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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample

From: Pilot evaluation to assess the effectiveness of youth peer community support via the Kooth online mental wellbeing website

Variable

Respondents using the community space only (N = 133)

Respondents using the community space and counselling (N = 151)

All respondents (N = 302)

Baseline

Baseline

Baseline

% or Mean

N

% or Mean

N

% orMean

N

Gender identity

      

  Female

78.0%

132

78.0%

150

79.1%

301

  Male

12.1%

132

12.7%

150

12.6%

301

  Non-binary/other

9.8%

132

9.3%

150

8.3%

301

Age (range 13–21 years) (mean)

16.7

132

16.8

150

16.7

301

Ethnicity

      

  White

80.2%

131

79.1%

148

82.5%

297

  Asian

9.2%

131

10.1%

148

7.1%

297

  Mixed

7.6%

131

6.8%

148

6.4%

297

  Black

3.1%

131

4.1%

148

4.0%

297

Year group (if at school) (mean)

10.5

82

10.6

94

10.7

195

Highest Educational level (at least 5 GCSE)*

82.7%

75

80.7%

88

81.4%

172

School type (State funded)

88.0%

133

88.1%

151

89.4%

301

Self-perceived socio-Economic status ( < = 2)

23.5%

132

24.0%

150

21.9%

301

Working (part-time or full-time)

8.3%

133

9.3%

151

10.3%

302

Neither working nor studying

3.8%

133

3.3%

151

2.6%

302

  1. *Including only Kooth users who were at least 17 years old at baseline, or who were enrolled in year 12, year 13 or year 14 (n = 172)