Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample
Gender | |
 Male | 306 (49.40%) |
 Female | 308 (49.70%) |
 Other | 1 (0.20%) |
 Prefer not to say | 5 (0.80%) |
Age | |
 18 – 19 | 39 (6.30%) |
 20 – 29 | 511 (82.40%) |
 30 +  | 17 (3.00%) |
 Prefer not to say | 53 (8.50%) |
 Mean age (SD) | 22.47 (SD 29.00) |
Marital status | |
 Single | 596 (96.10%) |
 Married | 17 (2.70%) |
 Divorced | 1 (0.20%) |
 Prefer not to say | 6 (1.00%) |
Year of study | |
 Second year | 256 (41.30%) |
 Third year | 217 (35.00%) |
 Fourth year | 83 (13.40%) |
 Sixth year | 29 (4.70%) |
 Prefer not to say | 35 (5.60%) |
Department of study | |
 Agriculture UNZA | 19 (3.10%) |
 Engineering UNZA | 50 (8.10%) |
 Education UNZA | 103 (16.60%) |
 Humanities and social sciences UNZA | 90 (14.50%) |
 Law UNZA | 55 (8.90%) |
 Mines UNZA | 5 (0.80%) |
 Medicine UNZA | 129 (20.80%) |
 Natural sciences UNZA | 64 (10.30%) |
 Veterinary medicine UNZA | 9 (1.50%) |
 Medicine LAMU | 81 (13.10%) |
 Prefer not to say | 15 (2.40%) |
 Mean Material Affluence Scale score (SD) | 9.0 (SD 1.79) |