Table 1.

Characteristics of the survey sample.

	Total sample (n = 1471)		Previously used digital support (n = 641)
Characteristics	n	% a	n	% b
Age‐band
15–17 years	542	36.8	238	43.9
18–19 years	294	20.0	102	34.7
20–21 years	194	13.2	77	39.7
22–23 years	199	13.5	84	42.2
24–25 years	158	10.7	66	41.8
26–30 years	115	7.8	74	64.3
Ethnic group
Māori	213	14.5	91	42.7
Pasifika	81	5.5	32	39.5
Asian	176	12.0	75	42.6
European	952	64.7	418	43.9
Middle Eastern, Latin American, African	31	2.1	17	54.8
Not stated	18	1.2	8	44.4
Gender
Woman	683	46.4	374	54.8
Man	731	49.7	222	30.4
Another genderc	47	3.2	37	78.7
Not stated	10	0.7	8	80.0
Employment/educationd
At school or tertiary study	710	48.3	311	43.8
Training/apprenticeship	33	2.2	9	27.3
Working part time	251	17.1	129	51.4
Working full time	208	14.1	103	49.5
Looking for work	94	6.4	59	62.8
Caring for child, someone else	23	1.6	13	56.5
Not working or studying or unable to	33	2.2	18	54.5
Receiving a benefit	27	1.8	19	70.4
Not stated	2	0.1	2	100.0
Where do you live
In a major urban city	699	47.5	317	45.4
In a regional city	126	8.6	53	42.1
In a small town	90	6.1	46	51.1
In a very small town/rural/remote	60	4.1	22	36.7
Not answered	496	33.7	203	40.9

^a Column percentages (denominator = 1471).

^b Row percentages.

^c Participants could add free text to describe their gender: Agender (2), Demigirl (1), Gender Bender (1), gender‐queer (2), gender‐fluid (4), nonbinary (14) and trans (4).

^d Participants could select more than one option, so the total does not sum to 1478.