Table 4.

Descriptive statistics, mean differences and effect sizes (Hedges’ g) of the numeric predictors by group.

	Non-students (N = 590)	Students (N = 486)	Mean difference [95% CI]	Hedges’ g [95% CI]
Age
Mean (SD)	23.1 (2.79)	21.7 (2.15)	− 2.17 [− 2.47, − 1.86]	0.86 [0.73, 0.98]
Median [min, max]	24.0 [18.0, 29.0]	21.0 [18.0, 29.0]
Financial dependency
Mean (SD)	2.03 (0.75)	2.65 (0.59)	0.62 [0.54, 0.70]	− 0.91 [− 1.04, − 0.79]
Median [min, max]	2.00 [1.00, 3.00]	3.00 [1.00, 3.00]
Financial distress
Mean (SD)	1.29 (0.83)	1.37 (0.94)	− 0.07 [− 0.04, − 0.179]	− 0.09 [− 0.21, − 0.04]
Median [min, max]	1.00 [0.00, 3.00]	1.00[0.00, 3.00]
Average number of sleeping hours per day
Mean (SD)	7.15 (1.22)	6.47 (1.33)	− 0.68 [− 0.83, − 0.52]	0.54 [0.42, 0.66]
Median [min, max]	7.00 [4.00, 15.0]	6.00 [1.00, 12.0]
Days exercising per week
Mean (SD)	2.58 (2.00)	2.22 (1.94)	− 0.36 [− 0.59, − 0.12]	0.18 [0.06, 0.30]
Median [min, max]	2.5 [0.00, 6.50]	2.5 [0.00, 6.50]
Average number of hours using social networks per day
Mean (SD)	4.73 (3.18)	4.37 (2.72)	− 0.36 [− 0.71, 0.01]	0.12 [0.001, 0.24]
Median [min, max]	4.00 [0, 24.0]	4.00 [0, 20.0]
Maintaining a routine
Mean (SD)	2.42 (1.13)	2.35 (1.04)	− 0.07 [− 0.21, 0.07]	0.07 [− 0.05, 0.18]
Median [min, max]	2.00 [0.00, 4.00]	2.00 [0.00, 4.00]