. 2020 Jul 3;22(7):e20472. doi: 10.2196/20472

Table 2.

Associations between respondent characteristics and reported posting on social media about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Characteristic		Odds ratio (95% CI)		P value
Race/ethnicity
	White		Reference		N/A^a
	Black		1.29^b (1.02-1.64)		.04
	Latino		1.66^c (1.36-2.04)		<.001
	Other		1.33^b (1.02-1.72)		.03
Gender
	Male		Reference		N/A
	Female		1.58^c (1.39-1.80)		<.001
Age (years)
	18-29		Reference		N/A
	30-49		0.99 (0.80-1.23)		.94
	50-64		0.95 (0.75-1.20)		.67
	≥65		0.73^b (0.57-0.94)		.01
Annual family income (US $)
	<30,000		Reference		N/A
	30,000-74,999		0.98 (0.82-1.18)		.86
	≥75,000		0.82^b (0.67-0.99)		.04
Education
	High school or less		Reference		N/A
	Some college		1.12 (0.94-1.33)		.20
	College graduate		1.10 (0.92-1.30)		.29
Household member was laid off		1.17 (0.97-1.41)		.10
Household member received pay cut		1.05 (0.89-1.23)		.57
Mental health^d		1.27^c (1.15-1.40)		<.001
US citizen		0.69^b (0.49-0.97)		.03
Marital status
	Never married		Reference		N/A
	Currently married or cohabitating		1.16 (0.96-1.40)		.13
	Divorced, widowed, or separated		1.18 (0.94-1.47)		.15
Young child (<12 years) in household		1.18 (1.00-1.41)		.06
Political leaning
	Very liberal		Reference		N/A
	Liberal		0.80 (0.62-1.01)		.07
	Moderate		0.66^c (0.52-0.83)		<.001
	Conservative		0.77^b (0.6-0.99)		.045
	Very conservative		0.70^b (0.51-0.96)		.03
In metropolitan area		1.01 (0.82-1.25)		.90
Census division
	Pacific		Reference		N/A
	Middle Atlantic		1.29^b (1.01-1.64)		.04
	East North Central		1.21 (0.95-1.53)		.12
	West North Central		1.03 (0.77-1.38)		.85
	South Atlantic		1.21 (0.98-1.50)		.07
	East South Central		1.45^b (1.04-2.03)		.03
	West South Central		1.11 (0.85-1.44)		.44
	Mountain		0.98 (0.73-1.30)		.87
	New England		1.27 (0.91-1.77)		.16

^aN/A: not applicable.

^bP<.05.

^cP<.001.

^dAverage of five items modified from the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale and General Anxiety Disorder Scale. Higher values indicate poorer mental health.