Table 4.
Mental Well-Being and Main Stressor from COVID-19.
| Sample | Main Problem from COVID-19 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size | Depression | Happy | School | Finances | Social | |
| Full Sample | 1550 | 0.16 | 0.68 | 0.50 | 0.09 | 0.21 |
| Males | 708 | 0.13 | 0.70 | 0.47 | 0.09 | 0.22 |
| Females | 842 | 0.19 | 0.66 | 0.52 | 0.09 | 0.21 |
| test of gender equality | 0.005 | 0.106 | 0.053 | 0.794 | 0.840 | |
| Grade 10 | 545 | 0.15 | 0.71 | 0.47 | 0.09 | 0.22 |
| Grade 11 | 593 | 0.17 | 0.68 | 0.48 | 0.10 | 0.22 |
| Grade 12 | 412 | 0.18 | 0.64 | 0.57 | 0.08 | 0.19 |
| test of grade equality | 0.326 | 0.072 | 0.002 | 0.581 | 0.380 | |
| Lowest Wealth Quartile | 374 | 0.18 | 0.63 | 0.50 | 0.12 | 0.19 |
| Highest Wealth Quartile | 405 | 0.15 | 0.70 | 0.47 | 0.07 | 0.24 |
| test of wealth equality | 0.284 | 0.054 | 0.426 | 0.028 | 0.153 | |
| Mother's Education:high school or less | 692 | 0.18 | 0.64 | 0.52 | 0.10 | 0.19 |
| Mother's education:beyond high school | 858 | 0.15 | 0.70 | 0.48 | 0.08 | 0.23 |
| test of educational equality | 0.240 | 0.011 | 0.092 | 0.108 | 0.019 | |
| Mestizo or White | 1306 | 0.16 | 0.69 | 0.50 | 0.09 | 0.22 |
| Indigenous or Other | 244 | 0.21 | 0.61 | 0.50 | 0.09 | 0.18 |
| test of ethnicity equality | 0.051 | 0.016 | 0.921 | 0.788 | 0.245 | |
| Pichincha | 1066 | 0.15 | 0.69 | 0.50 | 0.08 | 0.22 |
| Napo or Orellana | 484 | 0.18 | 0.65 | 0.50 | 0.10 | 0.19 |
| test of provincial equality | 0.167 | 0.141 | 0.904 | 0.278 | 0.156 | |
| Have Computer and Internet | 914 | 0.16 | 0.70 | 0.49 | 0.07 | 0.23 |
| No Internet | 404 | 0.18 | 0.61 | 0.52 | 0.14 | 0.17 |
| test of technology access equality | 0.321 | 0.002 | 0.308 | 0.000 | 0.015 | |
Notes: Depression denotes MHI-5 score below 17; Happy denotes happy most or all of the time; School, Finances and Social denote student names this as the main problem they personally face from COVID-19. Pichincha is the more urban province, and Napo and Orellana the more rural provinces. Tests of equality report p-values for t-tests (two groups) or F-tests (for grade equality) of equality of means across the groups.