TABLE 2.
Demographic characteristics
| Gender | Counts | % of total | Marital status | Counts | % of total | Nation | Counts | % of total | COVID prevalence ranka | Condition | Counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 142 | 17.1% | Single | 232 | 27.9% | Australia | 101 | 12.2% | 1 | Celiac disease | 273 |
| Female | 684 | 82.3% | Married | 464 | 55.8% | Austria | 2 | 0.2% | 15 | Colonic inertia | 9 |
| Equally/neither/unsure/prefer not to say | 5 | 0.6% | De facto | 54 | 6.5% | Belgium | 1 | 0.1% | 20 | Diverticular diseases | 54 |
| Widowed | 19 | 2.3% | Brazil | 1 | 0.1% | 13 | Functional dyspepsia | 20 | |||
| Divorced | 50 | 6.0% | Canada | 28 | 3.4% | 3 | Gallstones | 35 | |||
| Separated | 12 | 1.4% | Denmark | 34 | 4.1% | 5 | Gastroparesis | 18 | |||
| England | 313 | 37.7% | 7 | GERD/GORD | 96 | ||||||
| Education levels | Counts | % of Total | Employment levels | Counts | % of Total | France | 1 | 0.1% | 16 | Globus | 5 |
| Elementary to 8th grade | 7 | 0.8% | Full‐time employed | 270 | 32.5% | Germany | 8 | 1.0% | 4 | Hemorrhoids | 74 |
| Some high school, no diploma | 39 | 4.7% | Part‐time employed | 109 | 13.1% | Ireland | 4 | 0.5% | 7 | IBS | 260 |
| High school degree or equivalent (eg, GED) | 84 | 10.1% | Casually employed | 14 | 1.7% | The Netherlands | 38 | 4.6% | 14 | Crohn's disease | 177 |
| Some college credit, no degree | 75 | 9.0% | Other | 49 | 5.9% | New Zealand | 69 | 8.3% | 1 | Ulcerative colitis | 123 |
| Trade/technical/vocational training | 89 | 10.7% | Self‐employed | 49 | 5.9% | Poland | 79 | 9.5% | 11 | Indeterminate colitis | 22 |
| Associate degree (eg, AA, AS) | 39 | 4.7% | Unemployed | 63 | 7.6% | Portugal | 8 | 1.0% | 12 | Other: | 129 |
| Bachelor's degree (eg, BA, BS, BBA) | 279 | 33.6% | Retired | 153 | 18.4% | Romania | 11 | 1.3% | 9 | ||
| Master's degree (eg, MA, MS, MEng, MSW, MBA) | 150 | 18.1% | Pensioner | 48 | 5.8% | Scotland | 32 | 3.9% | 7 | ||
| Professional degree (eg, MD, DDS, JD, DVM) | 36 | 4.3% | Home duties | 38 | 4.6% | Sweden | 4 | 0.5% | 8 | ||
| Doctoral degree (eg, PhD) | 33 | 4.0% | Student | 38 | 4.6% | Switzerland | 1 | 0.1% | 18 | ||
| United States of America | 63 | 7.6% | 19 | ||||||||
| Wales | 16 | 1.9% | 7 | ||||||||
| Spain | 8 | 1.0% | 10 | ||||||||
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 0.5% | 7 | ||||||||
a
Variable is ranked 1 to 20, with higher values indicative of greater COVID prevalence among the countries reported in the sample.