TABLE 2.
Proportionsa of 9–12-year-old student responses to mental health and wellbeing items before the pandemic and after the first lockdown and school reopening, separately for girls and boys, Canada, 2018–2020.
| Girls | Boys | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 n (%) | 2020 n (%) | p-valueb | 2018 n (%) | 2020 n (%) | p-valueb | |
| Negatively stated items | ||||||
| I feel unhappy or sad | 0.25 | 0.50 | ||||
| Often or almost always | 27 (11) | 38 (15) | 21 (9) | 25 (12) | ||
| Sometimes | 140 (59) | 158 (61) | 133 (56) | 115 (55) | ||
| Never | 70 (30) | 61 (24) | 85 (36) | 68 (33) | ||
| I worry a lot | 0.22 | 0.57 | ||||
| Often or almost always | 58 (25) | 82 (32) | 52 (22) | 39 (19) | ||
| Sometimes | 101 (43) | 103 (40) | 88 (37) | 72 (35) | ||
| Never | 74 (32) | 70 (27) | 98 (41) | 94 (46) | ||
| I am in trouble with my teacher(s) | 0.36 | 0.15 | ||||
| Often or almost always | 14 (6) | 9 (4) | 21 (9) | 21 (10) | ||
| Sometimes | 44 (19) | 43 (17) | 98 (41) | 67 (33) | ||
| Never | 179 (76) | 203 (80) | 118 (50) | 118 (57) | ||
| I have trouble paying attention | 0.87 | 0.29 | ||||
| Often or almost always | 36 (15) | 42 (17) | 40 (17) | 36 (17) | ||
| Sometimes | 100 (43) | 111 (44) | 119 (50) | 87 (42) | ||
| Never | 98 (42) | 99 (39) | 79 (33) | 83 (40) | ||
| I have trouble enjoying myself | 0.20 | 0.15 | ||||
| Often or almost always | 25 (11) | 41 (16) | 36 (15) | 37 (18) | ||
| Sometimes | 77 (33) | 84 (33) | 63 (27) | 69 (33) | ||
| Never | 132 (56) | 132 (51) | 136 (58) | 101 (49) | ||
| Positively stated items | ||||||
| My future looks good to me | 0.35 | 0.44 | ||||
| Never | 10 (4) | 17 (7) | 9 (4) | 13 (6) | ||
| Sometimes | 93 (40) | 109 (43) | 94 (40) | 85 (40) | ||
| Often or almost always | 132 (56) | 129 (51) | 134 (57) | 112 (53) | ||
| I like the way I look | 0.98 | 0.72 | ||||
| Never | 24 (10) | 25 (10) | 21 (9) | 23 (11) | ||
| Sometimes | 96 (41) | 106 (42) | 74 (31) | 62 (30) | ||
| Often or almost always | 116 (49) | 124 (49) | 143 (60) | 125 (60) | ||
| I like myself | 0.72 | 0.20 | ||||
| Never | 19 (8) | 22 (9) | 18 (8) | 8 (4) | ||
| Sometimes | 64 (27) | 77 (30) | 62 (26) | 62 (30) | ||
| Often or almost always | 151 (65) | 155 (61) | 155 (66) | 137 (66) | ||
| I feel like I belong at school | 0.77 | 0.05 | ||||
| Never | 28 (12) | 34 (13) | 48 (20) | 25 (12) | ||
| Sometimes | 90 (38) | 104 (40) | 83 (35) | 72 (35) | ||
| Often or almost always | 117 (50) | 119 (46) | 107 (45) | 111 (53) | ||
| I do well in my schoolwork | 0.11 | 0.07 | ||||
| Never | 5 (2) | 15 (6) | 11 (5) | 4 (2) | ||
| Sometimes | 93 (39) | 97 (38) | 95 (40) | 104 (50) | ||
| Often or almost always | 139 (59) | 144 (56) | 131 (55) | 102 (49) | ||
| I feel like I have many friends | 0.88 | 0.86 | ||||
| Never | 26 (11) | 33 (13) | 15 (6) | 14 (7) | ||
| Sometimes | 81 (35) | 86 (34) | 69 (29) | 65 (31) | ||
| Often or almost always | 127 (54) | 136 (53) | 153 (65) | 129 (62) | ||
| If I have problems, there is someone I trust to go to for advice | 0.65 | 0.74 | ||||
| Never | 32 (14) | 42 (16) | 36 (15) | 32 (16) | ||
| Sometimes | 75 (32) | 76 (30) | 83 (35) | 79 (39) | ||
| Often or almost always | 129 (55) | 138 (54) | 118 (50) | 94 (46) | ||
a
Excludes missing values.
b
p-values are from chi-squared tests for independence and adjusted for multiple comparisons using Bonferroni test.