TABLE 1.

Characteristics of participants.

Variables	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)	% missing
Age in years
39.43 ± 12.13 (M ± SD)
Born in Canada
Yes	959	85.5
No	163	14.5	0.0
Educational level
Did not graduate high school	17	1.5
High school graduate	101	9.0
Some college or trade school	79	7.0
College or trade school graduate	236	21.0
Some university	106	9.4
University (Bachelor’s degree)	378	33.7
University (Graduate or professional degree)	204	18.2	0.1
Lost job temporarily or permanently due to COVID-19
Laid off	221	19.7
Not laid off	901	80.3	0.0
Experiencing income and benefit changes due to COVID-19
Yes	423	37.7
No	699	62.3	0.0
Gender
Women	832	74.2
Men	254	22.6
Non-binary	28	2.5	0.7
Transgender
Yes	13	1.2
No	1,097	97.8	1.1
Sexuality
Heterosexual	856	76.3
Minority (e.g., gay, lesbian, bisexual)	245	21.8	1.9
Having a disability
Yes	195	17.4
No	911	81.2	1.4
Racialized
Yes	104	9.3
No	999	89.0	1.7
Having kids that require childcare or are going to school
Yes	249	22.2
No	873	77.8	0.0
Household income situation before COVID-19
Comfortable with extra	395	35.2
Enough but no extra	421	37.5
Have to cut back	142	12.7
Cannot make ends meet	43	3.8	10.8
Number of people in household
2.50 ± 1.23 (M ± SD)
Residing province/territory
Alberta	123	11.0
British Columbia	151	13.5
Manitoba	49	4.4
New Brunswick	42	3.7
Newfoundland and Labrador	21	1.9
Northwest Territories	2	0.2
Nova Scotia	87	7.8
Nunavut	0	0.0	0.0
Ontario	536	47.8
Prince Edward Island	3	0.3
Quebec	60	5.3
Saskatchewan	44	3.9
Yukon	3	0.3	0.0