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Table 1 Demographic characteristics by occupational status

From: Mental health of college students and their non-college-attending peers: results from a large French cross-sectional survey

 

Workers (n = 881)

NENST (n = 266)

College students (n = 891)

Non-college-attending students (n = 386)

p

 

%

%

%

%

 

Gender

Men %

53.23

46.24

40.74

46.89

0.001

Women %

46.76

53.76

59.26

53.11

 

Age (mean)

22.09

21.47

20.83

19.23

0.001

Living with partner

30.87

19.92

8.81

8.08

0.001

Income per person per month < = 1000 €

47.04

79.50

70.19

81.79

0.001

Educational attainment %

None

6.36

13.53

0.00

12.18

0.001

Below secondary

38.18

43.98

0.00

87.82

 

Secondary completed

27.73

27.44

62.40

0.00

 

Bachelor

17.39

9.02

18.74

0.00

 

Masters and above

10.34

6.01

18.85

0.00

 

Location

Rural

20.88

19.92

16.72

18.65

0.156

Urban

79.11

80.07

83.28

81.35

 
  1. Notes: NENST neither employed nor students or trainees. Percentages are derived from cross-tabulations and chi-square tests
  2. Bold means p above 0.05