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. 2019 Mar 26;13:17. doi: 10.1186/s13033-019-0275-x

Table 1.

Demographic and health characteristics (n = 148)

Characteristics Number (%) or median (inter-quartile range) p value
All Male Female
Gender
 Male 37 (25.0)
 Female 111 (75.0)
Age group
 19–24 years 111 (75.0) 26 (70.3) 85 (76.6) 0.72
 25–29 years 18 (12.2) 5 (13.5) 13 (11.7)
 30 and over 19 (12.8) 6 (16.2) 13 (11.7)
Major
 Psychology 57 (38.5) 12 (32.4) 45 (40.6) 0.11
 Health 47 (31.8) 9 (24.3) 38 (34.2)
 Other 44 (29.7) 16 (43.3) 28 (25.2)
Born in
 Canada 86 (58.1) 21 (56.8) 65 (58.7) 0.85
 Other countries 62 (41.9) 16 (43.2) 46 (41.4)
First language
 English 93 (62.8) 21 (56.8) 72 (64.9) 0.38
 Other 55 (37.2) 16 (43.2) 39 (35.1)
Relationship status
 Single, no relationship 81 (54.7) 23 (62.2) 58 (52.3) 0.73
 Single in relationship 50 (33.8) 11 (29.7) 39 (35.1)
 Married/common law 10 (6.8) 2 (5.4) 8 (7.2)
 Other 7 (4.7) 1 (2.7) 6 (5.4)
Ethnicity
 White 51 (34.5) 13 (35.1) 38 (34.2) 0.60
 South Asian 28 (18.9) 6 (16.2) 22 (19.8)
 Black 16 (10.7) 2 (5.4) 14 (12.6)
 Chinese 13 (8.8) 3 (8.1) 10 (9.0
 Other 40 (27.0) 13 (35.1) 27 (24.3)
Self-rated health
 Poor/fair 36 (24.5) 8 (22.2) 28 (25.2)
 Good 60 (40.8) 11 (30.6) 49 (44.2) 0.18
 Very good/excellent 51 (34.7) 17 (47.2) 34 (30.6)
Obligations apart from university studya
 Domestic chores 91 (63.5) 20 (54.1) 71 (61.5) 0.24
 Voluntary work 80 (54.1) 21 (56.8) 59 (53.2)
 Caregiving to children, parents, and/or others 34 (23.0) 5 ((13.5) 29 (26.1)
 Internship and training 19 (12.8) 8 (21.6) 11 (9.9)
 Other obligations 26 (17.6) 7 (18.9) 19 (17.1)
Currently covered for private counselling/therapy 61 (41.5) 15 (41.7) 46 (41.4) 0.98
Ever used any counselling/therapy support, % 97 (66.1) 23 (63.9) 74 (66.8) 0.76
Years in Canada if not born there, median (IQR) 11 (4, 16) 10 (3.3, 16) 11 (4.5, 16) 0.69
Weekly paid work hours, median (IQR) 4 (0, 13) 5 (0, 14.5) 4 (0, 12) 0.70
Weekly unpaid work hours, median (IQR) 2 (0, 5) 2.5 (0.3, 7) 2 (0, 5) 0.08

aPercentages add up to over 100% because of overlapping obligations