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. 2021 Apr 14;11:8139. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-87270-3

Table 1.

Frequencies and percentages of key demographic variables and COVID-related experiences by sample.

Adult US Adult UK Parent US Parent UK
935 N (%) 938 N (%) 673 N (%) 877 N (%)
Sex
Male 397 (42.9) 403 (43.5) 356 (53.6) 460 (52.8)
Female 521 (56.3) 523 (56.4) 305 (45.9) 410 (47.0)
Other 8 (0.9) 1 (0.1) 3 (0.5) 2 (0.2)
Age
Under 30 396 (42.4) 289 (30.8) 83 (12.4) 89 (10.2)
30–49 322 (34.5) 395 (42.1) 548 (81.5) 722 (82.6)
50 and over 216 (23.1) 254 (27.1) 41 (6.1) 63 (7.2)
Child age
5 and Under ** ** 96 (14.3) 158 (18.1)
6–13 ** ** 413 (61.5) 507 (57.9)
14–17 ** ** 144 (21.4) 183 (20.9)
18 and over ** ** 19 (2.8) 27 (3.1)
Race
Asian 128 (13.7) 65 (6.9) 21 (3.1) 41 (4.7)
Black 78 (8.3) 41 (4.4) 39 (5.8) 41 (4.7)
Hispanic 148 (15.8) 19 (2.0) 97 (14.4) 15 (1.7)
White 530 (56.7) 770 (82.1) 484 (71.9) 755 (86.1)
Other 51 (5.5) 43 (4.6) 32 (4.8) 25 (2.9)
Urbanicity
Large city 254 (27.2) 233 (25.0) 96 (14.3) 150 (17.2)
Suburbs of a large city 331 (35.4) 177 (19.0) 264 (39.5) 178 (20.4)
Small city 185 (19.8) 107 (11.5) 154 (23.0) 98 (11.2)
Town or village or rural area 164 (17.6) 415 (44.5) 155 (23.2) 446 (51.1)
Essential worker in family
No 638 (68.8) 631 (69.1) 378 (56.8) 468 (56.2)
Yes 230 (24.8) 224 (24.5) 233 (35.0) 289 (34.7)
Yes, COVID facility 59 (6.4) 58 (6.4) 54 (8.1) 76 (9.1)
Any family impact
No 539 (58.5) 551 (59.4) 491 (73.4) 574 (66.4)
Yes 383 (41.5) 377 (40.6) 178 (26.6) 291 (33.6)
Family member diagnosed
No 877 (94.5) 876 (93.6) 651 (96.9) 829 (94.5)
Yes 51 (5.5) 60 (6.4) 21 (3.1) 48 (5.5)
2-Week exposure
None 818 (87.9) 789 (84.1) 643 (95.7) 782 (89.4)
Exposure to person with symptoms 77 (8.3) 100 (10.7) 17 (2.5) 68 (7.8)
Exposure to person with diagnosis 36 (3.9) 49 (5.2) 12 (1.8) 25 (2.9)
2-Week symptom count
None 588 (62.9) 539 (57.5) 566 (84.1) 684 (78.0)
One 196 (21.0) 201 (21.4) 77 (11.4) 119 (13.6)
Two 72 (7.7) 85 (9.1) 17 (2.5) 44 (5.0)
Three or more 79 (8.4) 113 (12.0) 13 (1.9) 30 (3.4)