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. 2020 Sep 11;22(9):e20955. doi: 10.2196/20955

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of survey respondents residing in the Russian Federation at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic (N=21,364).

Characteristics Participants
Sex (female), n (%) 18,609 (87.1)
Age (years), median (IQR) 32 (28-36)
Age (years), range 18-82

18-25, n (%) 2991 (14)

26-35, n (%) 12,893 (60.3)

36-45, n (%) 4418 (20.7)

≥46, n (%) 1062 (5)
Marital status, married or in relationship, n (%) 14,752 (68.2)
Have children younger than 18 years, n (%) 14,371 (67.3)
Expecting a child, n (%) 933 (4.4)
City of residence, n (%)

Capital 7468 (35.0)

Large city (over 500,000 inhabitants) 6348 (29.7)

Smaller cities/towns 7548 (35.2)
Education status, n (%)

PhD 547 (2.6)

More than one degree 1458 (6.8)

Master’s degree 4362 (20.4)

Bachelor’s degree 11,321 (53.0)

Higher education in progress 1635 (7.7)

Vocational school 1507 (7.0)

School 412 (1.9)

Other 122 (0.6)
Income (R), n (%)

Decline to answer 928 (4.3)

<20,000 4377 (20.5)

20,000-34,999 5308 (24.8)

35,000-69,999 6012 (28.1)

70,000-99,999 2412 (11.3)

100,000-149,999 1351 (6.3)

≥150,000 976 (4.6)
Chronic medical conditions, n (%)

No 9603 (44.9)

Decline to answer 311 (1.5)

Depression and cardiological or respiratory 247 (1.2)

Depression or neurological 523 (2.4)

Allergies (food allergy/allergic rhinitis) or dermatological (eczema/psoriasis) 2283 (10.7)

Cardiological 742 (3.5)

Cardiological and respiratory 65 (0.3)

Renal/hepatic/diabetes 705 (3.3)

Oncology/HIV 269 (1.3)

Other 6438 (30.1)

Respiratory 178 (0.8)
Neuroleptics/antidepressant use, n (%) 832 (3.9)
Time spent on reading COVID-19 news, n (%)

Decline to answer 39 (0.2)

Do not follow 335 (1.6)

Do not follow but they find me 2808 (13.1)

<30 min 6641 (31.1)

30 min-1 hour 6922 (32.4)

1 hour-2 hours 3019 (14.1)

2 hours-3 hours 964 (4.5)

>3 hours 636 (3)
Smoking status, n (%)

Nonsmoker 13,546 (63.4)

Former smoker 4029 (18.9)

Current smoker 3789 (17.7)
Job status, n (%)

Decline to answer 430 (2.0)

Do not work 8294 (38.8)

Lost job due to COVID-19 and out of job now 1648 (7.7)

Work from home 8366 (39.2)

Commute to work 2626 (12.3)
Health care–related job, n (%)

No 19,589 (91.7)

Medical student 222 (1.0)

Volunteer/hospital management 283 (1.3)

Nurse 305 (1.4)

Physician 965 (4.5)
S-Anxietya, median (IQR) 52 (44-60)
T-Anxietyb, median (IQR) 44 (39-51)

aS-Anxiety: State Anxiety Scale.

bT-Anxiety: Trait Anxiety Scale.