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. 2025 Feb 8;39:100811. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2025.100811

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of socio-demographic variables.

Factor Whole cohort N = 493 CORE N = 248 WL N = 245 p-value
Sex, n(%) 0.0057#
 Male 116 (23.4) 45 (18.1) 71 (28.9)
 Female 378 (76.4) 203 (81.5) 175 (71.1)
 Other 1 (0.2) 1 (0.4) 0
Age 0.7589
 mean (SD) 25.01 (6.45) 24.83 (6.12) 25.19 (6.79)
 median (Q1;Q3) 23 (21;27) 23(21;26) 23 (21;27)
 missing 6 3 3
Marital status, n(%) 0.5113#
 Single 202 (40.8) 94 (37.7) 108 (43.9)
 w/ partner, living apart 180 (36.4) 97 (39.0) 83 (33.7)
 married/living w/ partner 109 (22.0) 56 (22.5) 53 (21.5)
 divorced w/o new partner 3 (0.61) 1 (0.4) 2 (0.81)
 divorced w/ new partner 1 (0.2) 1 (0.4) 0 (0)
 widowed w/o new partner 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 widowed w/ new partner 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Trial site, n(%) 0.9995
 Spain 183 (37.0) 92 (37.0) 91 (37.0)
 Germany + Switzerland 312 (63.0) 157 (63.0) 155 (63.0)
Study year, n(%) 0.8641
 First-year student 50 (10.1) 25 (10.0) 25 (10.2)
 Second-year student 78 (15.8) 36 (14.5) 42 (17.1)
 Third year student 107 (21.6) 56 (22.5) 51 (20.7)
 4+ years 260 (52.5) 132 (53.0) 128 (52.0)
 I am no student 0 (0) 0(0) 0(0)
Education, n(%) 0.7172#
 EQF Level 2 3 (0.61) 3 (1.2) 0 (0)
 EQF Level 3 3 (0.61) 2 (0.8) 1(0.4)
 EQF Level 4 (A-levels) 161 (32.5) 80 (32.13) 81 (32.9)
 EQF Level 5 23(4.65) 11 (4.42) 12 (4.88)
 EQF Level 6 (BA, BSc) 229 (46.26) 117 (47.0) 112 (45.53)
 EQF Level 7 (MA, MSc) 67 (13.5) 33 (13.25) 34 (13.8)
 EQF Level 8 (Doctorate) 8 (1.62) 3 (1.2) 5 (2.03)
 unknown 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.4)
Mental health diagnosis (ever), n(%) 132 (26.8) 65 (26.2) 67 (27.3) 0.7755
Children at home, n(%) 88 (17.8) 42 (16.9) 45 (18.3) 0.6767
Living situation, n(%)
 Alone 60 (12.1) 21 (8.4) 39 (15.9) 0.1187#
196 (39.6) 100 (40.2) 96 (39.0)
153 (30.9) 79 (31.7) 74 (30.1)
 Family 13 (2.6) 7 (2.8) 6 (2.4)
 Colleagues or friends 73 (14.8) 42 (16.9) 31 (12.6)
 Student dormitory
 with partner
#

Fisher's exact test; w – with; w/o – without; BA - Bachelor of Arts; BSc - Bachelor of Science; MA - Master of Arts; MSc - Master of Science; EQF – European Qualification Framework; WL – Waiting List; SD – standard deviation; Q1 – first quartile; Q3 – third quartile.