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Table 1 Demographic characteristics

From: Social determinants of student mental health before and after the Beirut port explosion: two cross-sectional studies

 

Study 1 (N = 143)

Study 2 (N = 74)

n

%

Mean

SD

n

%

Mean

SD

Gender

 Female

86

60.14

–

–

45

60.81

–

–

 Male

48

33.56

–

–

24

32.43

–

–

Nationality

 Lebanese

116

81.11

–

–

62

83.79

–

–

 Other

18

12.59

–

–

8

10.81

–

–

Age

–

–

21.00

3.26

–

–

20.48

2.93

Financial stressa

–

–

3

1.35

–

–

3

1.32

Neighborhood distance at time of explosionb

 Not in Beirut

–

–

–

–

39

52.70

–

–

 0 km–1 km

–

–

–

–

4

5.41

–

–

 1 km–4 km

–

–

–

–

15

20.27

–

–

> 4 km

–

–

–

–

13

17.57

–

–

Injured in the explosion

 Yes

–

–

–

–

5

6.75

–

–

 No

–

–

–

–

26

35.14

  

 Prefer not to say

–

–

–

–

2

2.70

–

–

Family or friends injured in the explosion

 Yes

–

–

–

–

41

55.41

–

–

 No

–

–

–

–

33

44.59

–

–

Any other adverse event

 One

46

32.17

–

–

16

21.62

–

–

 Multiple

53

37.06

–

–

28

37.84

–

–

 No

43

30.00

–

–

29

39.19

–

–

  1. aOn a scale 1–5. Higher scores relate to higher financial stress
  2. bIf students were in Beirut (n = 33) at the time of the explosion, their exact location (self-reported neighborhood) was grouped by distance from the port using a port explosion map from MapAction [33]
  3. T-Test's and Chi-square's showed no significant differences between Study 1 and Study 2 on any variable