Table 3.

Standardized β weights of adjusted associations between sociodemographic factors and worrying, loneliness, and mental health among participants with infection (n = 504).

Sociodemographic Variables	Worry Self	Worry Family	Worry Future	Emotional Loneliness	Social Loneliness	Mental Health
Age group	0.02	0.08	−0.05	−0.19 ***	−0.06	−0.13 **
Gender	0.10	−0.04	−0.02	0.04	−0.04	0.09 *
Education	−0.08	−0.09	−0.08	−0.07	−0.07	−0.07
Employment	−0.09	−0.03	−0.15 **	−0.11 *	−0.08	−0.09
Living with spouse/partner	−0.06	−0.11	−0.07	−0.13 **	−0.16 **	−0.05
Explained variance	3.2%	2.8%	4.0% *	7.8% ***	4.4% **	4.5% **

Note. Table content is standardized β weights, indicating the strength of the association between the sociodemographic variables and the dependent variables (worrying, loneliness, and mental health) while adjusting for all included sociodemographic variables. Variable coding: higher age group is higher age; higher gender is female; higher education is having bachelor’s degree education or higher; higher employment is having full-time or part-time employment (as opposed to not having employment); living with spouse/partner is 1, while not living with spouse/partner is 0. Higher scores on worry and loneliness indicate higher levels, whereas higher ratings on mental health indicate poorer mental health. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.