Table 1 Participant characteristics and median and interquartile range scores for each psychosocial variable
From: Exploring psychosocial predictors of STI testing in University students
Demographics | Psychosocial variablesMedian (IQR) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall N(%) | Overall Median (IQR) | Knowledge | Susceptibility | Subjective norms | Descriptive norms | Direct Attitudes | Indirect attitudes | Social fear | Self-Efficacy | ||
Age | 18–25 | 999 (77) | 22 (20–25) | 11.0 (9.0–12.0) | 4.0 (4.0–5.0) | 5.0 (12.0–22.0) | 8.0 (6.0–9.0) | 31.0 (28.0–33.0) | 42.0 (39.0–46.0) | 17.0 (11.0–25.0) | 38.0 (31.0–46.0) |
25 or more | 282 (21) | 11.0 (8.0–12.0) | 4.0 (4.0–5.0) | 0.0 (−20.0–18.5) | 7.0 (6.0–9.0) | 31.0 (28.0–32.0) | 43.0 (38.0–46.0) | 15.0 (10.0–22.0) | 38.0 (32.0–48.0) | ||
Sex | Male | 401 (31) | / | 11.0 (8.0–13.0) | 4.0 (4.0–5.0) | 4.0 (−12.0–19.0) | 7.0 (6.0–9.0) | 30.0 (27.0–32.0) | 42.0 (38.0–45.0 | 16.0 (10.0–23.0) | 38.0 (33.0–48.0) |
Female | 888 (69) | 10.0 (9.0–12.0) | 4.0 (4.0–5.0) | 4.0 (−16.0–22.0) | 8.0 (7.0–9.0) | 31.0 (29.0–33.0) | 43.0 (39.0–46.0) | 17.0 (10.0–25.0) | 37.0 (31.0–46.0) | ||
Ethnicity | White | 1129 (87) | / | 11.0 (9.0–12.0) | 4.0 (4.0–5.0) | 5.0 (−14.0–22.0) | 8.0 (7.0–9.0) | 31.0 (28.0–32.0) | 42.0 (39.0–46.0) | 16.0 (10.0–24.0) | 38.0 (32.0–47.0) |
Mixed Multiple | 23 (2) | 9.0 (6.0–12.0) | 4.0 (4.0–5.0) | 0.0 (−16.0–14.5) | 7.0 (6.0–8.5) | 31.0 (27.0–33.0) | 43.0 (38.0–47.0) | 17.0 (10.0–24.5) | 36.0 (28.0–43.0) | ||
Asian | 73 (6) | ||||||||||
Black | n < 5 | ||||||||||
African | 31 (2) | ||||||||||
Other | 30 (2) | ||||||||||
Years in UK | 0–5 | 456 (35) | 19 (3.0–21.0) | 9.0 (7.0–11.0) | 4.0 (4.0–5.0) | 0.0 (− 15.0–20.0) | 7.0 (6.0–9.0) | 31.0 (29.0–33.0) | 43.0 (39.0–47.0) | 15.0 (9.5–23.0) | 38.0 (31.0–47.0) |
More than 5 | 838 (65) | 11.0 (9.0–11.0) | 4.0 (4.0–6.0) | 6.0 (−14.0–22.0) | 8.0 (7.0–9.0) | 31.0 (28.0–32.0) | 42.0 (38.0–45.0) | 17.0 (11.0–25.0) | 38.0 (32.0–46.0) | ||
Year of study | Undergraduate | 968 (75) | / | 11.0 (9.0–12.0) | 4.0 (4.0–6.0) | 5.0 (−13.0–22.0) | 8.0 (7.0–9.0) | 31.0 (38.0–32.0) | 42.0 (39.0–46.0) | 17.0 (11.0–24.0) | 38.0 (23.0–46.0) |
Post graduate | 325 (25) | 10.0 (7.0–12.0) | 4.0 (4.0–5.0) | 0.0 (−17.0–17.0) | 7.0 (6.0–9.0) | 31.0 (28.0–33.0) | 43.0 (38.0–46.0) | 16.0 (10.0–24.0) | 36.0 (31.0–47.0) | ||
Overall Median (IQR) | 10.0 (9.0–12.0) | 4.0 (4.0–5.0) | 4.0 (−15.0–20.0) | 8.0 (6.0–9.0) | 31.0 (28.0–32.0) | 42.0 (39.0–46.0) | 16.0 (10.0–24.0) | 38.0 (31.0–47.0) | |||
Range of possible scores | 0–14 | 4–20 | −40 − + 40 | 3–15 | 8–35 | 11–55 | 8–40 | 12–60 | |||