Table 1.
Sample characteristics by rural and urban location, COVID-19 Coping Study, April-May, 2020.
| Total | Geographic Density | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| N (Weighted %) N = 6,873 |
Urban weighted % N = 6,107 (87.02) |
Rural weighted % N = 766 (12.98) |
p-value 1 | |
| Age (Mean, SD) | 67.87 (0.23) | 67.86 (0.24) | 67.27 (0.65) | 0.3962 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 2,477 (46.16) | 46.38 | 44.74 | |
| Female | 4,396 (53.84) | 53.62 | 55.26 | 0.580 |
| Race and Ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 5,805 (72.58) | 70.23 | 88.36 | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 381 (10.25) | 10.90 | 5.91 | |
| Hispanic or Latinx | 344 (10.52) | 11.64 | 3.04 | |
| Other race | 343 (6.64) | 7.23 | 2.69 | <0.001 |
| Relationship Status | ||||
| Single, never married | 566 (8.27) | 8.39 | 7.42 | |
| Single, divorced/separated | 1,129 (17.68) | 17.97 | 15.75 | |
| Single, widowed | 656 (15.13) | 15.10 | 15.10 | |
| Married or in a relationship | 4,504 (58.92) | 58.54 | 61.44 | 0.684 |
| Highest Level of Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 162 (13.7) | 12.75 | 20.04 | |
| High school diploma or equivalency | 1,032 (30.18) | 29.22 | 36.61 | |
| Some college or 2-year associate degree | 1,369 (27.61) | 28.25 | 23.30 | |
| Four-year college or university | 1,887 (16.45) | 17.16 | 11.67 | |
| Postgraduate or professional degree | 2,423 (12.08) | 12.63 | 8.38 | <0.001 |
| Lives Alone2 | ||||
| No | 5,036 (72.19) | 72.08 | 72.95 | |
| Yes | 1,780 (27.81) | 27.92 | 27.05 | 0.743 |
| Self-rated Health2 | ||||
| Poor | 157 (3.59) | 3.37 | 5.10 | |
| Fair | 827 (16.86) | 16.54 | 19.05 | |
| Good | 2,178 (36.65) | 36.54 | 37.41 | |
| Very good | 2,614 (31.84) | 32.31 | 28.72 | |
| Excellent | 1,089 (11.05) | 11.25 | 9.73 | 0.264 |
| Had COVID-192 | ||||
| No | 6,225 (92.51) | 92.06 | 95.47 | |
| Yes, diagnosed with test (recovered) | 19 (0.27) | 0.23 | 0.51 | |
| Yes, diagnosed with test (still sick) | 14 (0.21) | 0.21 | 0.20 | |
| Not diagnosed, but recently had symptoms | 596 (7.10) | 7.49 | 3.81 | 0.023 |
| Worried about COVID-19 | ||||
| Not at all | 232 (5.22) | 4.87 | 7.58 | |
| Slightly | 772 (12.76) | 12.34 | 15.58 | |
| Somewhat | 1,210 (17.56) | 17.37 | 18.80 | |
| Moderately | 2,566 (32.48) | 32.16 | 34.68 | |
| Extremely | 2,088 (31.97) | 33.26 | 23.36 | 0.003 |
| How Often Uses Social Media | ||||
| Less than once a month | 1,428 (25.20) | 25.87 | 20.77 | |
| Once or twice a month | 236 (3.50) | 3.24 | 5.29 | |
| Once or twice a week | 466 (7.38) | 7.70 | 5.21 | |
| 3 to 5 times a week | 460 (6.92) | 6.84 | 7.40 | |
| Daily or almost daily | 4,226 (57.00) | 56.35 | 61.32 | 0.097 |
N = 6,873.