Table 1.
Characteristics of the survey responders at the time of the survey completion
| Total n | Missing values, % (frequency) | Mean±SD / % (frequency) | |
| Time since outbreak start (days) | 6040 | 0.0 (0) | 50.9±11.7 |
| General demographics | |||
| Age | 6034 | 0.1 (6) | 51.8±17.1 |
| Biological sex (females) | 6039 | <0.1 (1) | 70.3 (4248) |
| Gender/sex change | 5480 | 9.3 (560) | |
| Male | 31.6 (1730) | ||
| Female | 67.1 (3676) | ||
| Transexual | 0.2 (10) | ||
| Gender queer or expansive | 0.9 (50) | ||
| Other | 0.3 (14) | ||
| Current location | 6005 | 0.6 (35) | |
| Canada | 97.3 (5845) | ||
| USA | 1.3 (79) | ||
| Others* | 0.7 (40) | ||
| France | 0.4 (26) | ||
| Australia | 0.2 (15) | ||
| Ethnicity | 5577 | 7.7 (463) | |
| Caucasian | 86.6 (4832) | ||
| Others | 5.6 (311) | ||
| Asian | 3.4 (191) | ||
| First Nation, Metis or Inuk | 2.1 (115) | ||
| Arab | 1.2 (68) | ||
| Black | 1.1 (60) | ||
| Non-citizen (vs not) | 5634 | 6.7 (406) | 6.1 (343) |
| Political views (left-wing/right-wing) | 5167 | 14.5 (873) | 44.8 (2313)/14.6 (754) |
| Education | 5495 | 0.8 (49) | |
| University certificate, diploma or degree | 63.6 (3497) | ||
| College | 21.8 (1197) | ||
| High school | 14.8 (801) | ||
| Socioeconomic, occupational and living situation | |||
| Total family income (<$C40k/$C40k to $C100k/>$C100k) | 5601 | 7.3 (439) | 11.1 (624)/40.6 (2272)/48.3 (2705) |
| Employment status | 5958 | 1.4 (82) | |
| Unemployed/retired/student | 12.8 (764)/30.6 (1822)/3.6 (213) | ||
| Employed | 53.0 (3159) | ||
| Having work involves contact with the general public (vs not) | 5779 | 4.3 (261) | 14.3 (826) |
| Dwelling (house/apartment or condo) | 5417 | 10.3 (623) | 77.4 (4191)/22.6 (1226) |
| Living situation (alone/with another person/with multiple people) | 5606 | 7.2 (434) | 20.0 (1123)/44.2 (2478)/35.8 (2005) |
| Living area (rural/urban) | 5565 | 7.9 (475) | 11.8 (665)/88.2 (4910) |
| Health and risks factors | |||
| C19 Symptoms index (0–30 scale) | 6040 | 0.0 (0) | 2.1±3.6 |
| Presence of physical condition at risk for COVID-19* (vs not) | 5629 | 6.8 (411) | 52.1 (2934) |
| Sleep duration (hours; before the outbreak/during outbreak) | 4998 | 17.1 (1030) | 7.3±1.2/7.2±1.5 |
| Travelled abroad in last 60 days (vs not) | 5548 | 8.1 (492) | 11.0 (608) |
| Psychological domain | |||
| PSS scores (0–40 scale; before the outbreak /during outbreak) | 5132 | 15.0 (98) | 12.9±6.8/14.9±8.3 |
| DOCS—contamination (0–20 scale) | 4920 | 18.5 (1120) | 6.1±3.7 |
| Big 5 subscales (2–10 scale) | 4881 | 19.2 (1161) | |
| Extraversion | 6.2±2.1 | ||
| Agreeableness | 7.4±1.7 | ||
| Conscientiousness | 7.8±1.8 | ||
| Neuroticism | 5.6±2.3 | ||
| Openness to experiences | 6.9+1.9 | ||
| Brief Resilient Coping Scale (4–20 scale) | 4856 | 19.6 (1184) | 14.7±2.9 |
| Mental disorder diagnosis (vs not) | 5607 | 7.2 (433) | 29.0 (1626) |
| Social domain | |||
| Family relationship (0–100 scale; before the outbreak/during outbreak) | 5328 | 9.5 (572) | 79.5±19.9/74.7±25.4 |
| Has underage children (vs not) | 5731 | 5.1 (309) | 17.2 (985) |
| Behavioural domain | |||
| Number of alcoholic drinks/week (before the outbreak/during outbreak) | 5557 | 7.9 (476) | 4.1±6.5/4.8±6.9 |
| Number of cannabis use/week (before the outbreak/during outbreak) | 5512 | 8.6 (518) | 0.9±5.1/1.0±5.1 |
| Spent 30 min or less: | 5612 | 7.1 (428) | |
| Outdoor | 39.3 (2203) | ||
| Exercising | 47.7 (2668) | ||
| Following C19 news | 44.0 (2457) | ||
| Interacting with people in person | 50.6 (2767) | ||
| Interacting with people virtually | 39.5 (2194) | ||
| Doing an artistic activity | 75.6 (4155) | ||
Means, SD, frequencies and percentages (calculated on each item’s total sample) for main sample characteristics; location others: Armenia (n=1), Azerbaijan (n=1), Burkina (n=3), Congo (n=1), Czech Republic (n=1), Denmark (n=1), Germany (n=3), Ireland (n=1), Italy (n=1), Ivory Coast (n=1), Jamaica (n=1), Lebanon (n=1), Malaysia (n=1), Netherlands (n=3), New Zealand (n=1), Pakistan (n=1), Poland (n=1), Romania (n=2), Singapore (n=3), Spain (n=1), Sweden (n=1), UK (n=8), Vietnam (n=1), Other (n=1); gender expansive: fluid/non-binary; alcohol consumption (number of drinks per week); cannabis consumption (number of times per week), living area based on postal code.
*Physical condition at risk for COVID-19: for example, respiratory, cardiovascular or autoimmune conditions.
DOCS, Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale; PSS, Perceived Stress Scale.