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. 2021 Jan 8;98(1):13–26. doi: 10.1007/s11524-020-00511-0

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics: Household Pulse Survey, April 23–June 30, 2020

Variable Full sample (n = 398,413), % or mean ± SD Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) Major depression disorder (MDD)
Yes (n = 128,254), % or mean ± SD No (n = 270,159), % or mean ± SD Yes (n = 90,327), % or mean ± SD No (n = 308,086), % or mean ± SD
Demographic characteristics
  Age
    18–24 (Ref) 9.5 11.1 8.6 13.4 8.1
    25–34 25.6 29.4 23.6 29.3 24.3
    35–44 21.0 21.4 20.8 19.7 21.5
    45–54 17.1 16.9 17.2 15.9 17.6
    55–64 14.7 12.9 15.7 12.9 15.4
    65 + 12.0 8.3 14.0 8.8 13.2
  Gender
    Female (Ref) 51.3 57.9 47.8 55.3 49.9
    Male 48.7 42.2 52.2 44.7 50.1
  Race/ethnicity
    NonHispanic White (Ref) 57.5 56.7 58.0 54.5 58.7
    Non-Hispanic Black 13.7 13.7 13.7 14.6 13.4
    NonHispanic A&PI 5.3 4.3 5.8 4.7 5.5
    NonHispanic other 4.0 4.8 3.6 4.9 3.7
    Hispanic 19.5 20.6 18.9 21.4 18.7
  Marital status
    Unmarried (Ref) 47.8 54.6 44.1 59.4 43.5
    Married 52.2 45.4 55.9 40.5 56.5
  Children in household
    No child (Ref) 55.2 54.1 55.8 56.6 54.7
    One or more children 44.8 45.9 44.2 43.4 45.3
  Household size
    Single person (Ref) 7.2 7.0 7.3 7.7 7.0
    2-person 26.4 25.0 27.2 25.4 26.8
    3-person 20.3 20.8 19.9 20.6 20.1
    4-person 20.5 20.9 20.3 19.8 20.8
    5-person 11.9 12.2 11.7 12.0 11.8
    6 or more persons 13.8 14.1 13.6 14.5 13.5
Socioeconomic status (SES)
  Education
    Less than high school (Ref) 8.9 9.6 8.5 10.7 8.2
    High school 31.1 31.0 31.2 33.7 30.2
    Some college and AA 31.4 34.0 30.1 34.6 30.3
  BA+ 28.5 25.4 30.1 21.0 31.3
  Household income
    Less than $25,000 (Ref) 16.7 22.0 13.9 24.6 13.8
    $25,000–49,999 25.4 27.8 24.0 30.1 23.6
    $50,000–74,999 18.0 18.1 18.0 17.7 18.1
    $75,000–99,999 13.2 11.8 13.9 11.1 13.9
    $100,000–$149,999 14.4 11.7 15.9 9.8 16.1
    $150,000 and above 12.3 8.6 14.3 6.7 14.4
  Tenure of residence
    Rental housing unit (Ref) 43.3 50.9 39.2 53.8 39.4
    Owner housing unit 56.7 49.1 60.8 46.2 60.6
Self-rated health and health care access
  Self-rated health
    Excellent (Ref) 19.1 11.1 23.3 9.5 22.6
    Very good 33.3 26.4 36.9 24.0 36.7
    Good 30.3 33.9 28.4 34.1 28.9
    Fair 14.1 22.2 9.8 24.8 10.2
    Poor 3.2 6.4 1.6 7.6 1.6
  Insurance status
    Private (Ref) 52.7 48.8 54.8 45.9 55.2
    Public 14.7 16.9 13.5 18.2 13.4
    Both private and public 14.7 13.4 15.4 13.6 15.2
    Other 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.5 6.0
    None 11.8 14.6 10.3 15.9 10.3
  Delayed medical care due to pandemic
    Yes (Ref) 40.5 53.6 33.4 53.4 35.7
    No 59.5 46.4 66.6 46.6 64.3
  Did not get medical care due to pandemic
    Yes (Ref) 32.9 45.9 26.0 46.7 27.8
    No 67.1 54.1 74.0 53.2 72.1
COVID-19 hardship
  Employment income loss
    No (Ref) 48.5 37.9 54.1 37.1 52.6
    Yes 51.5 62.2 45.9 62.9 47.3
  Food insufficiency
    No (Ref) 56.2 39.7 65.0 36.0 63.6
    Yes 43.8 60.4 35.0 64.0 36.4
  Housing instability
    No (Ref) 87.4 81.5 90.6 80.2 90.1
    Yes 12.6 18.5 9.4 19.8 9.9
Spatiotemporal effects
  MSA (% of nonMSA or MSA)
    NonMSA (Ref) 100.0 34.5 65.5 26.6 73.4
    MSA 100.0 35.6*** 64.4 27.7*** 72.3
  Week (% of weekly sample)
    Week 1: April 23–May 5 (Ref) 100.0 32.4 67.6 24.5 75.5
    Week 2: May 7–12 100.0 31.7** 68.3 25.6*** 74.4
    Week 3: May 14–19 100.0 29.9 70.1 25.6** 74.4
    Week 4: May 21–26 100.0 31.1* 68.9 25.6+ 74.4
    Week 5: May 28–June 2 100.0 32.6+ 67.4 26.8*** 73.2
    Week 6: June 4–9 100.0 33.0* 67.0 27.3 72.7
    Week 7: June 11–16 100.0 33.6*** 66.4 26.1*** 73.9
    Week 8: June 18–23 100.0 33.4*** 66.6 27.2*** 72.8
    Week 9: June 25–30 100.0 35.2*** 64.8 28.7*** 71.3
Statewide COVID-19 conditions and reopening policy (mean and SD)
  % small business closure 29.65 (11.78) 29.32 (11.85) 29.82 (11.74) 29.4 (11.88) 29.74 (11.74)
  % outdoor mobility 46.47 (23.22) 46.85 (23.2) 46.28 (23.22) 46.84 (23.23) 46.34 (23.21)
  State reopening policy 0.88 (0.33) 0.89 (0.33) 0.88 (0.34) 0.89 (0.33) 0.88 (0.34)
  COVID-19 cases per 100 people 0.52 (0.49) 0.53 (0.49) 0.52 (0.48) 0.53 (0.49) 0.52 (0.48)

A&PI Asian and Pacific Islander. MSA metropolitan statistical area. Two-sample t test was used to check statistical significance of mean-differences for MSA and week. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, +p < 0.10