Table 1.
Sample Characteristics for the Total Sample (n=150)
| Variables | Mean (Standard Deviation)/N (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 120 (80.5%) |
| Female | 29 (19.5%) |
| Age | 44.6 (12.5) |
| Family status | |
| Single | 89 (68.5%) |
| Widowed/Divorced/Married, living separated from spouse | 41 (31.5%) |
| Education | |
| Primary education | 42 (32.6%) |
| Secondary/tertiary education | 87 (67.4%) |
| Country of origin | |
| Germany | 64 (45.7%) |
| Neighboring country | 40 (28.6%) |
| Other country | 36 (25.7%) |
| Alcohol consume | |
| Absence of chronic alcohol consume (CDT ≤ 2.5) | 88 (62.0%) |
| Presence of chronic alcohol consume (CDT > 2.5) | 54 (38.0%) |
| Fear of COVID-19 (from 1 = not at all to 4 = severely) | 1.7 (1.0) |
| Not at all | 73 (56.2%) |
| A little | 31 (23.8%) |
| Somewhat | 12 (9.2%) |
| Severely | 14 (10.8%) |
| Perceived own risk of getting the coronavirus one day (from 1 = very low to 5 = high) | 2.1 (1.1) |
| Very low | 54 (42.9%) |
| Low | 26 (20.6%) |
| Average | 32 (25.4%) |
| Increased | 10 (7.9%) |
| High | 4 (3.2%) |
| Perception that being infected with the coronavirus is preventable (from 1 = does not apply to 7 = fully applies) | 4.9 (2.1) |
| Agreement that a diagnosis of the coronavirus would ruin his/her life (from 1 = does not apply to 7 = fully applies) | 3.1 (2.3) |
Notes: Descriptive statistics were given as mean and standard deviation for continuous variables and frequency and percentage (%) for categorical variables.