Table 3.

Regression estimates of the magnitude of the increase (March 10–18 to April 1–14) and decrease (April 1–14 to June 24 - July 20) in psychological distress for population subgroups in the Understanding America Study (UAS).

	Increase March 10–18 to April 1–14	Decrease April 1–14 to June 24-July 20	Difference (increase – decrease)
Variable	β [95% CI]	β [95% CI]	β [95% CI]
Age group
18–34	0.28*** [0.17, 0.39]	0.37*** [0.26, 0.47]	−0.09 [−0.19, 0.02]
35–49	0.28*** [0.20, 0.37]	0.32*** [0.24, 0.40]	−0.04 [−0.11, 0.04]
50–64	0.24*** [0.18, 0.30]	0.27*** [0.20, 0.33]	−0.02 [−0.08.0.03]
65+	0.26*** [0.20, 0.33]	0.27*** [0.21, 0.32]	−0.01 [−0.05, 0.04]
Male	0.23*** [0.17, 0.28]	0.28*** [0.23, 0.33]	−0.05* [−0.10, −0.03]
Female	0.31*** [0.25, 0.37]	0.33*** [0.27, 0.38]	−0.02 [−0.08 0.03]
White	0.26*** [0.22, 0.31]	0.30*** [0.26, 0.34]	−0.04 [−0.08, −0.01]
Hispanic	0.33*** [0.19, 0.47]	0.39*** [0.27, 0.51]	−0.06 [−0.18, 0.07]
Black	0.14* [0.01, 0.27]	0.25** [0.12, 0.37]	−0.11 [−0.22, 0.00]
Other race/ethnicity	0.36*** [0.22, 0.50]	0.17* [0.01, 0.35]	0.19* [0.03, 0.34]
Low income	0.21*** [0.13, 0.29]	0.29*** [0.24, 0.37]	−0.09* [−0.16, −0.01]
Middle income	0.29*** [0.23, 0.35]	0.28*** [0.23, 0.34]	0.00 [−0.05, 0.06]
High income	0.33*** [0.25, 0.40]	0.36*** [0.29, 0.43]	−0.03 [−0.09, 0.04]
Mental health cond. diagnosed	0.27*** [0.18, 0.36]	0.27*** [0.21, 0.37]	0.00 [−0.08, 0.09]
No mental health cond. diagnosed	0.27*** [0.22, 0.31]	0.32*** [0.28, 0.37]	−0.05*[−0.09. −0.01]

Note: All models are adjusted for covariates (participant age, sex, race/ethnicity, household income, and the presence of a pre-existing mental health condition).

*P < .05. **P < .01. ***P < .001.