Table 1.
Characteristics of the survey cohort
| Covid-19 Study n = 560 |
Austrian population | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | % | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 416 | 74% | 51% |
| Male | 143 | 26% | 49% |
| Diverse | 1 | 0% | |
| Missing | 0 | 0% | |
| Age | |||
| 18–29 | 97 | 17% | 18% |
| 30–49 | 319 | 57% | 34% |
| 50–64 | 124 | 22% | 26% |
| 65–79 | 13 | 2% | 23% |
| Missing | 7 | 1% | |
| Federal state | |||
| Burgenland | 12 | 2% | 3% |
| Carinthia | 41 | 7% | 6% |
| Lower Austria | 109 | 20% | 19% |
| Upper Austria | 66 | 12% | 17% |
| Salzburg | 25 | 5% | 6% |
| Styria | 63 | 11% | 14% |
| Tyrol | 24 | 4% | 9% |
| Vorarlberg | 5 | 1% | 4% |
| Vienna | 215 | 38% | 21% |
| Missing | 0 | 0% | |
| Migration background | |||
| EU-Members before 2004/EWR/Switzerland | 33 | 6% | 3% |
| EU-Members joined 2004 and after | 14 | 3% | 5% |
| Former Yugoslavia (not-EU), Turkey | 7 | 1% | 3% |
| Other countries | 12 | 2% | 5% |
| Austrian roots | 489 | 87% | 84% |
| Missing | 5 | 1% | |
| Education | |||
| Primary education | 13 | 2% | 26% |
| Vocational school for apprentices | 68 | 12% | 32% |
| Intermediate technical and vocational school | 45 | 8% | 14% |
| General secondary education and vocational colleges | 132 | 24% | 15% |
| Higher education | 302 | 54% | 13% |
| Missing | 0 | 0% | |
| Employment status | |||
| Housekeeping | 28 | 5% | 2% |
| Student | 37 | 7% | 4% |
| Employed | 410 | 73% | 64% |
| Self-employed | 37 | 7% | 9% |
| Unemployed | 16 | 3% | 2% |
| Retired | 25 | 4% | 19% |
| Missing | 7 | 1% | |
| Family status | |||
| Single | 204 | 36% | |
| Married or registered partnership, living together | 266 | 48% | |
| Married or registered partnership, living separately | 20 | 4% | |
| Widowed | 6 | 1% | |
| Divorced | 46 | 8% | |
| Missing | 18 | 3% | |
| Children | |||
| Yes | 311 | 56% | |
| No | 245 | 44% | |
| Missing | 4 | 1% | |
| Categorised as ‘at risk’ groupa | |||
| Yes | 72 | 13% | |
| No | 486 | 87% | |
| Missing | 2 | 0% | |
| Received mental health treatment before the pandemic | |||
| Yes | 97 | 17% | |
| No | 456 | 81% | |
| Missing | 7 | 1% | |
| Received mental health treatment during the pandemic lockdown | |||
| Yes | 34 | 6% | |
| No | 518 | 93% | |
| Missing | 7 | 1% | |
| Direct Covid-19 experience | 39 | 7% | |
| Tested positive for Covid-19 | 7 | 1% | |
| Experienced symptoms of Covid-19, not tested | 32 | 6% | |
| Missing | 0 | 0% | |
| Indirect Covid-19 experienceb | 110 | 20% | |
| Close friend tested positive for Covid-19 | 46 | 9% | |
| Family member tested positive for Covid-19 | 32 | 6% | |
| Knew someone who died of Covid-19 | 44 | 8% | |
| Missing | 0 | 0% | |
| Employment status affected by Covid-19 | 84 | 15% | |
| Fired from job | 15 | 3% | |
| Short-time working | 69 | 12% | |
| Missing | 6 | 1% | |
| Critical worker | |||
| Yes | 214 | 38% | |
| No | 330 | 59% | |
| Missing | 16 | 3% | |
| OxCAP-MH score (mean, SD) | 74.10 | 12.30 | |
| Missing | 0 | 0% | |
| HADS-D (mean, SD) | 4.72 | 4.09 | |
| HADS depression score normal (0–7) | 436 | 78% | |
| HADS depression score borderline (8–10) | 62 | 11% | |
| HADS depression score abnormal (11–21) | 61 | 11% | |
| Missing | 1 | 0% | |
| HADS-A (mean, SD) | 6.26 | 4.19 | |
| HADS anxiety score normal (0–7) | 362 | 65% | |
| HADS anxiety score borderline (8–10) | 108 | 19% | |
| HADS anxiety score abnormal (11–21) | 89 | 16% | |
| Missing | 1 | 0% | |
| MSPSS score (mean, SD) | 5.64 | 1.23 | |
| MSPSS high support (5.1–7) | 416 | 74% | |
| MSPSS moderate support (3–5) | 112 | 20% | |
| MSPSS low support (0–2.99) | 22 | 4% | |
| Missing | 10 | 2% | |
| WHO-5 score (mean, SD) | 15.10 | 4.80 | |
| Missing | 10 | 2% | |
a Participants were categorised as ‘at risk’ group if they were aged 65 or more, and/or they self-reported at least one of the listed diseases: heart/cardiovascular disease, stroke/cerebrovascular disease, lung disease (e.g. asthma, cystic fibrosis, COPD), liver disease (e.g. hepatitis), cancer;
b Respondents included in “direct Covid-19 experience” variable were excluded from this group