Characteristics | Country of study | ||||
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Australia (n = 376) | Hong Kong (n = 109) | Norwaya (n = 160) | Singaporeb (n = 67) | Total sample (n = 712) | |
Age group (years) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
 15–19 | 125 (33.2) | 31 (28.4) | 6 (3.8) | 39 (58.2) | 201 (28.2) |
 20–24 | 214 (56.9) | 69 (63.3) | 107 (66.9) | 26 (38.8) | 416 (58.4) |
 25–29 | 16 (4.3) | 8 (7.3) | 29 (18.1) | 1 (1.5) | 54 (7.6) |
 30–35 | 8 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (6.3) | 1 (1.5) | 19 (2.7) |
 36–39 | 8 (2.1) | 1 (0.9) | 4 (2.5) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (1.8) |
 >40 | 5 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (1.1) |
Gender | |||||
 Male | 44 (11.7) | 83 (76.1) | 34 (21.3) | 5 (7.5) | 109 (15.3) |
 Female | 332 (88.3) | 26 (23.9) | 126 (78.8) | 61 (91.0) | 602 (84.6) |
Prior education | |||||
 Yes | 162 (43.1) | 27 (24.8) | 70 (43.8) | 3 (4.5) | 262 (36.8) |
 No | 214 (56.9) | 82 (75.2) | 90 (56.3) | 64 (95.5) | 450 (63.2) |
 | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) |
Self-study | 13.5 (8.8) | 11.8 (7.4) | 9.6 (5.4) | 17.4 (8.4) | 12.7 (8.2) |
GPA | 3.7 (0.9) | 4.5 (1.2) | 4.1 (1.2) | 4.2 (1.1) | 4.0 (1.0) |