Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of all variables and their unadjusted associations with work identification, perceived COVID-19 risk at work, and stress symptoms (N = 1159–1279).

	N	% or Mean (SD)	Perceived Risk X2/F-Test	Work Identification X2/F-Test	Stress Symptoms F-Test/ Correlation
Predictors
Work identification
Low	621	49	3.40	-	22.72 ***,g
High	653	51
Perceived risk at work
Low	278	23	-	3.40	44.92 ***,g
Medium	421	35
High	490	41
Outcome Variable
Stress symptoms a	1272	2.27 (0.94) c,d	44.92 ***,g	22.72 ***,g	-
Background Variables
Gender
Female	1168	93	1.38	0.02	7.25 **,g
Male	88	7
Age (years)
18–24	15	1
25–34	227	18	35.69 ***	0.42	7.55 ***,g
35–44	443	35
45–54	361	28
55–64	233	18
Number of people living in the household	1262	3.03 (1.35) c,e	4.38 *,g	0.09 g	0.00 h
Level of highest education
Secondary	246	19	5.22	1.72	7.27 **,g
Tertiary	1023	81
Occupational group
Social sector workers	174	14	0.59	3.17	0.02 g
Health care workers	1091	86
Working time pattern
Regular day work	612	48	16.79 *	16.85 **	0.72 g
Regular evening/night work	14	1
Two-shift work	230	18
Three-shift work	373	29
Other working time pattern	47	4
Belonging to a COVID-19 risk group			3.10	0.00	8.91 **,g
Yes	257	21
No	953	79
Perceived risk in spare time
Low	592	51	93.65 ***	0.24	2.74 g
Medium	428	37
High	139	12
Trust in the Finnish authorities b	1252	2.33 (1.01) c,f	6.53 **,g	15.34 ***,g	0.10 **,h

^a Scale 0–4; a higher number indicates symptoms reported more often; ^b scale 1–5, a higher number indicates lower trust; ^c mean (standard deviation); ^d Min. = 0, Max. = 4; ^e Min. = 1, Max. = 9; ^f Min. = 1, Max. = 5; ^g F-test; ^h Pearson correlation. *** <0.001, ** <0.01, and * <0.05.