Table 1.
Descriptive statistics.
| Variable | South Korea | Taiwan | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | |
| Dependent variables | |||||
| Worry | 6.49 | 2.52 | 4.01 | 2.25 | −15.17*** |
| Risk of contact | 5.60 | 2.36 | 3.05 | 2.02 | −17.08*** |
| Happiness | 2.67 | 0.78 | 2.89 | 0.60 | 4.75*** |
| Independent variables | |||||
| Life Change | |||||
| Travel | 1.23 | 0.59 | 2.07 | 0.79 | 16.82*** |
| Hangout with friends | 1.69 | 0.71 | 2.79 | 0.54 | 25.90*** |
| Eating at a restaurant | 2.01 | 0.86 | 2.41 | 0.76 | 7.27*** |
| Restaurant takeout | 3.35 | 1.08 | 3.54 | 0.76 | 3.13** |
| Food delivery | 3.85 | 1.06 | 3.41 | 0.72 | −7.31*** |
| Part-time jobs | 2.13 | 1.05 | 2.99 | 0.54 | 16.01*** |
| Online shopping | 3.68 | 1.00 | 3.16 | 0.50 | −10.42*** |
| Major | % | % | |||
| Liberal Arts | 18.4% | 17.6% | |||
| STEM | 52.5% | 59.4% | |||
| Business | 4.5% | 15.8% | |||
| Social Sciences | 24.6% | 7.2% | |||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 50.4% | 58.8% | |||
| Female | 49.6% | 41.2% | |||
| Parental Education Level | |||||
| HS or less | 7.9% | 25.7% | |||
| Some college | 6.3% | 30.2% | |||
| BA | 49.3% | 20.3% | |||
| Advanced | 36.5% | 23.9% | |||
| Living Arrangement | |||||
| Home | 56.0% | 7.8% | |||
| Dorm | 14.3% | 40.3% | |||
| Outside the campus | 29.8% | 51.9% | |||
| N | 554 | 335 | |||
*
p < 0.05,
**
p < 0.01,
***
p < 0.001.