TABLE 1.
Demographic characteristics of the participants.
| Variables | Overall | Singapore | Australia |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Age | 27.27 (9.79) | 26.72 (7.8) | 27.94 (11.77) |
| % (N) | % (N) | % (N) | |
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| Total participants | 100 (406) | 55.2 (224) | 44.8 (182) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Chinese | 51.8 (116) | ||
| Indian | 44.6 (100) | ||
| Malay | 3.6 (8) | ||
| European australian | 87.9 (160) | ||
| Indigenous australian | 12.1 (22) | ||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 28.3 (115) | 27.2 (61) | 29.5 (54) |
| Female | 71.1 (289) | 72.3 (162) | 70.0 (127) |
| Unspecified/intersex | 0.6 (2) | 0.5 (1) | 0.5 (1) |
| Highest level of formal education | |||
| High school/certificate/diploma | 14.5 (59) | 13 (29) | 16.5 (30) |
| Undergraduate | 79 (320) | 76.3 (171) | 81.9 (149) |
| Postgraduate | 6.5 (27) | 10.7 (24) | 1.6 (3) |
| Occupation | |||
| Student | 54.8 (212) | 56.7 (118) | 52.5 (94) |
| Healthcare services | 10.6 (41) | 9.7 (20) | 11.7 (21) |
| Education | 9.8 (38) | 12.5 (26) | 6.7 (12) |
| Finance sector | 0.7 (2) | 0.5 (1) | 0.5 (1) |
| Hospitality/retail | 4.1 (16) | 2.4 (5) | 6.1 (11) |
| Public servant | 3.3 (13) | 2.4 (5) | 4.5 (8) |
| Social services/community organization | 3.6 (14) | 2.4 (5) | 5.2 (9) |
| Trade-person | 1.5 (6) | 0.9 (2) | 2.2 (4) |
| Other | 11.6 (45) | 12.5 (26) | 10.6 (19) |
| Missing data | 4.7 (19) | 7.1 (16) | 1.6 (3) |
| Annual income | |||
| 0–$18,200 | 55.6 (225) | 61 (136) | 49.2 (89) |
| 18,201–$37,000 | 16.6 (67) | 14 (31) | 19.9 (36) |
| 37,001–$80,000 | 18.6 (75) | 15.7 (35) | 22.1 (40) |
| 80,001–$120,000 | 7.2 (29) | 7.1 (16) | 7.2 (13) |
| More than $120,001 | 2.0 (8) | 2.2 (5) | 1.6 (3) |
| Missing data | 0.5 (2) | 0.5 (1) | 0.5 (1) |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 68.6 (277) | 79.5 (178) | 55 (99) |
| Divorces/widowed/separated | 4.2 (17) | 0.5 (1) | 8.9 (16) |
| Married/de facto relationship | 27.2 (110) | 20 (45) | 36.1 (65) |
| Missing data | 0.5 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |