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. 2023 Jan 27;13:1487. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-27695-0

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics, p values and effect sizes of the categorial predictors by group.

Non-students (N = 590) Students (N = 486) p OR [CI]
Gender 0.0028
 Female 321 (54.4%) 314 (64.6%)
 Male 266 (45.1%) 171 (35.2%) 0.66 [0.51, 0.84]
 Other 3 (0.5%) 1 (0.2%) 0.37 [0.01, 3.22]
Employment*
 Home tasks 81 (13.7%) 0 (0%)
 Neither studying nor working 152 (25.8%) 0 (0%)
 Working 357 (60.5%) 0 (0%)
 Student 0 (0%) 384 (79.0%)
 Studying and working 0 (0%) 102 (21.0%)
Living with  < 0.001
 Partner and/or kids 62 (10.5%) 14 (2.8%)
 Friends 8 (1.3%) 2 (0.4%) 1.16 [0.15, 5.44]
 Living alone 36 (6.1%) 13 (2.7%) 1.59 [0.66, 3.81]
 Parents 442(74.9%) 418 (86.0%) 4.15 [2.35, 7.84]
 Relatives 33 (5.6%) 27 (5.6%) 3.57 [1.67, 7.94]
 Other 9 (1.5%) 12 (2.5%) 5.74 [2.03, 17.0]
Housing  < 0.001
 Borrowed 49 (8.3%) 26 (5.4%)
 Other 5 (0.9%) 9 (1.8%) 3.30 [1.01, 12.06]
 Own home 386 (65.4%) 370 (76.1%) 1.80 [1.10, 3.00]
 Renting 150 (25.4%) 81 (16.8%) 1.02 [0.59, 1.78]
Civil status 0.0048
 Married 33 (5.6%) 9 (1.8%)
 Single 557 (94.4%) 477 (98.1%) 3.10 [1.52, 6.99]
Parent  < 0.001
 No 524 (88.8%) 475 (97.7%)
 Yes 66 (11.2%) 11 (2.3%) 0.19 [0.09, 0.34]
Children under 18 years  < 0.001
 No 525 (88.9%) 476 (97.9%)
 Yes 65 (11.0%) 10 (2.0%) 0.17 [0.08, 0.32]
Children under 6 years  < 0.001
 No 537 (91.2%) 477 (98.3%)
 Yes 52 (8.8%) 8 (1.7%) 0.18 [0.08, 0.36]
Elderly caregiver  < 0.001
 No 553 (93.7%) 426 (87.6%)
 Yes 37 (6.3%) 60 (12.4%) 2.10 [1.37, 3.25]
Main carer  < 0.001
 No 538 (91.2%) 476 (97.9%)
 Yes 52 (8.8%) 10 (2.1%) 0.22 [0.10, 0.42]
Diagnosis of mental health disorder 0.13
 No 445 (75.4%) 346 (71.9%)
 Yes 145 (24.6%) 140 (28.8%) 1.24 [0.95, 1.63]
Having medication for mental health disorder 0.89
 No 113 (77.9%) 111 (79.3%)
 Yes 32 (22.1%) 29 (20.7%) 0.92 [0.52, 1.63]
Diagnosis of chronic disease 0.004
 No 566 (95.9%) 445 (91.6%)
 Yes 24 (4.1%) 41 (8.4%) 2.17 [1.30, 3.69]

*Dependence test between employment and group was not conducted due to being part of the non-student group exclude the possibility to be studying and to be studying and working. However, we present the description of the categories for informative purposes.