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. 2021 Jul 2;37(1):daab070. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daab070

Table 2:

Wellbeing and health complaints of university students differentiated by sociodemographic characteristics

Low/very low wellbeing Sufficient wellbeing Multiple health complaints Single health complaints
% (n) % (n) % (n) % (n)
Gender χ2 = 99.86 (1), p <0.001, V =0.08 χ2 = 214.21 (1), p <0.001, V =0.12
 Male 33.8 (2.574) 66.2 (5.031) 23.6 (1.789) 76.4 (5.781)
 Female 41.8 (2.998) 58.2 (4.171) 34.6 (2.467) 65.4 (4.666)
Age χ2 = 9.25 (2), p <0.05, V =0.03 χ2 = 3.61 (2), n.s.
 ≤20 years 37.2 (975) 62.8 (1.644) 29.9 (781) 70.1 (1.827)
 21−23 years 36.7 (1.999) 63.3 (3.452) 29.0 (1.572) 71.0 (3.851)
 24−26 years 39.8 (1.403) 60.2 (2.123) 29.3 (1.029) 70.7 (2.479)
 ≥27 years 37.3 (1.190) 62.3 (1.969) 27.8 (873) 72.2 (2.270)
Study program χ2 = 3.83 (3), n.s. χ2 = 21.47 (3), p <0.001, V =0.04
 Bachelor 38.2 (3.920) 61.8 (6.331) 30.0 (3.060) 70.0 (7.135)
 Master 36.5 (1.012) 63.5 (1.758) 25.6 (705) 74.4 (2.050)
 Other (e.g. PhD) 36.6 (641) 63.4 (1.112) 28.0 (491) 72.0 (1.261)
Subjective social status χ2 = 179.06 (4), p <0.001, V =0.11 χ2 = 155.99 (4), p <0.001, V =0.10
 Low 47.3 (1.203) 52.7 (1.339) 38.5 (976) 61.5 (1.558)
 Middle 37.3 (3.733) 62.7 (6.272) 27.8 (2.768) 72.2 (7.181)
 High 28.6 (636) 71.4 (1.587) 23.1 (512) 76.9 (1.706)
Total 37.7 (5.572) 62.3 (9.202) 28.9 (4.256) 71.1 (10.447)

χ2, chi square; df, degrees of freedom; p, significance; V, Cramer’s V; n.s., not significant; %, percent; n, frequency.