Table 1.
State-wise comparison
| No. | Item | Choices | State-wise response (numbers in percentage) | Total | p value | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| 1 | I consider this lockdown | Convenient break | 19 (25%) | 125 (40.7%) | 87(50%) | 299 (43.7%) | 530 (42.7) | 0.015 | ||||||||
| Inconvenience | 31 (40.8%) | 107 (34.9%) | 47 (27%) | 206 (30.10%) | 391 (31.5%) | |||||||||||
| Not sure | 26 (34.2%) | 75 (24.4%) | 40 (23%) | 179 (26.2%) | 320 (25.8%) | |||||||||||
| 2 | Number of hours I sleep | Increased | 57 (75%) | 217 (70.7%) | 143 (82.2%) | 425 (62.10%) | 842 (67.8%) | < 0.001 | ||||||||
| Decreased | 2 (2.6%) | 23 (7.5%) | 6 (3.4%) | 59 (8.6%) | 90 (7.3%) | |||||||||||
| No change | 17 (22.4%) | 67 (21.8%) | 25 (14.4%) | 200 (29.2%) | 309 (24.9%) | |||||||||||
| 3 | Screen viewing time | Increased | 57 (75%) | 266 (86.6%) | 147 (84.5%) | 498 (72.8%) | 968 (78%) | < 0.001 | ||||||||
| Decreased | 11 (14.5%) | 23 (7.5%) | 11 (6.3%) | 68 (9.9%) | 113 (9.1%) | |||||||||||
| No change | 8 (10.5%) | 18 (5.9%) | 16 (9.2%) | 118 (17.3%) | 160 (12.9%) | |||||||||||
| 4 | I am able to focus on my studies | More than normal | 9 (11.8%) | 45 (14.7%) | 26 (14.9%) | 182 (26.6%) | 262 (21.1%) | < 0.001 | ||||||||
| Less than normal | 58 (76.3%) | 219 (71.3%) | 117 (67.2%) | 348 (50.9%) | 742 (59.8%) | |||||||||||
| No change | 9 (11.8%) | 43 (14%) | 31 (17.8%) | 154 (22.5%) | 237 (19.1%) | |||||||||||
| 5 | This time enabled me to | Relax | 42 (55.3%) | 138 (45%) | 93 (53.4%) | 210 (30.7%) | 483 (38.9%) | < 0.001 | ||||||||
| Refocus | 7 (9.2%) | 21 (6.8%) | 13 (7.5%) | 47 (6.9%) | 88 (7.1%) | |||||||||||
| Both | 27 (35.5%) | 148 (48.2%) | 68 (39.1%) | 427 (62.4%) | 670 (54%) | |||||||||||
| 6 | Academically I am/ feel | More prepared and confident | 11 (14.5%) | 42 (13.7%) | 21 (12.1%) | 151 (22.1%) | 225 (18.1%) | < 0.001 | ||||||||
| Less prepared and confident | 52 (68.4%) | 187 (60.9%) | 109 (62.6%) | 318 (46.5%) | 666 (53.7%) | |||||||||||
| No change | 13 (17.1%) | 78 (25.4%) | 44 (25.3%) | 215 (31.4%) | 350 (28.2%) | |||||||||||
| 7 | Lockdown has given me opportunity | Spend more time with loved ones | 36 (47.4%) | 159 (51.8%) | 119 (68.4%) | 278 (40.6%) | 592 (47.7%) | < 0.001 | ||||||||
| Binge watch shows | 8 (10.5%) | 42 (13.7%) | 23 (13.2%) | 62 (9.1%) | 135 (10.9%) | |||||||||||
| Spend more time with myself | 21 (27.6%) | 78 (25.4%) | 22 (12.6%) | 228 (33.3%) | 349 (28.1%) | |||||||||||
| None of the above | 11 (14.5%) | 28 (9.1%) | 10 (5.7%) | 116 (17%) | 165 (13.3%) | |||||||||||
| 8 | Lockdown made me learn something new | No | 16 (21.1%) | 64 (20.8%) | 36 (20.7%) | 97 (14.2%) | 213 (17.2%) | 0.023 | ||||||||
| Yes | 60 (78.9%) | 243 (79.2%) | 138 (79.3%) | 587 (85.8%) | 1028 (82.8%) | |||||||||||
| 9 | On a personal level I feel, this lockdown has done | More harm than good | 29 (38.2%) | 114 (37.1%) | 62 (35.6%) | 229 (33.5%) | 434 (35%) | 0.643 | ||||||||
| More good than harm | 47 (61.8%) | 193 (62.9%) | 112 (64.4%) | 455 (66.5%) | 807 (65%) | |||||||||||
| 10 | Considering everything that I am going on, I feel | Safe | 24 (31.6%) | 101 (32.9%) | 57 (32.8%) | 260 (38%) | 442 (35.6%) | < 0.001 | ||||||||
| Anxious | 9 (11.8%) | 58 (18.9%) | 55 (31.6%) | 103 (15.1%) | 225 (18.1%) | |||||||||||
| Scared | 29 (38.2%) | 40 (13%) | 22 (12.6%) | 92 (13.5%) | 183 (14.7%) | |||||||||||
| Uncertain | 14 (18.4%) | 108 (35.2%) | 40 (23%) | 229 (33.5%) | 391 (31.5%) | |||||||||||
| 11 | If I think of going back to normal life, I feel | Excited | 14 (18.4%) | 124 (40.4%) | 55 (31.6%) | 282 (41.2%) | 475 (38.3%) | < 0.001 | ||||||||
| Panic | 14 (18.4%) | 20 (6.5%) | 11 (6.3%) | 76 (11.1%) | 121 (9.8%) | |||||||||||
| Tensed | 31 (40.8%) | 108 (35.2%) | 79 (45.4%) | 177 (25.9%) | 395 (31.8%) | |||||||||||
| Haven't thought about that | 17 (22.4%) | 55 (17.9%) | 29 (16.7%) | 149 (21.8%) | 250 (20.1%) | |||||||||||
| 12 | Looking back on times before lockdown I feel I was | Overworked | 28 (36.8%) | 81 (26.4%) | 45 (25.9%) | 209 (30.6%) | 363 (29.3%) | 0.332 | ||||||||
| Enjoying Routine | 34 (44.7%) | 142 (46.3%) | 87 (50%) | 298 (43.6%) | 561 (45.2%) | |||||||||||
| Not Doing enough | 14 (18.4%) | 84 (27.4%) | 42 (24.1%) | 177 (25.9%) | 317 (25.5%) | |||||||||||
| 13 | On getting back to life after lockdown my lifestyle/routine would | Change | 48 (63.2%) | 248 (80.8%) | 138 (79.3%) | 537 (78.5%) | 971 (78.2%) | 0.009 | ||||||||
| Not change | 28 (36.8%) | 59 (19.2%) | 36 (20.7%) | 147 (21.5%) | 270 (21.8%) | |||||||||||
| 14 | On a scale 1–10 how badly you want lockdown to end | 76 | 307 | 684 | 174 | 1241 | 0.16 | |||||||||
| 15 | Future world according to me looks | Bright | 12 (15.8%) | 95 (30.9%) | 57 (32.8%) | 208 (30.4%) | 372 (30%) | < 0.001 | ||||||||
| Bleak | 34 (44.7%) | 123 (40.1%) | 88 (50.6%) | 262 (38.3%) | 507 (40.9%) | |||||||||||
| Same as before | 30 (39.5%) | 89 (29%) | 29 (16.7%) | 214 (31.3%) | 362 (29.2%) | |||||||||||