Table 2.

Risk factors for burnout related to the COVID-19 pandemic response—United States, 23 August–11 September 2020.

Characteristic/Experience	Prevalence Ratio (95% CI)
	Some Level of Burnout	High Level of Burnout
Gender
Female	Ref	Ref
Male	0.9 (0.6–1.2)	1.0 (0.5–1.9)
Age (years)
18–29	Ref	Ref
30–39	0.9 (0.7–1.1)	1.3 (0.7–2.6)
40–49	1.0 (0.8–1.3)	2.3 (1.2–4.4)
50–64	0.8 (0.6–1.1)	0.7 (0.3–1.9)
65+	0.2 (0.0–1.4)	a
Race/Ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	Ref	Ref
Asian, non-Hispanic	0.8 (0.5–1.2)	0.2 (0.0–1.3)
Black, non-Hispanic	0.5 (0.2–1.5)	0.6 (0.9–3.5)
Hispanic, any race(s)	0.7 (0.5–1.1)	0.7 (0.3–1.7)
Other race or multiple races, non-Hispanic	1.0 (0.6–1.7)	0.5 (0.1–3.1)
Marital Status
Now Married/In Partnership	Ref	Ref
Never Married	1.1 (0.9–1.3)	0.6 (0.3–1.1)
Other b	0.7 (0.5–1.2)	1.2 (0.6–2.3)
Household Size
1	Ref	Ref
2	0.9 (0.7–1.1)	1.0 (0.6–2.0)
3	0.8 (0.6–1.1)	1.1 (0.5–2.3)
4+	0.8 (0.6–1.1)	1.2 (0.6–2.4)
Experience (years)
<1	Ref	Ref
1–4	1.9 (1.1–3.4)	2.7 (0.7–10.9)
5–9	1.9 (1.1–3.3)	2.0 (0.5–8.4)
10–14	1.8 (1.0–3.2)	4.3 (1.1–17.2)
15+	1.7 (0.9–3.0)	2.8 (0.7–11.4)
Public Health Sector
Public Health Practice	Ref	Ref
Academic	1.3 (1.1–1.6)	1.1 (0.5–2.1)
Other c	0.8 (0.5–1.2)	1.2 (0.6–2.5)
Education
≤Bachelors	Ref	Ref
Masters	1.3 (0.9–1.9)	2.3 (0.9–5.9)
Doctoral	1.4 (1.0–2.0)	2.3 (0.8–6.3)

Note: COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; CI = confidence interval; Ref = reference group; Some Level of Burnout = respondents who scored ≥3 out of 5 on the single-item burnout measure; High Level of Burnout = respondents who scored ≥4 out of 5 on the single-item burnout measure. ^a Insufficient data for analysis. ^b Includes widowed, divorced, separated. ^c Includes clinical setting, non-academic research, non-profit setting.