Table 4.

Standardized β weights of adjusted associations between sociodemographic factors and worrying, loneliness and mental health among participants without infection (n = 3306).

Independent Variables	Worry Self	Worry Family	Worry Future	Emotional Loneliness	Social Loneliness	Mental Health
Age group	0.05 *	−0.02	−0.05*	−0.19 ***	−0.00	−0.16 ***
Gender	0.07 **	0.08 ***	0.08 ***	0.04 *	−0.05 **	0.10 ***
Education	−0.10 ***	−0.04	−0.09 ***	−0.08 ***	−0.06 ***	−0.07 ***
Employment	−0.09 ***	−0.05*	−0.16 ***	−0.09 ***	−0.10 ***	−0.10 ***
Living with spouse/partner	−0.06 **	−0.05*	−0.08 ***	−0.18 ***	−0.17 ***	−0.13 ***
Explained variance	3.6% ***	1.4% ***	5.7% ***	10.4% ***	4.9% ***	7.1% ***

Note. Table content is standardized β weights, indicating the strength of the association between the sociodemographic variables and the dependent variables (worry, 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.