Table 1.

Study population characteristics (n 8122); second and third COVID-19 health survey, Belgium 2020

Characteristic		n	Weighted %
Region	Flanders	4998	59·0
	Brussels	887	9·8
	Wallonia	2222	31·3
Household composition	Living alone	1577	20·6
	As a couple, without child(ren)	2818	33·4
	As a couple, with child(ren)	2675	25·0
	Living alone with children	486	4·0
	With my parent(s), family, friends or acquaintances	475	16·0
	Other	88	0·97
Gender	Male	2631	48·1
	Female	5484	51·9
Educational attainment	Secondary diploma or less	1886	65·3
	Higher education	6095	34·7
Make ends meet with household income during the lockdown	With great difficulty	195	3·4
	With difficulty	335	5·4
	With some difficulty	1006	15·9
	Fairly easily	2195	31·3
	Easily	2388	27·8
	Very easily	1815	16·2
Average household income	Less than 1500 euro per month	504	10·6
	Between 1500 and 2000 euro per month	949	16·2
	Between 2000 and 2500 euro per month	1335	15·4
	Between 2500 and 5000 euro per month	3837	40·2
	More than 5000 euro per month	1066	9·0
Food insecurity	Often or sometimes feared that the food runs out before there is money to buy more.	492	9·7
	Often or sometimes the food purchased did not last long enough and there was no money to buy more.	219	5·0
	Often or sometimes was not able to afford to eat a healthy and balanced diet	495	9·8
Change in consumption	Fruits – decreased	623	9·0
	Fruits – increased	1102	15·2
	Vegetables – decreased	316	5·2
	Vegetables – increased	933	11·9
	Soft drinks – decreased	503	7·7
	Soft drinks – increased	567	8·8
	Sweet and salty snacks – increased	2720	33·4
	Sweet and salty snacks – decreased	527	8·3
Weight change	Unchanged	4179	51·4
	Lost weight	1040	14·1
	Gained weight	2011	23·4
	Missing	873	11·1