Table 2.
Frequencies (%) of COVID-related information for men, women, and global sample by age range.
| Men | Women | Global Sample | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample Characteristics | Young Adults (n = 247) |
Middle Adults (n = 290) |
Older Adults (n = 49) |
Total (n = 586) |
Young Adults (n = 691) |
Middle Adults (n = 885) |
Older Adults (n = 89) |
Total (n = 1665) |
Young Adults (n = 938) |
Middle Adults (n = 1175) |
Older Adults (n = 138) |
Total (n = 2251) |
| Changes in employment status and location | ||||||||||||
| No changes | 62 (25.1) | 62 (21.4) | 15 (30.6) | 139 (23.7) | 166 (24.0) | 165 (18.6) | 25 (28.1) | 356 (21.3) | 228 (24.3) | 227 (19.3) | 40 (29.0) | 495 (22.0) |
| Job/study activity moved at home | 118 (47.8) | 154 (53.1) | 16 (32.6) | 288 (49.1) | 355 (51.4) | 478 (54.0) | 24 (27.0) | 857 (51.5) | 473 (50.4) | 632 (53.8) | 40 (29.0) | 1145 (50.9) |
| Job/study activity suspended | 44 (17.8) | 51 (17.6) | 7 (14.3) | 102 (17.4) | 110 (15.9) | 132 (14.9) | 9 (10.1) | 251 (15.1) | 154 (16.4) | 183 (15.6) | 16 (11.6) | 353 (15.7) |
| Unemployed prior to COVID-19 | 23 (9.3) | 23 (7.9) | 11 (22.5) | 57 (9.8) | 60 (8.7) | 110 (12.5) | 31 (34.8) | 201 (12.1) | 83 (8.9) | 133 (11.3) | 42 (30.4) | 258 (11.4) |
| Family member or friend infected with Sars-Cov-2 | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 13 (5.3) | 20 (6.9) | 0 (0) | 33 (5.6) | 44 (6.4) | 67 (7.6) | 5 (5.6) | 116 (7.0) | 57 (6.1) | 87 (7.4) | 5 (3.6) | 145 (6.4) |
| No | 234 (94.7) | 270 (93.1) | 49 (100) | 553 (94.4) | 647 (93.6) | 818 (92.4) | 84 (94.4) | 1549 (93.0) | 881 (93.9) | 1088 (92.6) | 133 (96.4) | 2106 (93.6) |
| Adherence to the precautions and control measures | ||||||||||||
| Always | 140 (56.7) | 170 (58.6) | 31 (63.3) | 341 (58.2) | 445 (64.4) | 570 (64.4) | 57 (64.1) | 1072 (64.4) | 585 (62.4) | 740 (63.0) | 88 (63.8) | 1413 (62.9) |
| Often | 94 (38.1) | 100 (34.5) | 15 (30.6) | 209 (35.7) | 193 (27.9) | 260 (29.4) | 23 (25.8) | 476 (28.6) | 287 (30.6) | 360 (30.6) | 38 (27.5) | 685 (30.2) |
| Not that much | 13 (5.2) | 20 (6.9) | 3 (6.1) | 36 (6.1) | 53 (7.7) | 55 (6.2) | 9 (10.1) | 117 (7.0) | 66 (7.0) | 75 (6.4) | 12 (8.7) | 153 (6.9) |
| Household size during COVID-19 outbreak | ||||||||||||
| 1 person | 25 (10.0) | 42 (14.5) | 7 (14.3) | 74 (12.6) | 38 (5.5) | 95 (10.7) | 19 (21.3) | 152 (9.1) | 63 (6.7) | 137 (11.7) | 26 (18.8) | 226 (10.0) |
| 2 persons | 52 (21.1) | 69 (23.8) | 22 (44.9) | 143 (24.4) | 152 (22.0) | 228 (25.8) | 39 (43.8) | 419 (25.2) | 204 (21.8) | 297 (25.3) | 61 (44.2) | 562 (25.0) |
| 3–4 persons | 137 (55.5) | 155 (53.4) | 18 (36.7) | 310 (52.9) | 414 (60.0) | 492 (55.6) | 28 (31.5) | 934 (56.1) | 551 (58.7) | 647 (55.0) | 46 (33.3) | 1244 (55.3) |
| 5 persons or more | 33 (13.4) | 24 (8.3) | 2 (4.1) | 59 (10.1) | 87 (12.5) | 70 (7.9) | 3 (3.4) | 160 (9.6) | 120 (12.8) | 94 (8.0) | 5 (3.7) | 219 (9.7) |