Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the Italian respondents, disaggregated for the three temporal phases.
| Phase 1 (From 11th April to 8th May 2020) | Phase 2 (From 9th May to 3rd September 2020) | Phase 3 (From 4th September to 3rd November 2020) | Total (606) | Chi-square | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | 39 (6.4%) | 92 (15.2%) | 8 (1.3%) | 139 (22.9%) | 1.076 | .584 |
| Female | 111 (18.3%) | 326 (53.8%) | 30 (5.0%) | 467 (77.1%) | |||
| Age range | 18–26 | 68 (11.2%) | 171 (28.2%) | 11 (1.8%) | 250 (41.3%) | 22.242 | .014 |
| 27–35 | 15 (2.5%) | 37 (6.1%) | 2 (0.3%) | 54 (8.9%) | |||
| 36–44 | 11 (1.8%) | 34 (5.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 45 (7.4%) | |||
| 45–53 | 19 (3.1%) | 41 (6.8%) | 3 (0.5%) | 63 (10.4%) | |||
| 54–63 | 30 (5.0%) | 82 (13.5%) | 13 (2.1%) | 125 (20.6%) | |||
| >63 | 7 (1.2%) | 53 (8.7%) | 9 (1.5%) | 69 (11.4%) | |||
| Educational Status | Middle | 4 (0.7%) | 12 (2.0%) | 2 (0.3%) | 18 (3.0%) | 2.710 | .608 |
| High | 63 (10.4%) | 166 (27.4%) | 19 (3.1%) | 248 (40.9%) | |||
| Degree | 83 (13.7%) | 240 (39.6%) | 17 (2.8%) | 340 (56.1%) | |||
| Occupational Status | Student | 57 (9.4%) | 147 (24.3%) | 9 (1.5%) | 213 (35.1%) | 11.447 | .324 |
| Employee | 61 (10.1%) | 167 (27.6%) | 17 (2.8%) | 245 (40.4%) | |||
| Freelance | 18 (3.0%) | 37 (6.1%) | 3 (0.5%) | 58 (9.6%) | |||
| Unemployed | 5 (0.8%) | 16 (2.6%) | 2 (0.3%) | 23 (3.8%) | |||
| Temporary employee | 1 (0.2%) | 2 (0.3%) | 1 (0.2%) | 4 (0.7%) | |||
| Retired | 8 (1.3%) | 49 (8.1%) | 6 (1.0%) | 63 (10.4%) | |||
| Living place | North | 50 (8.3%) | 142 (23.4%) | 12 (2.0%) | 204 (33.7%) | 1.222 | .874 |
| Centre | 40 (6.6%) | 127 (21.0%) | 11 (1.8%) | 178 (29.4%) | |||
| South | 60 (9.9%) | 149 (24.6%) | 15 (2.5%) | 224 (37.0%) |