Table 1.
Socio-demographic, socioeconomic, self-reported health and lifestyle, and COVID-19-related characteristics of participants in the exposed and non-exposed populations (N = 4773) ‘The Post Fire 76 Health—“A study that listens to your health”’
| Exposed population |
Non-exposed population |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % [95% CI] | n | % [95% CI] | |
| Gender | ||||
| Man | 1703 | 46.8 [45.0; 48.7] | 461 | 48.2 [44.9; 51.5] |
| Woman | 2061 | 53.2 [51.3; 55.0] | 554 | 51.8 [48.5; 55.1] |
| Level of education | ||||
| No schooling | 449 | 13.3 [12.0; 14.7] | 135 | 16.1 [13.5; 18.7] |
| Vocational training certificate | 475 | 13.5 [12.3; 14.8] | 146 | 15.0 [12.6; 17.4] |
| Middle-school diploma | 378 | 10.1 [8.9; 11.2] | 141 | 13.8 [11.5; 16.0] |
| High-school diploma | 738 | 18.6 [17.2; 20.1] | 216 | 20.8 [18.2; 23.4] |
| Post-secondary school diploma to 2-year third-level diploma | 615 | 14.4 [13.2; 15.6] | 173 | 16.6 [14.1; 19.0] |
| Bachelor’s to Doctorate degree | 1109 | 30.0 [28.4; 31.6] | 204 | 17.8 [15.4; 20.2] |
| Perceived financial comfort | ||||
| Comfortable | 668 | 17.9 [16.6; 19.3] | 188 | 17.3 [14.8; 19.7] |
| Getting by | 1431 | 36.2 [34.4; 37.9] | 442 | 42.3 [39.0; 45.5] |
| Just getting by, need to be careful | 1129 | 34.1 [32.3; 35.8] | 286 | 29.4 [26.3; 32.4] |
| Cannot make ends meet without going into debt | 436 | 11.9 [10.6; 13.1] | 99 | 11.1 [8.9; 13.3] |
| Smoking status | ||||
| Daily smoker | 614 | 16.3 [14.9; 17.7] | 158 | 16.6 [14.1; 19.2] |
| Occasional smoker | 279 | 7.1 [6.1; 8.0] | 52 | 5.5 [4.0; 7.1] |
| Ex-smoker | 884 | 22.9 [21.4; 24.4] | 247 | 22.9 [20.2; 25.6] |
| Non-smoker | 1987 | 53.7 [51.9; 55.6] | 558 | 54.9 [51.6; 58.2] |
| Alcohol consumption | ||||
| Daily | 181 | 5.5 [4.6; 6.4] | 69 | 6.8 [5.9; 7.6] |
| 4–6 times per week | 115 | 3.1 [2.5; 3.7] | 34 | 3.3 [2.1; 4.5] |
| 2–3 times per week | 559 | 14.4 [13.2; 15.7] | 148 | 13.4 [11.3; 15.6] |
| Once per week | 239 | 6.6 [5.7; 7.5] | 74 | 7.3 [5.6; 9.1] |
| One or several times per month | 1006 | 25.7 [24.1; 27.3] | 259 | 23.9 [21.1; 26.6] |
| Less than once per month | 648 | 17.9 [16.5; 19.3] | 169 | 18.1 [15.4; 20.7] |
| Never | 1016 | 26.8 [25.1; 28.4] | 262 | 27.2 [24.2; 30.2] |
| Social isolation | ||||
| Feeling very alone/alone | 534 | 14.9 [13.6; 16.3] | 109 | 11.6 [9.4; 13.8] |
| Feeling supported/very supported | 3230 | 85.1 [83.7; 86.5] | 906 | 88.4 [86.2; 90.59] |
| Possible COVID-19 infection | ||||
| No | 2987 | 79.5 [78.0; 80.9] | 827 | 81.2 [78.5; 83.8] |
| Yes, not certain | 350 | 9.2 [8.2; 10.3] | 69 | 6.8 [5.1; 8.5] |
| Yes, certain | 67 | 1.6 [1.2; 2.1] | 14 | 1.1 [0.5; 1.7] |
| Don’t know/refuse to answer | 360 | 9.7 [8.6; 10.8] | 105 | 10.9 [8.8; 13.0] |
| Difficult COVID-19-related lockdown experience | ||||
| Not difficult or a little difficult | 1258 | 33.4 [31.7; 35.2] | 406 | 39.8 [36.5; 40.0] |
| Moderately difficult | 1527 | 41.0 [39.2; 42.9] | 384 | 37.0 [33.9; 40.2] |
| Very difficult | 979 | 25.5 [23.9; 27.2] | 225 | 23.2 [20.3; 26.0] |
| Concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| Not or a little concerned | 499 | 13.5 [12.2; 14.7] | 147 | 14.2 [11.9; 16.4] |
| Moderately concerned | 1687 | 44.2 [42.4; 46.0] | 509 | 49.6 [46.3; 52.9] |
| Very concerned | 1578 | 42.4 [40.4; 44.2] | 359 | 36.3 [33.0; 39.5] |
| Mean | SD of mean | Mean | SD of mean | |
| Age (years) | 49.3 | 0.4 | 50.1 | 0.7 |
n, number of participants; %, weighted percentages; [95% CI], 95% confidence interval.