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. 2020 Sep 2;148:e201. doi: 10.1017/S0950268820002009

Appendix 1.

Within-person change of psychological distress between the two waves

Full sample Age Gender Education Occupation
⩽25 26–45 ⩾46 χ2 test Male Female χ2 test High school or below ⩾College χ2 test Government/public institution/SOE Other χ2 test
Anxiety
Lower 82.81 81.72 84.49 79.12 7.08 83.03 82.77 3.73 79.03 85.35 12.85*** 85.83 81.77 4.39
Same 11.46 11.90 10.83 12.79 12.16 10.60 12.65 10.35 9.06 12.44
Stronger 5.73 6.38 4.68 8.08 4.81 6.63 7.62 4.29 5.12 5.79
Worry
Lower 84.86 83.79 85.95 83.16 5.27 84.73 85.54 1.79 82.92 86.29 4.39 87.01 85.25 1.69
Same 10.67 10.34 10.44 12.12 10.27 10.72 11.79 9.89 9.65 10.03
Stronger 4.47 5.86 3.61 4.71 5.00 3.73 5.28 3.82 3.35 4.73
Fear
Lower 90.22 87.76 92.00 88.89 12.77* 89.82 90.84 0.75 88.33 91.70 6.01* 90.55 89.87 2.59
Same 6.99 8.79 6.15 6.40 7.35 6.51 8.23 5.97 7.48 6.75
Stronger 2.79 3.45 1.85 4.71 2.83 2.65 3.44 2.33 1.97 3.38

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.