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. 2023 Feb 28;14:1127070. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1127070

Table 1.

Demographics and psychological profiles of the sample across gender and age subgroups.

Variables Females Males Age 18-39 Age ≥40
(N = 331) (N = 105) (N = 237) (N = 199)
Categorical variable N (%) N (%) χ2 N (%) N (%) χ2
Education level 1.29 49.9**
Secondary 36 (10.9) 10 (9.5) 13 (5.5) 33 (16.6)
Bachelor 143 (43.2) 52 (49.5) 142 (59.9) 54 (27.1)
Master or above 152 (45.9) 43 (41.0) 82 (34.6) 112 (56.3)
Know confirmed case 105 (31.7) 24 (22.9) 3.01 58 (24.5) 72 (36.2) 7.09**
Frontline work 28 (8.5) 8 (7.6) 0.07 15 (6.3) 21 (10.6) 2.55
Family's primary income 135 (40.8) 45 (42.9) 0.14 69 (29.1) 110 (55.3) 30.6**
PSQI diagnosis 207 (62.5) 67 (63.8) 0.06 150 (63.3) 123 (61.8) 0.1
Continuous variable Mean (SD) Mean (SD) d Mean (SD) Mean (SD) d
Age 39.7 (13.5) 36.3 (14.9) 0.25* 28.0 (6.62) 51.7 (8.01) 3.25**
Situational impact 18.3 (5.61) 18.8 (6.19) −0.08 18.6 (5.71) 18.1 (5.83) 0.07
Anticipation 18.1 (6.98) 19.4 (7.00) −0.18 19.0 (7.08) 17.7 (6.86) 0.19*
Modulation 17.2 (7.73) 17.5 (8.10) −0.05 18.4 (8.00) 15.9 (7.41) 0.33**
MIDc total score 53.6 (18.0) 55.7 (19.3) −0.12 56.0 (18.2) 51.7 (18.2) 0.24*
PSQI total score 7.28 (3.83) 7.01 (3.47) 0.07 7.00 (3.30) 7.41 (4.22) −0.11
**

p < 0.01;

*

p < 0.05; χ2, chi-square; d, Cohen d; MIDc, Mental Impact and Distress: COVID-19; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.