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. 2020 Sep 11;15(9):e0238613. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238613

Table 1. Demographic profiles of the sample (N = 968).

n % study sample % Italian population n % study sample % Italian population
Gender Having a chronic disease
Male 473 48.9 49.3 Yes 174 18.0 -
Female 495 51.1 50.7 No 794 82.0 -
Age Geographical area
18–24 99 10.1 10.0 North-West 253 26.0 26.3
25–34 156 16.1 16.3 North-East 178 18.4 18.6
35–44 209 21.6 21.5 Center 194 20 19.7
45–54 215 22.2 22.7 South and Islands 343 35.4 35.5
55–59 106 11.0 10.8
60–70 183 19.0 18.8
Education Coming from “red zones” of the virus
Middle school or lower 142 14.6 - Yes 294 30.3 -
High school 586 60.6 - No 674 69.7 -
University degree 240 24.8 -
Employment Living centre’s size
Entrepreneur / freelancer 119 12.3 12.4 Up to 10,000 inhabitants 313 32.3 32.1
Manager / official / middle manager 36 3.7 3.8 10,001/100,000 inhabitants 430 44.4 44.0
Employee / teacher / military 170 17.6 19.2 100,001/500,000 inhabitants 102 10.6 10.9
Worker / shop assistant / apprentice 202 20.9 21.0 More than 500,000 inhabitants 117 12.1 12.9
Housewife 146 15.1 15.0 Missing 6 0.6
Student 54 5.5 5.3
Retired 77 7.9 7.9
Unoccupied 147 15.2 15.4
Other 17 1.8