Table 3.
Proportion of students falling into each cluster, according to age, field of study and accommodation type
| Male Students | |||||
| Cluster Title | Ideal Healthy | Low PA & Poor Diet | Convenience Food | Alcohol Consumption | Smoking & Drug Use |
| Age (Mean ± SD) | 21.05 ± 5.00 | 22.80 ± 6.85** | 20.80 ± 4.70 | 21.57 ± 5.84 | 22.25 ± 5.24** |
| Field of Study - n (%) | |||||
| Health, Welfare & Exercise | 162 (22.7)a | 70 (11.2)b | 74 (17.1) | 63 (13.4) | 104 (16.7) |
| Social, Business, Law | 107 (15.0)b | 107 (17.1) | 74 (17.1) | 106 (22.5)a | 123 (19.7) |
| Humanities & Arts | 55 (7.7)b | 53 (8.5) | 36 (8.3) | 53 (11.3) | 79 (12.7)a |
| Education | 27 (3.8) | 16 (2.6) | 20 (4.6)a | 10 (2.1) | 10 (1.6)b |
| Science, Maths, Computing | 273 (38.2) | 292 (46.7)a | 174 (40.1) | 176 (37.4) | 226 (36.2)b |
| Engineering & Manufacturing | 62 (8.7) | 56 (9.0) | 37 (8.5) | 36 (7.6) | 54 (8.7) |
| Other | 28 (3.9) | 31 (5.0) | 19 (4.4) | 27 (5.7) | 28 (4.5) |
| Accommodation - n (%) | |||||
| At home | 392 (55.8)a | 362 (58.0)a | 256 (58.9)a | 148 (31.5)b | 328 (52.7) |
| Away from home | 310 (44.2)b | 262 (42.0)b | 179 (41.1)b | 322 (68.5)a | 294 (47.3) |
| Female Students | |||||
| Cluster Title | Ideal Healthy | Low PA & Smoking |
Convenience Foods | Alcohol Consumption | |
| Age (Mean ± SD) | 21.41 ± 5.62 | 22.52 ± 6.50** | 20.58 ± 3.71** | 21.00 ± 6.23 | |
| Field of Study - n (%) | |||||
| Health, Welfare & Exercise | 274 (22.2)a | 100 (16.1)b | 101 (19.1) | 70 (20.4) | |
| Social, Business, Law | 267 (21.7)b | 179 (28.7)a | 146 (27.7) | 95 (27.7) | |
| Humanities & Arts | 209 (17.0)b | 146 (23.3)a | 95 (18.0) | 64 (18.7) | |
| Education | 169 (13.7)a | 23 (3.7)b | 50 (9.5) | 40 (11.7) | |
| Science, Maths, Computing | 205 (16.6) | 124 (19.9) | 95 (18.0) | 55 (16.0) | |
| Engineering & Manufacturing | 26 (2.1) | 11 (1.8) | 13 (2.5) | 6 (1.7) | |
| Other | 82 (6.7) | 40 (6.4) | 28 (5.3) | 13 (3.8) | |
| Accommodation - n (%) | |||||
| At home | 539 (43.9) | 275 (44.1) | 278 (52.1)a | 107 (31.7)b | |
| Away from home | 690 (56.1) | 348 (55.9) | 256 (47.9)b | 231 (68.3)a | |
ANOVA: ** = < 0.01; Adjusted Residuals: a = > 2.0 or significantly higher proportion than expected falling into this cluster, b = < 2.0 or significantly fewer proportion than expected falling into this cluster. Numbers are reduced due to missing data for demographic data