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. 2021 Feb 17;18(4):1957. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18041957

Table 5.

Ordinal regression results for the anxiety model.

Characteristics Anxiety
Log Odds Odds Ratio 95% CI p-Value
Age categorical, Young adults, ref. var.
Middle-aged adults −0.394 0.675 0.458–0.993 0.046 *
Older adults −0.814 0.443 0.235–0.836 0.012 *
Sex, Females, ref. var.
Males −0.244 0.783 0.580–1.058 0.111
Working status, Unemployed, ref. var.
Student 0.322 1.379 0.823–2.312 0.222
Employed −0.088 0.915 0.604–1.388 0.678
Retired 0.101 1.106 0.513–2.387 0.797
Type of profession, Blue-collar, ref. var. 0.222 1.248 0.869–1.791 0.230
City of residence, Smaller cities, ref. var.
Belgrade −0.007 1.007 0.735–1.380 0.963
Bigger cities 0.259 1.295 0.943–1.779 0.110
Education level, Elementary school, ref. var.
High school −0.207 0.813 0.427–1.547 0.528
Bachelor 0.107 1.113 0.522–2.370 0.782
University/Master/PhD −0.227 0.797 0.391–1.625 0.533
Marital status, Single, ref. var.
Married −0.025 0.976 0.664–1.433 0.900
Divorced 0.196 1.217 0.672–2.203 0.517
Widowed 0.148 1.160 0.488–2.755 0.737
Religious belief, Low level, ref. var.
Average level 0.289 1.335 0.925–1.929 0.123
High level 0.357 1.429 1.000–2.041 0.050 *
Socioeconomic status, Below average, ref. var.
Average −0.122 0.885 0.575–1.364 0.580
Above average −0.552 0.576 0.358–0.926 0.023 *
General health status, Bad, ref. var.
Average −0.164 0.848 0.470–1.531 0.585
Good −0.740 0.477 0.257–0.885 0.019 *
Presence of chronic disease, No, ref. var. 0.221 1.248 0.881–1.767 0.212
Current smoking status, No, ref. var. 0.268 1.307 0.995–1.717 0.054
Uneasiness to COVID-19 news disagree, ref. var.
Neither agree, nor disagree 0.423 1.526 0.978–2.380 0.063
Agree 1.014 2.756 1.773–4.286 0.000 *
Fear of contracting COVID-19, disagree, ref. var.
Neither agree, nor disagree 0.489 1.630 1.149–2.312 0.006 *
Agree 1.094 2.987 2.051–4.350 0.000 *
Feeling of helplessness, disagree, ref. var.
Neither agree, nor disagree 0.098 1.103 0.781–1.556 0.578
Agree 0.679 1.971 1.387–2.800 0.000 *
Likeliness of impending death, Disagree, ref. var.
Neither agree, nor disagree 0.544 1.722 1.160–2.558 0.007 *
Agree 1.320 3.745 2.258–6.210 0.000 *
Presence of COVID-19 symptoms, No, ref. var. 0.811 2.250 1.573–3.217 0.000 *
Currently infected with SARS-CoV-2, Do not know, ref. var. −0.128 0.880 0.669–1.157 0.360

* Statistical significance: p < 0.05.