Table 1.
Sociodemographic information as well as COVID-19 related lifestyle changes by group.
| Percentage endorsed (%) | Statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCW (n=905) | OEW (n=810) | GNP (n=3443) | χ2 | Signifi-cance | Effect size (V) | |
| Age (years) | 23.6 | <.001 | .48 | |||
| 18-34 | 41.4 | 46.9 | 40.0 | |||
| 35-49 | 37.3 | 33.7 | 34.4 | |||
| 50 upwards | 21.2 | 19.4 | 25.6 | |||
| Sex | 41.8 | <.001 | .064 | |||
| Male | 11.8 | 16.0 | 19.1 | |||
| Female | 87.7 | 81.5 | 78.9 | |||
| Self-described | 0.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | |||
| State of residence | 66.7 | <.001 | .080 | |||
| Australian Capital Territory (ACT) | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | |||
| New South Wales (NSW) | 26.0 | 19.3 | 16.4 | |||
| Northern Territory (NT) | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | |||
| Queensland (QLD) | 6.9 | 6.2 | 6.7 | |||
| South Australia (SA) | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.6 | |||
| Tasmania (TAS) | 2.1 | 4.7 | 3.8 | |||
| Victoria (VIC) | 57.2 | 60.1 | 64.9 | |||
| Western Australia (WA) | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | |||
| Exercise behaviours | 18.7 | .017 | .043 | |||
| A lot more | 6.2 | 4.7 | 6.4 | |||
| A little more | 27.7 | 27.7 | 29.8 | |||
| No change (or do not typically exercise) | 22.8 | 25.9 | 20.1 | |||
| A little less | 23.8 | 21.1 | 22.0 | |||
| A lot less | 19.9 | 20.6 | 21.7 | |||
| Sleep patterns | 35.1 | <.001 | .058 | |||
| A lot more | 7.0 | 8.3 | 9.1 | |||
| A little more | 16.8 | 19.2 | 21.9 | |||
| No change | 28.3 | 23.7 | 26.7 | |||
| A little less | 34.0 | 31.0 | 29.9 | |||
| A lot less | 13.9 | 17.8 | 12.4 | |||
| Alcohol consumption | 10.4 | .236 | .032 | |||
| A lot more | 5.1 | 6.0 | 6.1 | |||
| A little more | 27.0 | 24.3 | 25.2 | |||
| No change | 55.6 | 56.3 | 55.9 | |||
| A little less | 8.0 | 6.1 | 7.9 | |||
| A lot less | 4.4 | 6.8 | 5.5 | |||
| Impact of government restrictions | 7.7 | .464 | .027 | |||
| on mental health | ||||||
| Very positively | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | |||
| Somewhat positively | 20.4 | 18.4 | 18.6 | |||
| Not at all | 16.7 | 15.1 | 16.7 | |||
| Somewhat negatively | 51.2 | 52.2 | 50.0 | |||
| Very negatively | 8.3 | 9.5 | 10.0 | |||
| Anticipated time to lifting of | 26.4 | .001 | .051 | |||
| government restrictions | ||||||
| Less than 3 months | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.1 | |||
| Less than 6 months | 24.2 | 28.6 | 27.9 | |||
| Less than 12 months | 42.3 | 38.4 | 38.5 | |||
| More than 12 months | 21.6 | 17.3 | 17.8 | |||
| No idea | 7.9 | 10.4 | 11.8 | |||
Note. On 31 March 2020, Australia was at Stage 3 COVID-19 restrictions, where residents were legally mandated to stay at home, except to shop for food and other essential supplies, for medical care and caregiving, to exercise, or for work or education (if unable to do so remotely). Wave 1 of the COLLATE study was launched on the following day, 1 April 2020. Statistics refer to chi-squared tests for independence, with significance set at p<.01 and effect size Cramer's V: .06=small, .17=medium, .29=large.