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. 2021 Mar 30;12:650989. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.650989

Table 2.

Feelings and opinions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and shopping-specific variables.

Shopping more (n = 568) Shopping same (n = 1,092) Shopping less (n = 1,462) Total sample (N = 3,122)
M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) Statistics M (SD)
Feelings and opinions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic
Do you agree that the corona crisis will be managed successfully in Germany? (n = 2,911) 2.94 (0.89)a 3.05 (0.81)a,b 3.09 (0.79)b F(2,2,368) = 6.20 p = 0.002 ηp2 = 0.01 3.01 (0.83)
In your opinion, are the restrictions important for the successful control of the corona virus? (n = 3,022) 3.35 (0.94)a 3.50 (0.80)b 3.51 (0.80)b F(2,2,368) = 6.22 p = 0.002 ηp2 = 0.01 3.42 (0.87)
In your opinion, how many weeks will the lockdown continue in its current form? (n = 2,545) 7.30 (8.81) 6.82 (8.37) 6.40 (7.79) F(2,2,368) = 2.07 p = 0.127 6.82 (8.38)
Are you afraid for your health or the health of those close to you? (n = 3,122) 6.61 (2.81)a 6.03 (2.70)b 6.07 (2.76)b F(2,2,368) = 7.78 p < 0.001 ηp2 = 0.01 6.13 (2.80)
Do you feel stressed by the restrictions? (n = 3,096) 6.32 (3.23)a 4.91 (3.28)b 5.15 (3.13)b F(2,2,368) = 31.24 p < 0.001 ηp2 = 0.03 5.42 (3.29)
Shopping-specific variables n (%) n (%) n (%) N (%)
Preferred shopping before lockdown
Predominantly online 59 (10.4)a; 1.9 101 (9.2)a; 1.3 95 (6.5)b;−2.2 χ2 = 34.98 df = 4 255 (8.2)
Predominantly offline 261 (46.0)a; −2.2 535 (49.0)a; −1.7 847 (57.9)b; 2.8 p < 0.001ɫ 1,643 (52.6)
Both equally, online and offline 248 (43.7)a; 1.7 456 (41.8)a; 1.3 520 (35.6)b; 1.3 Cramer V = 0.08 1,244 (39.2)
Preferred shopping during lockdown
Predominantly online 322 (56.7)a; 9.3 346 (31.7)c; −1.3 393 (26.9)b; −4.7 χ2 = 185.73 df = 4 1,061 (34.0)
Predominantly offline 107 (18.8)a; −6.9 392 (35.9)c; −0.2 635 (43.4)b; 4.5 p < 0.001ɫ 1,134 (36.3)
Both equally, online and offline 139 (24.5)a; −2.3 354 (32.4)b; 1.7 434 (29.7)b; 0.0 Cramer V = 0.17 927 (29.7)
Have you or someone among your family and friends or a doctor been worried about your shopping behavior or suggested that you should shop less?
No concerns 517 (91.0)a; −1.2 1074 (98.4)c; 0.8 1409 (96.4)b; 0.1 χ2 = 81.20* df = 6 3,000 (96.1)
Yes, before the lockdown 10 (1.8)a; 0.1 7 (0.6)b; −2.7 37 (2.5)a; 2.3 p < 0.001ɫ 54 (1.7)
Yes, during the lockdown 20 (3.5)a; 6.4 1 (0.1)b; −2.9 8 (0.5)b; −1.5 Cramer V = 0.13 29 (0.9)
Yes, before and during the lockdown 21 (3.7)a; 5.2 10 (0.9)b; −1.0 8 (0.5)b; −2.4 39 (1.2)
ɫ

Significant after Bonferroni–Holm correction. Bold values indicate significant difference.

a,b

Values with different superscripts are significantly different (post-hoc tests).