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. 2021 Mar 16;144:110420. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110420

Table 1.

Participant characteristics (N = 4100).

n % 95% CI
Socio demographic characteristics
 Age group (yrs)
 18–25 870 21·2 20·0–22·5
 26–35 1451 35·4 33·9–36·9
 36–45 894 21·8 20·5–23·1
 >45 885 21·6 20·3–22·9
 Gender
 Male 1666 40·6 39·1–42·2
 Female 2434 59·4 57·8–60·9
 Highest educational level
 Secondary school and below 690 16·8 15·7–18·0
 High school 1122 27·4 26·0–28·8
 University 2288 55·8 54·3–57·3
 Occupation type
 Health professionals 127 3·1 2·6–3·7
 Food-handling workers/Farmers 338 8·2 7·4–9·1
 Industrial workers 831 20·3 19·0–21·5
 Officers 1414 34·5 33·0–36·0
 Housewife/ Retiree/ Others 1046 25·5 24·2–26·9
 Students 344 8·4 7·6–9·3
 Average monthly household income (RMB)
 <RMB 50,000 1427 34·8 33·3–36·3
 RMB 50,000-120,000 1679 41·0 39·4–42·5
 >RMB 120,000 994 24·2 22·9–25·6
 Location of current workplace/study place
 Urban 3286 80·1 78·9–81·4
 Sub-urban/rural 814 19·9 18·6–21·1



Knowing someone infected with 2019-nCov infection
 Known of family members infected with 2019-nCov
 Yes 71 1·7 1·4–2·2
 No/Don't know 4029 98·3 97·8–98·6
 Known of neighbor infected with 2019-nCov
 Yes 473 11·5 10·6–12·6
 No/Don't know 3627 88·5 87·4–89·4