Table 2.
Health and financial impact of COVID-19 pandemic, City University of New York (CUNY) Student COVID-19 Survey, April 2020
| Total (n = 2282) |
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|---|---|---|
| Health and financial impact indicators | Actual n | Weighted % (95% CIs) |
| General health at beginning of semester* | ||
| Excellent/very good | 1038 | 68.4 (66.4, 70.3) |
| Good | 606 | 23.4 (21.7, 25.2) |
| Fair/Poor | 628 | 8.2 (7.1, 9.4) |
| General health since COVID-19 epidemic* | ||
| Excellent/very good | 464 | 47.1 (45.0, 49.2) |
| Good | 606 | 26.3 (24.5, 28.2) |
| Fair/poor | 502 | 26.6 (24.8, 28.5) |
| Experienced COVID-19-like symptoms* | 663 | 29.4 (27.5, 31.4) |
| Household member experienced COVID-19 like symptoms* | 658 | 29.5 (27.6, 31.5) |
| Depression* | 963 | 43.2 (41.1, 45.3) |
| Anxiety* | 993 | 42.2 (40.1, 44.4) |
| Increased need for help with stress/anxiety* | 1116 | 49.0 (46.9, 51.2) |
| Loss of household income* | 1799 | 81.1 (79.3, 82.7) |
| Reduced household ability to buy food* | ||
| A lot | 547 | 24.1 (22.3, 26.0) |
| Somewhat | 823 | 35.9 (33.9, 38.0) |
| A little | 558 | 24.7 (22.9, 26.6) |
| Not at all/made it easier | 340 | 15.2 (13.7, 16.8) |
| Often/sometimes worried about running out of food before able to afford more* | 1150 | 50.1 (48.0, 52.2) |
| Often/sometimes skip a meal because cannot afford food* | 597 | 26.6 (24.8, 28.6) |
| Often/sometimes unable to eat nutritious meals for lack of money* | 796 | 35.4 (33.4, 37.5) |
| Often/sometimes have gone hungry for lack of access to food* | 403 | 17.9 (16.3, 19.6) |
| How worried about losing housing* | ||
| Very worried | 317 | 14.1 (12.7, 15.7) |
| Somewhat worried | 812 | 35.7 (33.7, 37.7) |
| Not worried at all | 1143 | 50.2 (48.1, 52.3) |
| Expect to graduate* | ||
| Later than expected | 586 | 26.2 (24.4, 28.2) |
| Do not know | 665 | 29.3 (27.4, 31.3) |
| Earlier/same time as expected | 1030 | 44.4 (42.3, 46.5) |
* Sample size varies from 2215 to 2281 due to missing values