Table 3 Proportion of students falling into each cluster, according to age, field of study and accommodation type

Cluster Title

Ideal Healthy

Low PA & Poor Diet

Convenience Food

Alcohol Consumption

Smoking & Drug Use

Age (Mean ± SD)

21.05 ± 5.00

22.80 ± 6.85**

20.80 ± 4.70

21.57 ± 5.84

22.25 ± 5.24**

 Health, Welfare & Exercise

162 (22.7)^a

70 (11.2)^b

74 (17.1)

63 (13.4)

104 (16.7)

 Social, Business, Law

107 (15.0)^b

107 (17.1)

74 (17.1)

106 (22.5)^a

123 (19.7)

 Humanities & Arts

55 (7.7)^b

53 (8.5)

36 (8.3)

53 (11.3)

79 (12.7)^a

 Education

27 (3.8)

16 (2.6)

20 (4.6)^a

10 (2.1)

10 (1.6)^b

 Science, Maths, Computing

273 (38.2)

292 (46.7)^a

174 (40.1)

176 (37.4)

226 (36.2)^b

 Engineering & Manufacturing

62 (8.7)

56 (9.0)

37 (8.5)

36 (7.6)

54 (8.7)

 Other

28 (3.9)

31 (5.0)

19 (4.4)

27 (5.7)

28 (4.5)

 At home

392 (55.8)^a

362 (58.0)^a

256 (58.9)^a

148 (31.5)^b

328 (52.7)

 Away from home

310 (44.2)^b

262 (42.0)^b

179 (41.1)^b

322 (68.5)^a

294 (47.3)

Cluster Title

Ideal Healthy

Low PA &

Smoking

Convenience Foods

Age (Mean ± SD)

21.41 ± 5.62

22.52 ± 6.50**

20.58 ± 3.71**

 Health, Welfare & Exercise

274 (22.2)^a

100 (16.1)^b

101 (19.1)

 Social, Business, Law

267 (21.7)^b

179 (28.7)^a

146 (27.7)

 Humanities & Arts

209 (17.0)^b

146 (23.3)^a

95 (18.0)

 Education

169 (13.7)^a

23 (3.7)^b

50 (9.5)

 Science, Maths, Computing

205 (16.6)

124 (19.9)

95 (18.0)

 Engineering & Manufacturing

26 (2.1)

11 (1.8)

13 (2.5)

 Other

82 (6.7)

40 (6.4)

28 (5.3)

 At home

539 (43.9)

275 (44.1)

278 (52.1)^a

 Away from home

690 (56.1)

348 (55.9)

256 (47.9)^b