Table 1 Social and demographic characteristics of the students

Sex

 Females

145

357

62

<0.001

 Males

120

507

65

Parents

 Parents alive

94 (249)

92.1 (796)

92.4 (73)

0.094

 Parents deceased

3.4 (9)

6.3 (54)

5.1 (4)

 Father alive, mother deceased

2.7 (7)

1.6 (14)

2.5 (2)

 Live together

61.5 (163)

62.9 (544)

62.2 (79)

Mother’s education

 Illiterate

13.6 (36)

13.7 (118)

17.7 (14)

0.539

 Primary school

48.3 (128)

50.8 (439)

55.7 (44)

 Higher education

38.1 (101)

35.6 (307)

26.6 (21)

Father’s education

 Illiterate

3.8 (10)

3.4 (26)

5.1 (4)

0.192

 Primary school

34.9 (92)

40.2 (347)

49.3 (39)

 Higher education

61.4 (162)

56.4 (487)

45.6 (36)

Housing

 With parents

37.9 (100)

40.3 (348)

43 (34)

0.822

 Alone

41.7(110)

40.7(352)

34.2 (27)

 Dormitory

14 (54)

15.7(164)

21.5 (18)

Academic department

 Medicine

46.8 (124)

52.8 (456)

41.8 (33)

0.281

 Social sciences

34.7 (92)

31.9 (276)

38 (30)

 Science

18.5 (49)

15.3 (132)

20.3 (16)

Satisfaction with school

Yes

24.5 (65)

22.8 (207)

25.1 (31)

0.116

 Moderate

35.1(92)

30.9(267)

24.1(19)

No

40.7 (108)

45.1 (390)

36.7 (29)

Term

 First term

31.3 (83)

24.5 (212)

29.1(23)

0.365

 Second term

23.8(63)

23.1 (200)

27.7 (22)

 Third term

22.6(60)

26.3 (227)

22.8 (18)

 Last term

22.3 (59)

26.0 (225)

20.3 (16)

School success

 Perfect

12.8 (34)

11.9 (103)

8.9 (7)

0.693

 Good

77.4 (205)

81.1 (701)

81 (64)

 Poor

7.2 (18)

5.2 (41)

7.6 (4)

 No comment

2.6 (9)

1.7 (19)

2.5 (4)

Year(s) lost

 Before university

43.7 (111)

55 (308)

40 (28)

0.953

 After university

6.7 (8)

8.1(27)

6.7 (2)

Income

 350 $ >

23.5 (60)

24.2 (198)

22.4 (17)

0.989

 350–1,000 $

55.3 (141)

53.2 (436)

53.9 (41)

 1,000 $<

21.2 (54)

22.6 (185)

23.7 (18)

Social activities

 Never or rarely

2.6 (53)

2.3 (210)

26.6 (21)

0.935

 Occasionally

43.8 (95)

48.7 (442)

46.8 (37)

 Frequently or always

27.2 (59)

28.8 (264)

26.6 (21)