Table 1.
General characteristics of the United Kingdom and Egypt samples.
| Variables | UK | Egypt | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Sociodemographic | ||||
| Gender | Male | 765 (22.10) | 1504 (47.50) | <0.001 |
| Female | 2699 (77.90) | 1663 (52.50) | ||
| Age (years) | ≤20 | 1098 (30.90) | 2800 (85.60) | <0.001 |
| 20 < age ≤ 24 | 855 (24.10) | 407 (12.40) | ||
| >24 | 1601 (45.00) | 64 (2.00) | ||
| Marital status | Single | 2051 (55.30) | 3145 (96.10) | <0.001 |
| Not single | 1655 (44.70) | 126 (3.90) | ||
| Year of study | 1st | 1491 (42.60) | 1080 (33.60) | <0.001 |
| 2nd | 1095 (31.30) | 918 (28.50) | ||
| 3rd | 655 (18.70) | 862 (26.80) | ||
| ≥4th | 262 (7.50) | 357 (11.10) | ||
| Living with parents | No | 2816 (76.00) | 1978 (61.90) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 890 (24.00) | 1218 (38.10) | ||
| Income sufficiency | Always/mostly insufficient | 1925 (57.50) | 712 (22.40) | <0.001 |
| Always/mostly sufficient | 1423 (42.50) | 2460 (77.60) | ||
| Lifestyle | ||||
| Smoking | Never | 2546 (72.30) | 2850 (91.20) | <0.001 |
| Occasionally | 421 (12.00) | 174 (5.60) | ||
| Daily | 555 (15.80) | 100 (3.20) | ||
| Illicit drug/s use | Never | 2430 (69.70) | 2687 (95.50) | <0.001 |
| Yes, only a few times | 886 (25.40) | 115 (4.10) | ||
| Yes, regularly | 168 (4.80) | 11 (0.40) | ||
| Alcohol consumption frequency | Never | 285 (8.10) | 2520 (89.60) | <0.001 |
| ≤Once a week | 1737 (49.20) | 185 (6.60) | ||
| Several times a week | 1325 (37.50) | 84 (3.00) | ||
| Every day/Several times a day | 183 (5.20) | 23 (0.80) | ||
| Health | ||||
| Subjective health status | Excellent/Very good | 1706 (47.50) | 597 (18.40) | <0.001 |
| Good | 1503 (41.80) | 1531 (47.20) | ||
| Fair/Poor | 385 (10.70) | 1114 (34.40) | ||
| Health Awareness | Not at all/Not much | 633 (17.70) | 817 (25.30) | <0.001 |
| Very much/To some extent | 2951 (82.30) | 2414 (74.70) | ||
| BMI (reported) | Underweight | 28 (4.20) | 199 (6.10) | <0.001 |
| Normal | 367 (54.90) | 2053 (62.80) | ||
| Overweight | 153 (22.90) | 709 (21.70) | ||
| Obese | 120 (18.00) | 310 (9.50) | ||
| Religiosity | ||||
| Importance of religion | Strongly/somewhat agree | 864 (25.30) | 3169 (97.70) | <0.001 |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 913 (26.70) | 13 (0.40) | ||
| Strongly/somewhat disagree | 1643 (48.00) | 63 (1.90) | ||
| Quality of life | ||||
| Quality of life | Poor/fair | 274 (7.70) | 427 (13.20) | <0.001 |
| Good | 985 (27.70) | 1566 (48.50) | ||
| Very good/Excellent | 2297 (64.60) | 1235 (38.30) | ||