Table 1.
Characteristics of focus group participants.
| Sydney | Glasgow | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Female | 7 (50%) | 11 (69%) | 18 (60%) |
| Male | 7 (50%) | 5 (31%) | 12 (40%) |
| Age range (years) | 19–29 | 19–29 | |
| Average age (years) | 25 | 24 | |
| Age group | |||
| 18–24 years | 5 (36%) | 7 (44%) | 12 (40%) |
| 25–30 years | 9 (64%) | 9 (56%) | 18 (60%) |
| Employment/education status | |||
| Employed full time | 5 (36%) | 6 (37%) | 11 (37%) |
| Employed part time | 3 (19%) | 3 (10%) | |
| University or college student | 8 (57%) | 7 (44%) | 15 (50%) |
| Other | 1 (7%) | - | 1 (3%) |
| Highest level of education completed | |||
| High school—Year 10 or 4th form | - | - | - |
| High school—Year 12 or 6th form | 2 (14%) | 4 (25%) | 6 (20%) |
| Bachelor degree or diploma | 9 (64%) | 10 (63%) | 19 (63%) |
| Master’s degree or other postgraduate degree | 3 (22%) | 2 (12%) | 5 (17%) |
| SES of home suburb 1 | |||
| Average | 7.57 | 6.15 | - |
| Median | 8.50 | 7.00 | - |
| Fluent (native) English speakers | 11 (79%) | 15 (94%) | 26 (87%) |
| Total | 14 | 16 | 30 |
1 For SES of home suburb for Glasgow participants, we cross-referenced the home suburb postcode given with the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2016 Deciles, where 1 is most deprived and 10 is least deprived [37]. For Sydney participants’ SES, we cross-referenced the home suburb given with the ABS’ State Suburb (SSC) Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage & Disadvantage NSW, a data cube of the Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA). We used the decile ranking within NSW which is a SES decile score of 1 to 10, where 1 is most deprived and 10 is least deprived [38].