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. 2021 May 19;18(10):5421. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105421

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics.

Characteristics n = 871 (%)
Gender
 Female 665 (76.3%)
 Male 206 (23.7%)
Mean age (SD) 23.9 (±7.0)
Practice or education in health 253 (29.0%)
Overweight/Obesity 111 (12.7%)/28 (3.2%)
Had symptoms of Coronavirus 225 (25.8%)
Have been infected 83 (9.5%)
Have been in prophylactic isolation 270 (31.0%)
Have taken a diagnostic test 428 (49.1%)
Nationality
 Portuguese 827 (94.9%)
 Other 43 (4.9%)
 Do not know/did not answer 1 (0.1%)
Civil status
 Single 781 (89.7%)
 Married 78 (9.0%)
 Other 7 (0.8%)
 Do not know/did not answer 5 (0.6%)
Family situation
 Lives alone 28 (3.2%)
 Lives with the household 717 (82.3%)
 Lives away from home 119 (13.7%)
 Do not know/did not answer 7 (0.8%)
Highest education level completed
 Upper secondary education 440 (50.5%)
 Bachelor 205 (23.5%)
 Post-graduation 221 (25.3%)
 Do not know/did not answer 5 (0.6%)
Current working condition
 Student 663 (76.1%)
 Student workers (paid or unpaid) 180 (20.7%)
 Other 25 (2.8%)
 Do not know/did not answer 3 (0.3%)
Difficulty in paying bills at the end of the month (during the past 12 months)
 Most times and sometimes 136 (15.6%)
 Almost never and never 619 (71.1%)
 Do not know/did not answer 116 (13.3%)
Easiness in buying medicines
 Very easy and easy 772 (88.6%)
 Difficult and very difficult 33 (3.7%)
 Do not know/did not answer 66 (7.6%)
Easiness to access to own physician
 Very easy and easy 564 (64.8%)
 Difficult and very difficult 216 (24.8%)
 Do not know/did not answer 91 (10.4%)
Socioeconomic level (self-perception)
 Low 25 (2.9%)
 Middle 488 (56%)
 High 332 (38.1%)
 Did not answer 26 (3%)