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. 2020 Nov 24;10(11):e042696. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042696

Table 1.

Respondent characteristics (n=13 762)

Total n (%) Females n (%) Males n (%) P value
Total 13 762 10 434 (75.8) 3328 (24.2)
Age group <0.001
 18–29 1323 (9.6) 1033 (9.9) 290 (8.7)
 30–39 2275 (16.5) 1860 (17.8) 415 (12.5)
 40–49 2842 (20.7) 2334 (22.4) 508 (15.3)
 50–59 3055 (22.2) 2309 (22.1) 746 (22.4)
 60–69 2825 (20.5) 2016 (19.3) 809 (24.3)
 70+ 1442 (10.5) 882 (8.5) 560 (16.8)
SEIFA quintiles <0.001
 Quintile 1 (lowest socioeconomic position) 1086 (7.9) 760 (7.3) 326 (9.8)
 Quintile 2 1534 (11.2) 1127 (10.8) 407 (12.2)
 Quintile 3 2222 (16.2) 1670 (16.0) 552 (16.6)
 Quintile 4 3024 (22.0) 2313 (22.2) 711 (21.4)
 Quintile 5 (highest socioeconomic position) 5896 (42.8) 4564 (43.7) 1332 (40)
Living situation <0.001
 On your own 2646 (19.2) 2033 (19.5) 613 (18.4)
 With only your partner/your partner and children/adult family members 9594 (69.7) 7190 (68.9) 2404 (72.2)
 With children and without a partner 576 (4.2) 527 (5.1) 49 (1.5)
 In a shared house with non-family members/other 946 (6.9) 684 (6.6) 262 (7.9)
Doing unpaid work caring for children 2664 (19.4) 2377 (22.8) 287 (8.6) <0.001
Doing unpaid work caring for dependent relatives 1205 (8.8) 1017 (9.8) 188 (5.7) <0.001
Lost job because of COVID-19 1241 (9.0) 964 (9.2) 277 (8.3) 0.108
Highly worried about contracting COVID-19 (scale score ≥8) 2167 (15.8) 1730 (16.6) 437 (13.1) <0.001
High adverse impact of restrictions
(scale score ≥8)
3414 (24.8) 2661 (25.5) 753 (22.6) 0.001
Clinically significant symptoms of depression, PHQ-9 score ≥10 3408 (24.8) 2740 (26.3) 668 (20.1) <0.001
Clinically significant symptoms of anxiety, GAD-7 score ≥10 2747 (20.0) 2275 (21.8) 472 (14.2) <0.001
Becoming easily annoyed or irritable,
GAD-7 item 6 >0
8291 (60.2) 6579 (63.1) 1712 (51.4) <0.001

GAD-7, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale 7; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire 9; SEIFA, Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas.