Table 5.
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on various aspects of life
| On a scale of 1 to 10 indicate how much the Covid-19 has impacted on the following domains of your life (1 ‘No disruption at all, 10 ‘Serious disruption’) | ||||||||
| Lockdown March/April | Lockdown November/December | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 1 ‘No disruption at all’ | 10 ‘Serious disruption’ | Mean (SD) | 1 ‘No disruption at all’ | 10 ‘Serious disruption’ | Change in meana | ||
| Impact on family life | 3.80 (2.90) | 36% | 5% | Impact on family life | 4.70 (2.68) | 19% | 5% | 0.90** |
| Impact on marriage | 3.39 (2.99) | 45% | 7% | Impact on marriage | 3.56 (2.94) | 36% | 8% | 0.17 |
| Impact on parenting | 2.93 (2.66) | 56% | 2% | Impact on parenting | 3.45 (2.86) | 44% | 3% | 0.52 |
| Impact on friendships | 5.28 (3.00) | 18% | 11% | Impact on friendships | 6.73 (2.45) | 5% | 12% | 1.45*** |
| Impact on work | 4.60 (3.22) | 28% | 11% | Impact on work | 5.09 (3.06) | 21% | 11% | 0.49 |
| Impact on education | 3.83 (3.29) | 47% | 9% | Impact on education | 4.94 (3.32) | 28% | 11% | 1.11** |
| Impact on leisure | 6.43 (3.01) | 13% | 21% | Impact on leisure | 7.51 (2.54) | 6% | 30% | 1.08*** |
| Impact on spirituality | 2.84 (2.72) | 59% | 5% | Impact on spirituality | 3.19 (2.82) | 53% | 5% | 0.35 |
| Impact on community | 6.24 (3.08) | 14% | 20% | Impact on community | 7.27 (2.76) | 9% | 26% | 1.03*** |
| Impact on physical self-care (diet, exercise, sleep) | 3.38 (2.81) | 44% | 3% | Impact on physical self-care (diet, exercise, sleep) | 3.85 (2.76) | 28% | 6% | 0.47 |
Note: The areas impacted the least are in bold, the areas impacted the most are in italics.
aTwo-sample t test with unequal variances; *p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001