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. 2024 Sep 25;19(9):e0310734. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310734

Table 1. Sample descriptive statistics (N = 1245).

    Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3
July 2021 February 2022 August 2022
    M (Sd)/n (%) M (Sd)/n (%) M (Sd)/n (%)
Gender
Women 695 (55.8)
Men 550 (44.2)

Age
51.9 (14.2)

Educational level
< High school 104 (8.4)
High school 398 (32.0)
Post high school 151 (12.1)
BA, MA and higher 592 (47.6)

Marital status
Unmarried 377 (30.3)
Married 868 (69.7)

Municipality size
Village 356 (28.6)
Town 140 (11.2)
Medium-sized city 263 (21.1)
Large city (100–500k) 277 (22.2)
Large city (> 500k) 209 (16.8)

Psychological distress
14.63 (8.48) 14.91 (8.71) 14.54 (8.55)

COVID-19 exposure
2.81 (1.96) 1.96 (1.58) 1.00 (1.39)

COVID-19 stressors
0.54 (0.46) 0.43 (0.59) 0.28 (0.46)

COVID-19 threats
5.04 (1.28) 4.94 (1.35) 4.21 (1.52)

Received support-quantity
1.98 (0.62) 2.10 (0.67) 2.02 (0.70)

Received support-quality
3.50a (0.78) 3.53b (0.76) 3.51c (0.76)

Perceived social support
3.12 (0.57) 3.09 (0.56) 3.08 (0.56)

COVID-19 coping self-efficacy
5.28 (1.23) 5.29 (1.16) 4.68 (1.15)

a N = 1220

b N = 1145

c N = 1092.