Table 2.
Employment and Financial Status Before and After COVID-19 Pandemic.
| Pre-pandemic |
Current |
|
|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | |
| Employment Status* | ||
| Full-time | 46 (40.4) | 29 (25.4) |
| Part-time/Seasonal | 23 (202) | 17 (14.9) |
| Not Employed – Not Looking | 26 (22.7) | 44 (38.6) |
| Not Employed - Looking | 19 (16.7) | 24 (21.1) |
| Working in Healthcare (if employed) | 13 (19.1) | 11 (23.9) |
| Financial Status* | ||
| Struggling to keep up with the costs of living | 29 (25.9) | 57 (50.4) |
| Comfortable meeting the costs of living | 66 (58.9) | 45 (39.8) |
| Keeping up with the costs of living with extra money | 17 (15.2) | 11 (9.7) |
Missing: Working in healthcare pre-pandemic (n = 1).
*
Indicates statistically significant difference (p < 0.001) between pre-pandemic and current responses based on the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test.