Table 3.

Multinomial logistic regression identifying significant associations with COVID-19 sentiment among a sample of Australian adults reported in May 2020.

Characteristic		Positive sentiment, mean (SD)	Neutral sentiment					Negative sentiment
			Mean (SD)	β	95% CI (lower)	95% CI (upper)	Mean (SD)		β	95% CI (lower)	95% CI (upper)
Model 1 (female participants)
	Age	56.8 (11.7)	56.1 (12.2)	0.998	0.990	1.007	56.0 (11.9)		0.998	0.989	1.007
	Financial stress	1.65 (1.2)	1.9 (1.5)	1.128 a	1.039	1.224	2.1 (1.6)		1.194	1.100	1.297
	Satisfaction with life	3.2 (1.1)	3.0 (1.0)	0.923	0.832	1.024	2.9 (1.1)		0.832	0.747	0.927
	COVID-19–related concerns	2.6 (0.5)	2.6 (0.5)	0.931	0.753	1.152	2.6 (0.5)		1.019	0.815	1.274
	Openness to experience	3.6 (0.7)	3.5 (0.7)	0.823	0.710	0.953	3.7 (0.7)		1.039	0.889	1.213
	Conscientiousness	3.9 (0.7)	3.8 (0.7)	0.977	0.838	1.139	3.8 (0.7)		0.939	0.800	1.103
	Extraversion	3.1 (0.7)	3.0 (0.7)	0.915	0.791	1.059	3.0 (0.8)		0.902	0.774	1.051
	Agreeableness	4.0 (0.6)	4.0 (0.6)	0.981	0.824	1.168	4.0 (0.6)		1.101	0.915	1.324
	Neuroticism	2.6 (0.9)	2.7 (0.9)	0.982	0.856	1.127	2.7 (0.9)		0.991	0.858	1.145
Model 2 (male participants)
	Age	61.8 (14.5)	63.1 (11.0)	1.007	0.983	1.032	59.6 (13.1)		0.985	0.960	1.011
	Financial stress	1.8 (1.4)	1.8 (1.5)	1.015	0.821	1.254	2.1 (1.6)		1.044	0.832	1.311
	Satisfaction with life	3.2 (1.0)	3.2 (1.0)	0.933	0.677	1.287	3.0 (1.1)		0.760	0.533	1.084
	COVID-19–related concerns	2.6 (0.5)	2.5 (0.5)	0.680	0.388	1.189	2.6 (0.5)		0.975	0.518	1.833
	Openness to experience	3.4 (0.6)	3.5 (0.6)	1.244	0.781	1.983	3.4 (0.6)		1.141	0.674	1.932
	Conscientiousness	3.7 (0.7)	3.7 (0.7)	0.915	0.572	1.461	3.6 (0.7)		0.852	0.504	1.441
	Extraversion	3.0 (0.8)	3.1 (0.7)	1.281	0.825	1.988	3.1 (0.6)		1.072	0.653	1.757
	Agreeableness	3.6 (0.7)	3.7 (0.6)	1.227	0.755	1.993	3.8 (0.6)		1.387	0.803	2.396
	Neuroticism	2.5 (0.8)	2.4 (0.8)	1.055	0.678	1.641	2.5 (0.9)		0.825	0.505	1.346

^aItalic text indicates a statistically significant variable.