The impact of psychotic experiences in the early stages of mental health problems in young people

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Baseline demographic information for the total sample, and comparing UHR and non-UHR at baseline

	Total sample (n = 69)	UHR (n = 14)	Non-UHR (n = 55)	Test statistics
Age (M ± SD) in years	20.8 ± 2.6	20.8 ± 3.1	20.7 ± 2.5	t (67) = 0.12, p = 0.91
Gender (m/f)	21/48	5/9	16/39	X ² (1) = 0.23, p = 0.63
Ethnicity
White^a	58	12	46
Asian^b	3	1	2
Black^c	2	0	2	X ² (3) = 0.88, p = 0.83
Mixed-race^d	6	1	5
Occupation
University student^e	18	1	17
College/A-Levels	20	3	17
Unemployed	11	2	9	X ² (4) = 7.70, p = 0.10
Employed^f	17	7	10
Homemaker	3	1	2
Highest qualification
University^g	6	1	5
A-Levels^h	31	4	27	X ² (3) = 2.91, p = 0.41
GSCEⁱ	26	8	18
No qualification	6	1	5

UHR ultra-high risk, M mean, SD standard deviation, m male, f female
^aWhite-British & White-Other
^bAsian-Pakistani, Asian-Bangladeshi & Other Asian
^cBlack-African
^dMixed-Race White-Black-Caribbean
^eUndergraduate and postgraduate university students
^fWorking full or part-time
^gBachelor or Master degree
^hA-Levels, National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 4, or equivalent
ⁱGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE, year-10 equivalent) or NVQ level 1 or 2

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