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. 2021 Feb 19;63(5):e283–e293. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002179

TABLE 6.

Industry of Employment During Epidemic and Rate of Anxiety and Depression, Along With Relative Rate (RR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) of the Change in Continuous HADS Scores Relative to Sample Mean Symptoms Scores

Women (n = 623) Men (n = 234)
Total Anxiety Depression Total Anxiety Depression
Industry N, % RR 95% CI N, % RR 95% CI N, % RR 95% CI N, % RR 95% CI
Accommodation or food services 14 5 0.84 0.67 1.05 2 1.03 0.77 1.38 8 3 1.23 0.90 1.68 1 1.30 0.88 1.90
36 14 38 13
Arts and entertainment 21 12 1.09 0.91 1.29 2 1.11 0.87 1.41 10 6 1.25 0.95 1.65 4 1.63 1.17 2.27
57 10 60 40
Childcare 13 7 1.06 0.85 1.32 3 1.08 0.80 1.46 0 N/A N/A
54 23
Construction or utilities 11 4 0.92 0.72 1.18 4 1.31 0.96 1.79 15 3 0.92 0.71 1.17 0 0.90 0.66 1.23
36 36 20 0
Education 76 42 1.08 0.97 1.19 13 1.07 0.93 1.23 9 2 1.04 0.77 1.41 0 0.91 0.61 1.34
55 17 22 0
Finance or insurance 30 14 1.06 0.91 1.23 10 1.32 1.09 1.61 12 3 0.83 0.63 1.10 0 0.74 0.52 1.07
47 33 25 0
Government 27 13 1.04 0.89 1.22 3 0.94 0.75 1.17 12 1 0.64 0.47 0.86 0 0.70 0.48 1.01
48 11 8 0
Healthcare 107 47 1.02 0.93 1.11 13 1.00 0.88 1.13 30 13 1.23 1.03 1.47 2 1.08 0.86 1.35
44 12 43 7
Higher education 116 48 1.00 0.92 1.09 10 0.95 0.84 1.08 36 9 0.97 0.82 1.15 2 0.96 0.77 1.19
41 9 25 6
Legal services 32 14 1.01 0.87 1.17 0 0.89 0.73 1.10 8 3 1.25 0.92 1.69 1 1.14 0.77 1.68
44 0 38 13
Manufacturing 9 3 0.98 0.75 1.28 0 0.79 0.54 1.16 5 1 0.66 0.42 1.04 1 0.78 0.45 1.34
33 0 20 20
Personal services or repair or other support services 11 8 1.29 1.03 1.62 3 1.44 1.06 1.96 3 1 1.13 0.69 1.87 0 0.68 0.33 1.40
73 27 33 0
Pharmaceutical 8 2 0.93 0.69 1.24 1 0.79 0.53 1.19 8 3 1.06 0.77 1.46 0 0.93 0.61 1.40
25 13 38 0
Professional or scientific or engineering or computer services 36 16 1.02 0.89 1.18 2 0.93 0.77 1.13 26 7 0.99 0.82 1.20 0 0.94 0.74 1.20
44 6 27 0
Publishing or media or other information services 23 11 1.02 0.86 1.21 4 1.09 0.87 1.38 5 3 1.39 0.95 2.02 2 1.78 1.14 2.79
48 17 60 40
Real estate 6 2 0.86 0.61 1.21 0 0.69 0.42 1.12 3 2 1.34 0.82 2.17 1 1.73 0.97 3.08
33 0 67 33
Religious or grantmaking or civic or labor organizations 32 13 0.92 0.79 1.07 3 0.87 0.71 1.08 7 1 0.92 0.65 1.31 1 0.98 0.63 1.51
41 9 14 14
Retail 18 15 1.28 1.07 1.53 3 1.25 0.97 1.60 11 5 1.09 0.83 1.44 1 0.91 0.64 1.30
83 17 45 9
Social services 26 9 1.01 0.86 1.19 4 1.05 0.84 1.30 8 4 1.34 0.99 1.81 2 1.20 0.82 1.78
35 15 50 25
Telecommunications 11 5 1.08 0.85 1.37 4 1.42 1.05 1.94 2 0 0.67 0.33 1.36 0 0.65 0.26 1.59
45 36 0 0
Transportation 8 2 0.77 0.57 1.05 1 0.77 0.51 1.16 4 1 0.82 0.51 1.32 0 0.88 0.49 1.58
25 13 25 0
Wholesale 2 0 0.91 0.51 1.62 0 0.63 0.27 1.50 2 1 0.97 0.51 1.84 0 1.20 0.56 2.57
0 0 50 0
Missing 26 6 N/A 2 N/A 10 1 N/A 0 N/A
23 8 10 0

No material change on adjustment for race, age, income, education, children living at home (not shown).

Effect strengthened for publishing/media to 1.44 (1.02, 2.05) and social services to 1.47 (1.10, 1.95) after adjustment; no other changes.

Effect of real estate strengthened on adjustment to 1.79 (1.05, 3.06), no other material changes (not shown).