 19.1 (7.3) | 25.5 (8.2) | 23.5 (8.0) | 21.9 (8.2) | ||
| Wellbeing (MHC-SF) | CATI | Females | 48.2 (12.4) | 46.9 (11.4) | 44.4 (12.9) | 46.7 (12.3) | 46.5 (12.3) |
| Males | 55.7 (9.1) | 50.4 (10.8) | 50.9 (11.2) | 46.7 (13.5) | 51.0 (11.7) | ||
| Total | 52.1 (11.7) | 48.7 (11.2) | 47.7 (12.5) | 46.7 (12.9) | 48.8 (12.2) | ||
| Online | Females | 47.1 (14.2) | 45.3 (14.7) | 38.0 (15.1) | 40.1 (14.8) | 42.6 (15.1) | |
| Males | 49.5 (12.5) | 45.8 (13.9) | 41.7 (14.3) | 42.8 (14.4) | 44.9 (14.1) | ||
| Total | 48.3 (13.4) | 45.6 (14.3) | 39.9 (14.8) | 41.5 (14.7) | 43.8 (14.7) | ||
| Physical Activity – Vigorous | CATI | Females | 239.9 (234.4) | 256.0 (248.2) | 247.4 (271.7) | 234.0 (264.5) | 244.3 (253.3) |
| Males | 305.7 (265.1) | 327.5 (312.4) | 469.3 (389.8) | 322.4 (323.2) | 356.1 (330.3) | ||
| Total | 275.1 (252.2) | 293.4 (284.5) | 365.9 (356.3) | 282.0 (300.1) | 304.0 (301.5) | ||
| Online | Females | 225.2 (274.8) | 204.1 (284.0) | 256.3 (334.8) | 202.8 (282.3) | 222.0 (295.6) | |
| Males | 268.5 (306.5) | 281.4 (330.3) | 370.7 (358.0) | 324.7 (346.0) | 311.5 (337.9) | ||
| Total | 247.6 (292.3) | 244.4 (311.7) | 314.8 (351.3) | 266.4 (323.6) | 268.5 (321.7) | ||
| Physical Activity – Walking | CATI | Females | 332.6 (377.3) | 354.5 (335.5) | 456.0 (413.7) | 356.6 (387.2) | 374.6 (381.2) |
| Males | 356.4 (352.5) | 385.6 (375.5) | 506.1 (451.6) | 482.9 (464.6) | 431.0 (416.0) | ||
| Total | 345.3 (363.8) | 370.8 (356.0) | 482.7 (433.9) | 425.2 (434.2) | 404.7 (400.7) | ||
| Online | Females | 305.0 (337.0) | 316.6 (360.3) | 431.0 (427.3) | 385.3 (411.7) | 360.1 (389.2) | |
| Males | 328.5 (381.1) | 317.5 (350.7) | 478.2 (451.8) | 421.6 (416.6) | 386.8 (407.1) | ||
| Total | 317.1 (360.4) | 317.1 (355.2) | 455.2 (440.3) | 403.8 (414.4) | 373.8 (398.) | ||
| Physical Activity – Sitting | CATI | Females | 371.3 (279.7) | 478.6 (288.9) | 428.6 (285.0) | 393.5 (189.0) | 416.7 (267.8) |
| Males | 398.8 (295.0) | 407.7 (274.2) | 366.2 (249.6) | 428.8 (239.7) | 399.7 (266.5) | ||
| Total | 386.0 (287.6) | 441.5 (282.9) | 395.3 (268.0) | 412.7 (217.9) | 407.6 (267.1) | ||
| Online | Females | 367.0 (231.5) | 433.5 (269.1) | 426.5 (293.6) | 435.2 (276.3) | 415.8 (270.0) | |
| Males | 391.3 (233.8) | 404.4 (240.0) | 373.0 (248.5) | 365.6 (281.5) | 383.5 (252.2) | ||
| Total | 379.5 (232.9) | 418.5 (254.7) | 399.0 (272.6) | 399.7 (281.0) | 399.2 (261.4) | ||