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. 2020 Nov 28;12:100704. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100704

Table 1.

Mental health and economic concerns in March and May 2020.

Cycle 1 Cycle 2 C1-C2 difference (pp) p-value
Poor/fair/good mental health 46.0% 52.3% 6.3 .0006
Elevated anxiety --- 18.1% --- ---
Employment security <.0001
 Does not expect to lose job 37.7% 46.8% 9.1
 Might lose job 19.8% 9.0% -10.8
 Not employed 42.5% 44.2% 1.7
Financial impact of the pandemic <.0001
 No impact 31.5% 42.8% 11.3
 Impacted 44.7% 46.4% 1.7
 Too soon to tell 23.8% 10.9% -12.9
Food insecurity ---
 Food secure --- 85.4% ---
 Insecure --- 14.6% ---

Source: CPSS nationally representative two repeated cross-sections. N=4627 in March (Cycle 1) and 4600 in May (Cycle 2).

Weighted proportions. P-value from design adjusted F-test assessing the difference between Cycle 1 and Cycle 2. Elevated anxiety and food insecurity were not assessed in Cycle 1.