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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of the university students

From: The clusters of health-risk behaviours and mental wellbeing and their sociodemographic correlates: a study of 15,366 ASEAN university students

Characteristics

n

%

Gender

 Male

7289

47.4

 Female

8077

52.6

Age in years (n = 13,597)

 18

2496

18.4

 19 to 21

9016

66.3

  ≥ 22

2085

15.3

Academic year

 1st

9940

64.7

 2nd

2895

18.8

 3rd

1800

11.7

 4th or more

731

4.8

BMI (n = 13,097)

 Normal

8441

61.5

 Underweight

2917

21.3

 Overweight

1739

12.7

 Obese

624

4.5

Country

 Brunei Darussalam

1020

6.6

 Indonesia

4430

28.8

 Malaysia

289

1.9

 The Philippines

322

2.1

 Singapore

259

1.7

 Thailand

3940

25.7

 Vietnam

5106

33.2

GPA (n = 12,151)

  ≤ 3.2

2443

20.1

 3.3 to 3.9

8406

69.2

  > 3.9

1302

10.7

Place of living

 On-campus

5345

34.8

 Off-campus

10,021

65.2

Commute time to university

  < 15 min

5917

38.5

 15 to 30 min

4127

26.9

 30 to 45 min

1973

12.8

 45 to 60 min

1692

11.0

 60 to 90 min

1059

6.9

  > 90 min

598

3.9

Commute type to university

 Active

2639

17.1

 Inactive

12,727

82.9

Housing type

 Single house

11,319

73.7

 Townhouse

2773

18.0

 Apartment

1201

7.8

 High rise condo

73

0.5

Member of sports club

 Yes

9054

58.9

 No

6312

41.1