TABLE 1.
Weighted characteristics of the study sample by race–ethnicity, (n = 4795).
| Characteristics | White | Asian | Black | Latinx | Other | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 2531 | N = 652 | N = 300 | N = 1047 | N = 265 | N = 4795 | |||
| % | % | % | % | % | n | % | p‐value | |
| PSS score, mean (SD) | 29.88 (26.5) | 43.25 (31.9) | 42.87 (32.2) | 50.74 (32.6) | 34.79 (29.7) | 37.34 (30.5) | <0.001 | |
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 46.45 (14.7) | 40.73 (12.4) | 42.53 (12.9) | 39.70 (13.1) | 45.55 (13.7) | 44.16 (14.3) | <0.001 | |
| Education | ||||||||
| Some college or less | 43.3 | 34.3 | 48.7 | 65.9 | 50.4 | 2289 | 47.7 | |
| College degree or higher | 56.7 | 65.7 | 51.3 | 34.1 | 49.6 | 2506 | 52.3 | <0.001 |
| Frontline worker | 38.7 | 41.1 | 46.7 | 58.3 | 49.7 | 2130 | 44.4 | <0.001 |
| Living with an adult over 65 years | 20.0 | 24.3 | 23.7 | 21.6 | 20.6 | 1016 | 21.2 | 0.11 |
| Foreign‐born | 6.4 | 52.1 | 12.6 | 39.2 | 23.9 | 1014 | 21.1 | <0.001 |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Single, widowed, divorced | 32.5 | 39.8 | 54.8 | 39.0 | 34.5 | 1747 | 36.4 | <0.001 |
| Married/cohabiting | 67.5 | 60.2 | 45.2 | 61.0 | 65.5 | 3048 | 63.6 | |
| Political party affiliation | ||||||||
| Democrat | 38.2 | 44.5 | 51.7 | 52.5 | 26.8 | 2034 | 42.4 | <0.001 |
| Republican | 22.5 | 18.2 | 6.6 | 12.6 | 22.3 | 899 | 18.8 | |
| Independent | 30.4 | 31.1 | 31.8 | 25.2 | 33.5 | 1419 | 29.6 | |
| Something else | 8.9 | 6.2 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 17.4 | 443 | 9.2 | |
| Female | 45.7 | 47.6 | 55.5 | 50.6 | 49.5 | 2293 | 47.8 | <0.001 |
| Income | ||||||||
| <$59,999 | 20.2 | 24.0 | 39.3 | 47.1 | 32.2 | 1365 | 28.5 | <0.001 |
| ≥$60,000 | 79.8 | 76.0 | 60.7 | 52.9 | 67.8 | 3430 | 71.5 | |
| Children in household | 32.6 | 39.3 | 44.5 | 52.5 | 33.8 | 1855 | 38.7 | <0.001 |
| Industry | ||||||||
| Health care | 10.8 | 16.7 | 17.0 | 10.8 | 15.0 | 588 | 12.3 | <0.001 |
| Professional/White Collar | 48.0 | 46.4 | 35.9 | 37.7 | 37.4 | 2118 | 44.2 | |
| Manual/Service/Blue Collar | 41.2 | 36.9 | 47.1 | 51.4 | 47.6 | 2089 | 43.6 | |
| Standardized social vulnerability index | −0.22 (0.90) | −0.07 (0.98) | 0.39 (0.98) | 0.60 (1.03) | −0.04 (0.98) | 0.00 (1.00) | <0.001 | |
Note: Authors' analysis of the April 2020 Institute for Governmental Studies poll data of California registered voters. Differences were assessed using chi‐square tests for categorical variables and t‐tests for continuous variables. The numbers indicate the percentage within the racial–ethnic group unless otherwise noted. Unweighted N.
Abbreviation: PSS, Pandemic Stressor Scale.