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. 2021 Dec 1;154:106905. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106905

Table 1.

Characteristics of people with mental health symptoms- United States- Household Pulse Survey- March 17–29- 2021.

Anxiety (n = 16–244)
Depression (n = 12–615)
Anxiety or depression (n = 18–948)
No symptoms (n = 44–731)
% (95%CI) % (95%CI) % (95%CI) % (95%CI)
All adults (≥18 years) 30.01 (29.3–30.9)a 24.7 (23.9–25.4)a 35.1 (34.4–35.8)a 64.9 (63.2–65.6)



Age groups (in years)
18–49 62.6 (61.2–63.9)a 62.4(60.9- 63.9)a 61.7 (60.4–63.0)a 44.3 (43.6–45.1)
50–64 23.6 (22.5–24.7)a 23.4 (22.2–24.7)a 23.7 (22.7–24.7)a 28.1 (27.5–28.7)
≥65 13.8 (13.0–14.7)a 14.2 (13.2–15.2)a 14.6 (13.8–15.5)a 27.5 (26.9–28.0)



Sex
Male 42.0 (40.4–43.7)a 45.1 (43.3–46.9) 43.4(42.0–44.8)a 50.5 (39.7–51.3)
Female 58.0 (56.3–59.6)a 54.9(53.1–56.7)a 56.6(55.2–58.0)a 49.5(48.7–50.3)



Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white 62.1 (60.8–63.5)a 60.6(58.8–62.3)a 61.8(60.0–63.2)a 67.3 (66.6–68.1)
Non-Hispanic black 11.0 (10.1–12.0)a 11.3 (10.2–12.5)a 11.1 (10.3–12.1)a 9.9 (9.4–10.4)
Hispanic 18.2 (16.9–19.5)a 18.1 (16.8–19.6)a 17.9 (16.8–19.1)a 14.5 (13.8–15.3)
Non-Hispanic Asian 4.6 (4.0–5.3) 5.0 (4.3–6.0) 4.8 (4.2–5.5) 5.2 (4.9–5.6)
Non-Hispanic other/multiple races 4.1 (3.6–4.6)a 4.9 (4.9–5.5)a 4.3 (3.9–4.7)a 3.1 (2.8–3.3)



Educational status
High school or less 38.0 (36.4–39.7)a 39.5 (37.8–41.2) a 37.9 (36.5–39.3)a 35.6 (34.7–36.5)
Some college or college graduate 50.1 (49.3–52.1)a 51.5 (50.0–53.0)a 51.1 (49.9–52.3)a 47.9 (47.1–48.7)
Above college graduate 11.2 (10.7–11.8)a 9.0 (8.5–9.6)a 11.0 (10.5–11.4)a 16.5 (16.1–17.0)



Annual household income
<$35–000 30.0 (28.7–31.4)a 31.5 (30.0–33.0)a 29.8 (28.4–31.2)a 18.4 (17.6–19.2)
$35–000-$49–999 11.9 (11.1–12.7)a 12.4 (11.5–13.4)a 11.9 (11.3–12.7)a 10.2 (9.6–10.8)
$50–000-$74–999 16.8 (15.7–17.9) 17.0 (15.8–18.3) 16.8 (15.8–17.9) 16.4 (15.7–17.1)
≥$75–000 29.5 (28.3–30.8)a 27.3 (25.9–28.7)a 29.7 (18.4–30.7)a 44.8 (43.9–45.7)
Did not report 11.8 (10.7–13.0) 11.9 (10.7–13.1)a 11.9 (10.9–13.0)a 10.2 (9.7–10.8)



Insurance status
Insured 87.2 (86.2–88.2)a 86.8 (85.6–88.0)a 87.7 (86.7–88.6)a 92.4 (91.6–93.1)
Not insured 12.8 (11.8–13.8)a 13.2 (12.0–14.4)a 12.2 (11.4–13.3)a 7.6 (6.9–8.4)



Previous COVID-19 diagnosis
Yes 14.3 (13.4–15.2)a 14.0 (13.0–15.0) 13.9 (13.1–14.7) 12.9 (12.2–13.6)
No 84.6 (83.7–85.5)a 84.6 (83.5–85.6)a 85.0 (84.1–85.8)a 86.4 (85.7–87.1)
Not sure 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 1.4 (1.0–2.0)a 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 0.7 (0.5–0.9)
Need medical care for something unrelated to coronavirus- but did not get it 33.0 (31.5–34.6)a 35.4 (33.4–37.5)a 32.2 (30.6–33.7)a 12.4 (11.8–13.1)
Delay getting medical care because of the coronavirus pandemic 40.7 (39.3–42.2)a 42.8 (41.1–44.7)a 39.9 (38.6–41.3)a 17.1 (16.4–17.8)
Needed counseling or therapy from a mental health professional- but did not get it for any reason 26.8 (25.4–28.3)a 29.7 (28.1–31.5)a 25.3 (24.0–26.6)a 3.6 (3.2–4.1)
Receive counseling or therapy from a mental health professional such as a psychiatrist- psychologist- psychiatric nurse- or clinical social worker 19.1 (18.0–20.2)a 18.9 (17.9–20.1)a 18.1 (17.1–19.1)a 5.9 (5.5–6.3)
Take prescription medication to help with any emotions or with concentration- behavior or mental health 35.8 (34.1–37.4)a 37.2 (35.4–39.0)a 34.6 (33.1–36.1)a 13.1 (12.4–13.7)
a

Significant differences in proportions comparing each group to the referent group (no anxiety or depression).