Table 1 Summary characteristics and depressive symptoms scores of university students in Belgium, April–May 2020 (N = 18,301)
Characteristic | Category | proportion (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age (years) | mean: 21.0 (SD: 2.32) | |
range: 17–30 | ||
Gender | Female | 73.9 |
Male | 26.1 | |
Citizenship | Belgian | 91.8 |
Foreign | 8.2 | |
Study program | Bachelor | 75.9 |
Masters | 24.1 | |
First-year student | 22.6 | |
steady relationship | 47.6 | |
N° of people living with (during the stay-at-home order) | 0 | 3.3 |
1 | 11.6 | |
2 or more | 85.1 | |
Insufficient financial resources to cover living expenses (before the stay-at-home order) | 3.1 | |
CES-D 8 depressive symptoms scores | mean | 10.8 |
standard deviation | 5.08 |