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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and previous travel experience of University students respondents by enrolment status (N = 1663)

From: Travel risk behaviours and uptake of pre-travel health preventions by university students in Australia

Variable

Domestic

N (%)

International N (%)

Pvalue*

Total participants

1296 (77.9)

367 (22.1)

-

Demographics

Study stage

   

   Undergraduate

1161 (89.6)

234 (63.8)

< 0.001

   Postgraduate

135 (10.4)

133 (36.2)

 

Age (years)

   

   Mean (SD)

21.6 (5.2)

22.6 (3.3)

< 0.001†

Gender

Male

578 (44.6)

203 (55.3)

< 0.001

   Female

718 (55.4)

164 (44.7)

 

Country of Birth

   

   Australia

915 (70.6)

1 (0.3)

< 0.001

   China (including Hong Kong)

116 (9.0)

157 (42.8)

 

   India

26 (2.0)

14 (3.8)

 

   Malaysia

16 (1.2)

36 (9.8)

 

   Other

223 (17.2)

159 (43.3)

 

Travel history

Travelled in the past 12 months

644 (49.7%)

185 (50.4%)

0.8

Destination regions (past 12 months) ‡§

(N = 644)

(N = 185)

 

   North East Asia

234 (36.3)

99 (53.5)

 

   South East Asia

208 (32.3)

72 (38.9)

 

   Europe

155 (24.1)

14 (7.6)

 

   Pacific

135(21.0)

22 (11.9)

 

   North America

92 (14.3)

12 (6.5)

 

   Middle East

39 (6.1)

6 (3.2)

 

   Africa

36 (5.6)

3 (1.6)

 

   South and Central America

26 (4.0)

3 (1.6)

 

Reason for travel (most recent trip) ‡

   

   Holiday

358 (55.6)

78 (41.9)

< 0.001

   Visit friends, relatives or return home

195 (30.3)

97 (52.2)

 

   Study Abroad

41 (6.4)

5 (2.7)

 

   Other||

50 (7.7)

6 (3.2)

 

Sought professional health advice (most recent trip) ‡

246 (38.2)

23 (12.4)

< 0.001

Source of advice:

   

   General Practitioner/Family Doctor

228 (35.4)

16 (8.60)

< 0.001

   Travel Clinic

14 (2.2)

2 (1.1)

0.5¶

   University Health Service

15 (2.3)

9 (4.8)

0.07

   Other Health Worker

2 (0.3)

0

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  1. * Pearson's Chi-squared test unless otherwise indicated
  2. † Two sample t-test
  3. ‡Includes those who had travelled internationally in the past 12 months only.
  4. §May include more than one region
  5. || Other includes employment, volunteering, attending conference/competition or for research (e.g. fieldwork/data collection)
  6. ¶ Fisher's exact test