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. 2021 May 1;21:837. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10899-2

Table 1.

Socio-demographic and clinical variablesa

Variable Before COVID-19 pandemic
(N = 1010)
During COVID-19 pandemic
(N = 504)
Statistics p-value
Age Mean ± SD 47.10 ± 15.50 47.06 ± 15.46 Z = 0.004 0.997
Sex Female 510 (50.5%) 256 (50.8%) χ2 = 0.012 0.913
Male 500 (49.5%) 248 (49.2%)
Education No A-levels 230 (22.8%) 123 (24.4%) χ2 = 0.501 0.497
A-levels or higher 780 (77.2%) 381 (75.6%)
Marital status Single 282 (27.9%) 133 (26.4%) χ2 = 2.194 0.533
Married/partnership 608 (60.2%) 316 (62.7%)
Divorced/separated 79 (7.8%) 41 (8.1%)
Widowed 41 (4.1%) 14 (2.8%)
Any chronic diseases 347 (34.4%) 167 (33.1%) χ2 = 0.224 0.636
Work statusb Normal work 251 (49.8%)
Working remotely 55 (10.9%)
Unemployed 57 (11.3%)
Lost work due to COVID-19 19 (3.8%)
Houseworker 19 (3.8%)
Retired 77 (15.3%)
In training or student 15 (3.0%)
Other 11 (12.2%)
Living space (in m2)b Mean ± SD 111.7 ± 15.46
No. of people living in householdb Mean ± SD 2.98 ± 1.24
Outside living space availableb 398 (79.0%)
Social distancingb Not at all 70 (13.9%)
Moderate 60 (11.9%)
Strong 217 (43.1%)
Quarantined 157 (31.2%)
Tested for SARS-CoV-2b Not tested 483 (95.8%)
Negative result 14 (2.8%)
Positive result 5 (1.0%)
Results pending 2 (0.4%)

a Table entries are n (%), if not denoted otherwise; b variable assessed only in the assessment during COVID-19; SD standard deviation