Skip to main content

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study sample (n = 1346)

From: When altruists cannot help: the influence of altruism on the mental health of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

Without anxiety

symptoms (N = 992)

With anxiety

symptoms (N = 354)

p value

n (%)

n (%)

 

Sex

  

0.14

 Male (n = 364)

279 (28.1%)

85 (24.0%)

 

 Female (n = 982)

713 (71.9%)

269 (76.0%)

 

Ethnic group

  

0.78

 Han (n = 1143)

844 (85.1%)

299 (84.5%)

 

 Others (n = 203)

148 (14.9%)

55 (15.5%)

 

Mean Age (SD)

19.63 (2.15)

20.13 (2.40)

< 0.001

 

Without depression

symptoms (N = 917)

With depression

symptoms (N = 429)

pvalue

n (%)

n (%)

 

Sex

  

0.90

 Male (n = 364)

247 (26.9%)

117 (27.3%)

 

 Female (n = 982)

670 (73.2%)

312 (72.7%)

 

Ethnic group

  

0.39

 Han (n = 1143)

784 (85.5%)

359 (83.7%)

 

 Others (n = 203)

133 (14.5%)

70 (16.3%)

 

Mean Age(SD)

19.63 (2.13)

20.04 (2.41)

0.001

  1. Note. The cut-off score for with and without anxiety / depressive symptoms is 5 in this study
  2. p value: Chi-square test for sex and ethnic comparisons; Mann-Whitney U test for age comparisons