Health Behaviors among Male and Female University Students in Cambodia: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of male and female university students.
Variables
Frequency
Total n (%)
Males n (%)
Females n (%)
value
Age (in years, mean ± SD)
21.3 ± 2.3
21.7 ± 2.5
21 ± 2.2
<0.001
Marital status
0.88
Single
1330 (97.9)
674 (97.7)
656 (98.1)
Married/cohabiting
29 (2.1)
16 (2.3)
13 (1.9)
Year of study in the university
0.15
Year 1
496 (36.5)
245 (35.5)
251 (37.5)
Year 2
281 (20.7)
130 (18.8)
151 (22.6)
Year 3
251 (18.5)
137 (19.86)
114 (17.0)
Year 4
331 (24.3)
178 (25.8)
153 (22.9)
Living arrangement
<0.001
Parent
595 (43.8)
271 (39.3)
324 (48.4)
Relative
335 (24.6)
173 (25.1)
162 (24.2)
Friends
346 (25.5)
188 (27.2)
158 (23.6)
Couple
21 (1.5)
14 (2.0)
7 (1.0)
Alone
18 (2.7)
44 (6.4)
18 (2.7)
Perceived family economic status
<0.001
Quite well-off/wealthy
444 (32.7)
195 (28.4)
249 (37.2)
Not very well-off
846 (62.3)
449 (65.2)
397 (59.3)
Quite poor
68 (5.0)
45 (6.5)
23 (3.4)
Perceived academic performance
0.92
Excellent
57 (4.2)
29 (4.2)
28 (4.2)
Good
303 (22.3)
157 (22.8)
146 (21.8)
Faire
962 (70.8)
487 (70.6)
475 (71.0)
Poor
37 (2.7)
17 (2.5)
20 (3.0)
Abbreviations: n, number; SD, standard deviation. Chi-square test (or fisher’s exact test when a sample size was smaller than five in one cell) was used for categorical variables and independent student’s t test for continuous variables.
