| Total (n = 654) | EDs (n = 123) | Community (n = 531) | Statistic^ | p | Effect size* |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Age (years) | 22.48 (8.13) | 25.30 (7.59) | 21.83 (8.11) | 4.33 | < .001 | .44 |
 BMI | 21.76 (4.46) | 20.92 (5.00) | 21.95 (4.31) | 2.11 | .037 | .22 |
N (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Ethnicity |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  Caucasian | 301 (46.0) | 99 (80.5) | 202 (38.0) | 87.73 | < .001 | .37 |
  Aboriginal/Torres Strait | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) |  |  |  |
  Asian | 249 (38.1) | 7 (5.7) | 242 (45.6) |  |  |  |
  European | 69 (10.6) | 13 (10.6) | 56 (10.5) |  |  |  |
  Middle-Eastern | 10 (1.5) | 1 (0.8) | 9 (1.7) |  |  |  |
  African | 5 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.9) |  |  |  |
  Hispanic | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) |  |  |  |
  Other | 18 (2.8) | 2 (1.6) | 16 (3.0) |  |  |  |
 Highest completed education |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  Primary | 2 (0.3) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.2) | 7.73 | .102 | .11 |
  Secondary | 322 (49.2) | 65 (52.8) | 257 (48.4) |  |  |  |
  Tertiary | 264 (40.4) | 39 (31.7) | 225 (42.4) |  |  |  |
  Postgraduate | 66 (10.1) | 18 (14.6) | 48 (9.0) |  |  |  |
 Marital status |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  Single | 432 (66.1) | 73 (59.3) | 359 (67.6) | 24.74 | < .001 | .20 |
  In a relationship | 170 (26.0) | 29 (23.6) | 141 (26.6) |  |  |  |
  Married | 42 (6.0) | 16 (13.0) | 26 (4.9) |  |  |  |
  Separated | 5 (0.8) | 4 (0.3) | 1 (0.2) |  |  |  |
  Divorced | 3 (0.5) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (0.4) |  |  |  |
  Widowed | 2 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.4) |  |  |  |
 Employment |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  Working full-time | 71 (10.9) | 21 (17.1) | 50 (9.4) | 50.50 | < .001 | .28 |
  Working part-time | 149 (22.8) | 29 (23.6) | 120 (22.6) |  |  |  |
  Unemployed | 43 (2.0) | 23 (18.7) | 20 (3.8) |  |  |  |
  Student | 391 (59.8) | 50 (40.7) | 341 (64.2) |  |  |  |