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Table 1 Characteristics of the “new” students fall 2015, N = 4401

From: “Freshman’s week”: characteristics associated with participation and experiencing adverse effects

 

Mean (SD)/Percentage (95% CI)

Demographics

 Women

64.6% (63.2–66.0%)

 Age

24.4 (7.1)

 Born in Norway

92.6% (91.9–93.4%)

 Religious

35.5% (34.1–37.0%)

 Single

49.6% (48.1–51.1%)

 Had child/children

12.1% (11.2–13.1%)

 Business school affiliation

13.7% (12.7–14.7%)

 Years in higher education

1.9 (2.2)

Personalitya

 Extroversion

14.0 (3.6)

 Agreeableness

16.8 (2.8)

 Conscientiousness

14.6 (3.2)

 Neuroticism

11.2 (3.6)

 Intellect/imagination

14.6 (3.2)

Alcohol useb

 AUDIT-score

8.1 (4.8)

Psychological healthc

 Depression symptoms

24.5 (7.6)

 Anxiety symptoms

15.1 (4.2)

  1. SD Standard deviation, CI Confidence interval, AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
  2. aTotal scores range from 4 to 20 for each personality trait, bTotal scores range from 0 to 40, cTotal scores on the depression subscale range from 15 to 60 and total scores on the anxiety subscale range from 10 to 40
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