Table 1.
Characteristics of the study sample overall and according to the student status and the inclusion period, CONFINS study (2020–2021).
| All sample (n = 3783) | First lockdown (n = 2518; 66.6%) | No-lockdown period (n = 811; 21.4%) | Second lockdown (n = 454; 12.0%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Non-students (n = 1470; 38.9%) | Students (n = 2313; 61.1%) | Total | Non-students (n = 1031; 41.0%) | Students (n = 1487; 59.1%) | Total | Non-students (n = 295; 36.4%) | Students (n = 516; 63.6%) | Total | Non-students (n = 144; 26.6%) | Students (n = 310; 73.4%) | |
| Age mean (SD) | 29.2 (11.7) | 38.4 (13.9) | 23.4 (3.9) | 30.1 (12.6) | 40.0 (14.2) | 23.3 (3.9) | 27.8 (9.6) | 34.6 (12.1) | 23.9 (3.8) | 26.9 (9.8) | 35.2 (12.9) | 23.1 (3.9) |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Men | 20.8 (785) | 23.4 (344) | 19.1 (441) | 21.7 (547) | 24.0 (247) | 20.2 (300) | 19.1 (155) | 20.7 (61) | 18.2 (94) | 18.3 (83) | 25.0 (36) | 15.2 (47) |
| Women | 78.6 (2971) | 76.1 (1119) | 80.1 (1853) | 77.6 (1954) | 75.6 (779) | 79.0 (1175) | 80.5 (653) | 79.0 (233) | 81.4 (420) | 80.2 (364) | 74.3 (107) | 82.9 (257) |
| Other | 0.7 (27) | 0.5 (7) | 0.9 (20) | 0.7 (17) | 0.5 (5) | 0.8 (12) | 0.4 (3) | 0.3 (1) | 0.4 (2) | 1.6 (7) | 0.7 (1) | 1.9 (6) |
| Marital status | ||||||||||||
| Married or in a couple | 56.2 (2125) | 69.2 (1017) | 47.9 (1108) | 56.5 (1422) | 69.3 (714) | 47.6 (708) | 57.3 (465) | 68.8 (203) | 50.8 (262) | 52.4 (238) | 30.6 (44) | 55.5 (172) |
| Single | 43.8 (1658) | 30.8 (453) | 52.1 (1205) | 43.5 (1096) | 30.8 (317) | 52.4 (779) | 42.7 (346) | 31.2 (92) | 49.2 (254) | 47.6 (216) | 69.4 (100) | 44.5 (138) |
| University studies | ||||||||||||
| 92.5 (3498) | 80.6 (1185) | 100.0 (2313) | 90.7 (2283) | 77.2 (796) | 100.0 (1487) | 94.5 (766) | 84.8 (250) | 100.0 (516) | 98.9 (449) | 96.5 (139) | 100.0 (310) | |
| Concerns about financial situation | ||||||||||||
| Important to very important | 19.6 (725) | 16.7 (242) | 21.4 (483) | 20.3 (502) | 17.5 (178) | 22.3 (324) | 16.9 (134) | 14.9 (43) | 18.1 (91) | 19.9 (89) | 14.9 (21) | 22.2 (68) |
| Few or no | 43.8 (1658) | 83.3 (1204) | 78.6 (1778) | 79.7 (1967) | 82.5 (838) | 77.7 (1129) | 83.1 (657) | 85.1 (246) | 81.9 (411) | 80.1 (358) | 85.1 (120) | 77.8 (238) |
| Psychiatric disease history (missing = 657) | ||||||||||||
| 21.0 (656) | 21.3 (247) | 20.8 (409) | 23.1 (443) | 23.7 (176) | 22.7 (267) | 18.4 (134) | 20.1 (54) | 17.4 (80) | 20.4 (79) | 13.0 (17) | 24.2 (62) | |
| Depressive symptoms | ||||||||||||
| 30.2 (1141) | 20.1 (295) | 36.6 (846) | 29.1 (733) | 18.7 (193) | 36.3 (540) | 25.8 (203) | 21.4 (63) | 27.1 (140) | 45.2 (205) | 27.1 (39) | 53.6 (166) | |
| Anxiety | ||||||||||||
| 23.4 (884) | 16.9 (249) | 27.5 (635) | 22.1 (557) | 15.9 (164) | 26.4 (393) | 20.0 (59) | 21.1 (109) | 20.1 (109) | 35.0 (159) | 18.1 (26) | 42.9 (133) | |
| Suicidal thoughts (missing = 740) | ||||||||||||
| 10.9 (331) | 7.9 (89) | 12.7 (242) | 10.1 (195) | 7.3 (54) | 11.9 (142) | 10.5 (76) | 8.3 (22) | 11.8 (54) | 15.5 (60) | 11.1 (14) | 17.6 (46) | |
All data presented as %(N) unless otherwise noted (SD: Standard deviation).
Two-sided P values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant based on Kruskal–Wallis test for continuous variable and chi-square test for categorical variables comparing students and non-students (results in bold).