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. 2021 Feb 5;10(1):4. doi: 10.1186/s40163-020-00137-2

Table 5.

Negative emotional wellbeing outcomes by worry group

Dependent variable
Emotion score
(1) (2)
Functional worrya 0.913 0.936
(0.026) (0.031)
p = 0.0005*** p = 0.034**
Dysfunctional worrya 1.164 1.162
(0.021) (0.025)
p = 0.000*** p = 0.000***
Had COVID-19 0.977
(0.031)
p = 0.443
Affected by COVID-19 1.061
(0.016)
p = 0.0002***
Age 25–44b 0.946
(0.029)
p = 0.057*
Age 45–64b 0.885
(0.032)
p = 0.0002***
Age 65+b 0.826
(0.044)
p = 0.00002***
Female (ref: Male) 1.007
(0.022)
p = 0.761
White (ref: BAME) 1.097
(0.039)
p = 0.017**
Is keyworker 1.010
(0.004)
p = 0.027**
Cardiffc 0.955
(0.049)
p = 0.355
Edinburghc 0.900
(0.051)
p = 0.039**
Glasgowc 0.985
(0.049)
p = 0.752
Leedsc 1.003
(0.049)
p = 0.958
Liverpoolc 0.957 (0.051)
p = 0.393
Londonc 0.997
(0.050)
p = 0.950
Manchesterc 1.018
(0.050)
p = 0.728
Newcastlec 1.005
(0.050)
p = 0.917
Sheffieldc 0.910
(0.052)
p = 0.069*
Constant 14.312 14.093
(0.016) (0.134)
p = 0.000*** p = 0.000***
Observations 1058 780
Log Likelihood − 2443.521 − 1619.934
theta 151.136* (77.824) 114,651.800 (1,204,052.000)
Akaike Inf. Crit. 4893.042 3279.869

Negative binomial generalized linear model estimated using R (package MASS). Source: Wave 2 of Policing the pandemic. Total n = 1058

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001

aReference category: Unworried

bReference category: Age 16–24

cReference category: Birmingham