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. 2021 Oct 24;18(21):11174. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111174

Table 4.

Physical, psychological, and financial burden of working parents during the current lockdown and before the pandemic.

None Low Medium High Very High
Current physical burden
(during lockdown)
11%
(n = 408)
26%
(n = 967)
36.2%
(n = 1349)
19.3%
(n = 720)
7.6%
(n = 282)
Estimated physical burden before the pandemic 22.6
(n = 847)
45%
(n = 1688)
28.7%
(n = 1076)
3.5%
(n = 131)
0.3%
(n = 12)
Current psychological burden (during lockdown) 2.3%
(n = 86)
7.8%
(n = 295)
26.5%
(n = 1000)
35.4%
(n = 1336)
27.9%
(n = 1053)
Estimated psychological burden before the pandemic 15.7%
(n = 594)
47.4%
(n = 1790)
32.1%
(n = 1212)
4.1%
(n = 156)
0.6%
(n = 23)
Current financial burden 25.9%
(n = 962)
25.8
(n = 958)
27.4%
(n = 1018)
12.8%
(n = 477)
8.1%
(n = 303)
Estimated financial burden before the pandemic 43.6%
(n = 1620)
38.9%
(n = 1444)
15.9%
(n = 591)
1.4%
(n = 52)
0.2%
(n = 6)