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Table 1 Participant Demographic Characteristics

From: Are comparisons of mental disorders between Chinese and German students possible? An examination of measurement invariance for the PHQ-15, PHQ-9 and GAD-7

Variables

German Students

(n = 416)

Chinese Students

(n = 413)

p-value

Effect size

Sex [female] (%)

294 (70.7%)

250 (60.5%)

.001

φ = .15

Age (Mean ± SD; range)

23.85 ± 4.66;

18–58

20.79 ± 2.57;

17–39

p < .001

Cohen’s d = .81

Current Academic Degree

p < .001

Cramer’s V = .78

Bachelor (%)

183 (44%)

391 (94.7%)

  

Master (%)

83 (20%)

7 (1.7%)

  

Ph.D. (%)

17 (4.1%)

4 (1.0%)

  

Others (%)

137 (32%)

11 (2.7%)

  
  1. Note. “Other” refers to a combined Bachelor’s and Master’s degree program. The comparisons of sex and academic degree were calculated using
  2. Chi-squared test. The age comparison was calculated using T-test