Table 4.

Factors associated with poor mental wellbeing (SWEMWBS) in Zambia and Sierra Leone (N = 190)

Characteristics	Category	β	P value	t	95% CI
					Lower bound	Upper bound
Sex		0.001	0.997	0.004	− 0.483	0.485
Age	12–14	− 0.68	0.054	− 1.942	− 1.371	0.011
	15–17	0.051	0.882	0.149	− 0.63	0.733
	18–20	− 0.083	0.808	− 0.243	− 0.76	0.593
	21–23	0.302	0.475	0.717	− 0.529	1.133
	24–25
Education level	Primary schooling	− 0.221	0.451	− 0.755	− 0.799	0.357
	Secondary schooling	0.429	0.107	1.619	− 0.094	0.952
	College
	University	1.07	0.947	0.067	− 30.487	32.638
Type of disability	Physical disabilities	− 0.518	0.074	− 1.8	− 1.086	0.050
	Visual disabilities	− 0.887	0.047	− 1.996	− 1.763	− 0.10
	Hearing disabilities	− 0.814	0.072	− 1.809	− 1.702	0.074
	Mental health disabilities	− 0.247	0.053	− 0.624	− 1.030	0.535
	Intellectual disabilities	− 0.888	0.049	− 1.983	− 1.771	− 0.004
	Learning disabilities	− 1.545	0.172	− 1.372	− 3.766	0.676
	Two or more disabilities	− 1.631	0.0	− 3.971	− 2.442	− 0.821
Income per month	Very Low	− 0.505	0.064	− 1.864	− 1.039	0.029
	Low	− 0.281	0.327	− 0.984	− 0.846	0.283
	Medium
	High
	Very high
Nationality	Zambian	− 1.226	0.0	− 5.96	− 1.632	− 0.821
	Sierra Leonean
Close friends who support me	None of the time	− 0.949	0.003	− 3.021	− 1.569	− 0.329
	Rarely	− 0.991	< 0.001	− 3.268	− 1.589	− 0.393
	Some of the time	− 0.48	0.105	− 1.629	− 1.062	0.102
	Often	− 0.782	0.113	− 1.59	− 1.751	0.188
Friends and family around me	None of the time	− 0.129	0.814	− 0.236	− 1.210	0.951
	Rarely	− 0.416	0.367	− 0.905	− 1.324	0.491
	Some of the time	0.201	0.618	0.499	− 0.593	0.994
	Often	0.485	0.303	1.032	− 0.442	1.412
Connected to others during pandemic	None of the time	− 0.624	0.049	− 1.98	− 1.245	− 0.002
	Rarely	− 1.303	0.0	− 3.557	− 2.025	− 0.58
	Some of the time	− 0.7	0.029	− 2.201	− 1.327	− 0.073
	Often	− 1.51	0.004	− 2.904	− 2.536	− 0.484
Household members	I'm living alone	1.213	0.94	0.076	− 30.357	− 32.783
	2 people	0.394	0.225	1.143	− 0.287	− 1.075
	3 people	0.376	0.216	1.243	− 0.221	0.974
	4 people	0.387	0.3	1.04	− 0.347	1.121
	5 people	− 0.361	0.436	− 0.781	− 1.273	0.551
Number of rooms	1 room	1.016	0.132	1.512	− 0.31	2.341
	2 rooms	0.722	0.288	1.065	− 0.616	2.059
	3 rooms	0.379	0.595	0.532	− 1.026	1.784
	4 rooms	0.132	0.853	0.186	− 1.273	1.537
	5 rooms	0.159	0.858	0.179	− 1.591	1.909
Access to outside space	Yes, in public places	− 0.122	0.676	− 0.418	− 0.698	0.454
	Yes, in my private space	0.914	0.0	3.47	0.394	1.433
Knowledge about COVID-19	Very poor	− 1.067	0.136	− 1.498	− 2.472	0.338
	Poor	− 1.092	0.013	− 2.504	− 1.953	− 0.232
	Moderate	− 0.664	0.085	− 1.734	− 1.42	0.092
	High	− 0.164	0.715	− 0.366	− 1.046	0.719
	Very High
Worried about the long-term impact of COVID-19	Not at all	− 0.567	0.558	− 0.587	− 2.472	1.339
	Only a little	0.179	0.719	0.36	− 0.801	1.159
	Quite a lot	1.042	0.007	2.739	0.292	1.793
Types of self-isolating	I am living my life as normal and I don’t care about others	− 0.48	0.337	− 0.963	− 1.464	0.504
	l am self-isolating as I am worried about spreading it to others	1.268	0.0	4.003	0.643	1.892
	I am self-isolating to protect my family members, friends who have an existing medical condition	1.031	0.0	4.064	0.531	1.532
	I am self-isolating because I am not allowed to go out
Exercise/sport during social distancing	Not at all	0.695	0.16	1.41	− 0.277	1.668
	No more than usual	0.975	0.052	1.956	− 0.008	1.957
	Rather more than usual	1.039	0.228	1.21	− 0.654	2.731

Values in bold text connote statistical significance, P < 0.05, P < 0.01, P < 0.001