TABLE 2.

Binary logistic regression analysis of severe anxiety stress symptoms (GAD-7 ≥ 15).

Variables	n (%)	Odds ration	95% CI for odds ration		p-value
			Lower	Upper
Gender
Male	2994 (37)	1.00 (ref)
Female	5090 (63)	1.19	1.04	1.37	0.01*
Age range (years) mean (SD)/median (IQR)	25 (8.9)/25 (20–32)	0.97	0.96	0.98	<0.001**
Marital status
Married	2377 (29.4)	1.34	1.12	1.59	0.001*
Not married (single, divorced, widowed)	5707 (70.6)	1.00 (ref)
Education level
Elementary	98 (1.2)	1.00 (ref)
Preparatory	431 (5.3)	1.16	0.38	3.55	0.78
Secondary	2446 (30.3)	1.47	0.6	3.57	0.4
University education/higher education	4465 (55.2)	2.11	0.9	4.93	0.08
Postgraduate studies	550 (6.8)	2.19	0.94	5.12	0.07
Other	94 (1.2)	2.25	0.93	5.44	0.07
Job status
Full-time employee	2079 (25.7)	1.31	0.94	1.82	0.11
Freelance	1026 (12.7)	1.14	0.81	1.59	0.45
Student	2845 (35.2)	1.08	0.76	1.55	0.67
Retired	46 (0.6)	1.04	0.75	1.45	0.82
Unemployed	1657 (20.5)	1.00 (ref)
Other	431 (5.3)	0.33	0.11	2.09	0.33
Work status during COVID-19 pandemic
Still working	1639 (20.3)	1.07	0.82	1.39	0.62
Tele-working	939 (11.6)	1.00 (ref)
Suspended from work	5506 (68.1)	1.57	1.3	1.89	<0.001**
Number of working hours per week
Less than 30 h per week	3265 (40.4)	1.00 (ref)
30–45 h per week	1552 (19.2)	0.87	0.74	1.03	0.1
More than 45 h per week	826 (10.2)	0.85	0.68	1.07	0.17
Not applicable	2441 (30.2)	1.32	1.02	1.7	0.035*
Financial support for the family (yes) COVID-19 infection status	1822 (22.5)	0.68	0.57	0.81	<0.001**
Personally infected with COVID-19	93 (1.2)	9.59	2.28	40.25	0.002*
A family member/relative infected	227 (2.8)	0.62	0.39	0.98	0.04*
A friend/acquaintance	415 (5.1)	0.78	0.55	1.09	0.14

*Significant at p < 0.05; **Significant at p < 0.001.