Table 2.
Descriptive data on stockpiling during the Coronavirus outbreak in Denmark and United Kingdom.
| Denmark (N = 175) |
United Kingdom (N = 90) |
All (N = 265) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Females n(%) | 128(74.9) | 80(89.9) | 208(80.0) |
| Age M(SD) | 42.3(17.2) | 47.8(9.5) | 44.2(15.2) |
| Higher education n(%) | 59(32.0) | 51(22.2) | 110(41.5) |
| Live alone n(%) | 42(24.0) | 4(4.5) | 46(17.4) |
| How much shopped extra? n(%) | |||
| A lot | 1(0.6) | 3(3.3) | 4(1.5) |
| Some | 18(10.3) | 38(42,2) | 56(21.1) |
| Little | 67(38.3) | 34(37.8) | 101(38.1) |
| None at all | 89(50.9) | 15(16.7) | 104(39.2) |
| Ok that people do extra shopping? n(%) | |||
| Yes | 10(6.0) | 5(5.6) | 15(5.8) |
| A little | 119(70.8) | 76(84.4) | 195(75.6) |
| No | 39(23.2) | 9(10.0) | 48(18.6) |
| Reasons to shop extra M(SD) | |||
| Panic (range 5–25) | 16.9(4.38) | 13.2(4.15) | 15.1(4.65) |
| Action (range 5–25) | |||
| Attitudes M(SD) | 17.4(4.17) | 18.5(3.62) | 18.0(3.93) |
| Are government's actions appropriate (1 = much more is needed, 3 = appropriate, 5 = it's fare too much) |
2.86(0.55) | 2.13(0.94) | 2.61(0.78) |
| How serious is the crisis (1 = extremely serious, 4 not serious) |
1.41(0.57) | 1.16(0.39) | 1.32(0.53) |
| Confidence in government's actions (1 = full confidence, 5 = no confidence) |
1.51(0.63) | 2.7(1.07) | 1.92(0.98) |