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Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of study respondents

From: Physical and mental health perspectives of first year undergraduate rural university students

Socio-demographics

Male

Female

Total

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age (Mean & SD)

Mean 20.7 SD = 6.00

Mean 20.0 SD = 4.10

Mean 20.2 SD = 4.77

Accommodation

78 (70.2)

182 (74.6)

260 (73.2)

On-campus

32 (28.8)

58 (23.7)

90 (25.3)

Private

1 (0.9)

4 (1.6)

5 (1.4)

Other

   

Employment

   

Don’t work

73 (65.7)

161 (65.9)

234 (65.9)

< 10 hours per week

24 (21.6)

42 (17.2)

66 (18.5)

10–20 hours per week

11 (9.9)

35 (14.3)

46 (12.9)

>20 hours per week

3 (2.7)

6 (2.4)

9 (2.5)