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. 2021 May 5;17(2):949–970. doi: 10.1007/s11482-021-09950-6

Table 2.

Sample statistics

Employment status All sample Working Voluntarily not working Involuntarily not working
Sample size N = 1,576,770 n = 930,472 n = 307,179 n = 339,119
Percentage 100% 59.01% 19.48% 21.51%
Variable
Mental Health
Y1: Anxiety 2.06 1.96 1.33 2.74
GAD-2 < 3 68.09 70.16 81.81 55.14
GAD-2 ≥ 3 31.91 29.84 18.19 44.86
Y2: Depression 1.72 1.56 1.18 2.39
PHQ-2 < 3 74.31 77.62 84.41 61.22
PHQ-2 ≥ 3 25.69 22.38 15.59 38.78
Employment Hardship
X2: Expecting job loss in the family
No 68.29 72.41 91.09 45.64
Yes 31.71 27.59 8.91 54.36
Economic Status
X3: Food sufficiency
Often not enough 2.07 1.23 0.57 4.67
Sometimes not enough 8.40 6.31 2.70 16.11
Enough, not want 31.42 29.69 23.54 39.85
Enough 58.11 62.77 73.20 39.37
X4: Food confidence
Not at all confident 8.96 5.77 3.48 18.74
Somewhat confident 22.80 20.50 12.89 33.55
Moderately confident 21.57 21.41 19.39 23.30
Very confident. 46.67 52.32 64.24 24.41
X5: Paid last mortgage/rent
No 14.30 11.43 5.37 23.77
Yes 85.70 88.57 94.63 76.23
X6: Confidence in paying next mortgage/rent
No confidence 9.64 6.32 3.21 19.00
Slight confidence 12.56 10.50 4.88 19.77
Moderate confidence 22.17 20.68 17.38 27.12
High confidence 55.64 62.51 74.53 34.11
X7: Total income in 2019
Less than $25,000 15.67 9.12 14.13 29.64
$25,000 - $34,999 11.87 9.68 13.05 15.41
$35,000 - $49,999 12.68 11.58 14.56 13.65
$50,000 - $74,999 17.96 18.15 19.80 16.42
$75,000 - $99,999 13.27 14.71 13.93 10.00
$100,000 - $149,999 14.84 18.36 13.47 8.74
$150,000 - $199,999 6.63 8.76 5.34 3.23
$200,000 and above 7.09 9.63 5.72 2.92
Health and Access to Care
X8: Physical health
Poor 3.64 1.62 3.93 7.49
Fair 15.08 10.81 16.85 22.39
Good 30.15 29.30 30.71 31.47
Very good 32.97 36.48 34.22 25.30
Excellent 17.88 21.58 13.89 13.09
X9: Health insurance coverage
No 21.94 19.99 14.08 30.35
Yes 78.06 80.01 85.92 69.65
X10: No delay of care (COVID)
Delayed 38.53 38.29 32.98 42.68
No delay 61.47 61.71 67.02 57.32
X11: No delay of care (other)
Delayed 30.28 29.03 24.69 36.47
No delay 69.72 70.97 75.31 63.53
Control Variables
C1: Age (mean) 48.01 43.74 67.04 44.47
C2: Gender
Female 51.63 47.96 55.42 56.45
Male 48.37 52.04 44.58 43.55
C3: Race
White 75.62 76.17 84.81 69.00
Black 12.59 11.92 7.55 16.93
Asian 5.62 6.01 3.87 5.89
Other 6.17 5.90 3.77 8.17
C4: Education
High school or lower 39.12 32.61 42.71 49.25
Some college 30.50 30.35 28.71 32.07
College 16.93 20.32 14.16 12.12
Graduate 13.45 16.71 14.42 6.56
C5: Martial status
Not married 54.35 56.72 62.09 44.84
Married 45.65 43.28 37.91 55.16
C6: Number of children (mean) 0.74 0.81 0.25 0.89

Note: numbers are in percentages