Table 1 Demographic characteristics and unadjusted descriptives of CAPE-Pos by sample, and tests for between-group differences

Age, M (SD)

25.7 (3.0)

range 18–30

22.0 (2.9)

range 18–30

23.3 (2.8)

range 18–30

F(2,882) = 135.36

(R² = 0.235)

<  0.001

Gender, n (%)

χ²(2, n = 883) = 74.55^b

<  0.001

 Male

50 (20.4%)

227 (47.5%)

30 (18.5%)

 Female

193 (78.8%)

251 (52.5%)

132 (81.5%)

 Missing

2 (0.8%)

–

–

Marital status, n (%)

χ²(2, n = 883) = 54.56^b

<  0.001

 Not Married

195 (79.6%)

461 (96.4%)

151 (93.2%)

 Married

48 (19.6%)

17 (3.6%)

11 (6.8%)

 Missing

2 (0.8%)

–

–

Education^c, n (%)

χ²(2, n = 878) = 219.60

<  0.001

 Secondary

26 (10.6%)

318 (67.5%)

101 (62.3%)

 Tertiary

219 (89.4%)

153 (32.5%)

61 (37.7%)

Ethnic group, n (%)^d

–

–

–

–

 Yoruba

–

327 (68.4%)

–

 Igbo

–

80 (16.7%)

–

 Hausa

–

8 (1.7%)

–

 Other / missing

–

63 (13.2%)

–

 Frequency, M (SD)

1.37 (0.21)

1.98 (0.40)

1.31 (0.19)

F(2,882) = 431.29

<  0.001

 (min – max)

(1.00–2.20)

(1.13–3.16)

(1.05–2.10)

(R² = 0.494)

 Distress^e, M (SD)

1.53 (0.42)

1.78 (0.53)

1.36 (0.42)

F(2,874) = 50.35

<  0.001

 (min – max)

(1.00–3.20)

(1.00–3.21)

(1.00–3.00)

(R² = 0.103)

 Distress^f, M (SD)

1.14 (0.14)

1.54 (0.47)

1.12 (0.14)

F(2,881) = 141.42

<  0.001

 (min – max)

(1.00–1.70)

(1.00–3.50)

(1.00–1.65)

(R² = 0.243)