Skip to main content
. 2020 Sep 23;11:582352. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.582352

Table 4.

Living conditions and demographics affecting COVID-19 stress: estimated means, standard errors, significance levels, effect sizes, and 95% CI.

n COVID-19 stress p Partial η2 95% CI for est. M
Est. M SE LL UL
Age a) <.001 .03
18–39 817 1.93 (0.03) 1.87 2.00
40–59 462 1.65 (0.04) 1.56 1.73
60–99 243 1.57 (0.06) 1.45 1.68
Genderb) .08 .002
Female 993 1.81 (0.03) 1.76 1.87
Male 528 1.73 (0.04) 1.65 1.80
Nationality b) .004 .009
German 792 1.80 (0.04) 1.73 1.87
Austrian 573 1.71 (0.04) 1.63 1.79
Italian 89 2.08 (0.10) 1.89 2.28
Other 73 1.79 (0.11) 1.58 2.00
Relationship status b) <.001 .01
Married/partnered 953 1.71 (0.03) 1.99 2.24
Other 574 1.90 (0.04) 1.84 2.11
Childrenb) .74 .00
Yes 552 1.77 (0.05) 1.68 1.86
No 975 1.79 (0.03) 1.73 1.85
Educationb) .36 .001
Secondary 190 1.84 (0.07) 1.71 1.98
Advanced level 453 1.81 (0.05) 1.73 1.90
University 884 1.76 (0.03) 1.70 1.82
Living alone b) .002 .006
Alone 328 1.92 (0.05) 1.82 2.02
With others 1,199 1.75 (0.03) 1.69 1.80
Housing b) .001 .008
Room 134 2.04 (0.08) 1.89 2.20
Flat or house 1,393 1.76 (0.02) 1.71 1.81
Access to outsideb) .09 .002
No 216 1.88 (0.06) 1.76 2.01
Yes 1,311 1.77 (0.03) 1.72 1.82
Work situation .001 .008
Unemployed due to COVID-19 72 2.14 (0.11) 1.93 2.35
Other 1,455 1.77 (0.02) 1.72 1.81

a)ANCOVA controlling for group (1/2; set at 1.41); N = 1,527; b)ANCOVA, controlling for age (set at 40) and group (set at 1.41); N = 1,522. CI, confidence interval; LL, lower limit; UL, upper limit; bold, significant differences.