TABLE 1.
Descriptive statistics among key study variables
| Wave | N | Sex | Age | Self‐esteem | Negative life events | Employment status | Educational status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | No % | Yes % | School % | University % | ||
| Wave 1 | 278 | 164 | 114 | 15.30 | 1.24 | 3.24 | 0.44 | 0.91 | 0.73 | 98 | 2 | 98 | 0 |
| Wave 2 | 362 | 214 | 148 | 17.30 | 1.26 | 3.25 | 0.51 | 0.87 | 0.90 | 89 | 11 | 89 | 0 |
| Wave 3 | 368 | 217 | 151 | 19.30 | 1.18 | 3.28 | 0.49 | 2.20 | 1.37 | 79 | 21 | 58 | 20 |
| Wave 4 | 364 | 215 | 149 | 21.31 | 1.27 | 3.32 | 0.52 | 0.76 | 0.84 | 53 | 47 | 0 | 51 |
| Wave 5 | 282 | 166 | 116 | 25.33 | 1.24 | 3.38 | 0.49 | 0.61 | 0.82 | 21 | 79 | 0 | 35 |
| Wave 6 | 177 | 104 | 73 | 29.30 | 1.24 | 3.40 | 0.43 | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 24 |