Table 1. Characteristics of College Students, Household Pulse Survey, US, April 14–May 24, 2021a .
| Characteristic | Overall |
Previous COVID-19 Diagnosis, % (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted n | % (95% CI) | ||
| All adults aged 18–39 | 6,758 | 100 | 19.6 (17.9–21.5) |
| Age group, y | |||
| 18–24 | 2,327 | 47.4 (45.7–49.2) | 20.9 (18.5–23.6) |
| 25–29 | 1,277 | 20.2 (18.7–21.8) | 21.0 (17.5–25.0) |
| 30–34 | 1,505 | 18.2 (16.9–19.6) | 16.4 (13.5–19.6) |
| 35–39 | 1,649 | 14.2 (13.2–15.2) | 17.6 (14.8–20.7) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 2,670 | 47.5 (46.3–48.6) | 18.9 (16.3–21.7) |
| Female | 4,088 | 52.5 (51.4–53.7) | 20.3 (18.4–22.4) |
| Race and ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic | 1,269 | 23.2 (22.0–24.5) | 25.8 (21.8–30.2) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 334 | 5.2 (4.6–6.0) | 13.3 (8.5–20.4) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 748 | 12.1 (11.0–13.2) | 16.7 (13.4–20.8) |
| Non-Hispanic other/multiple races | 427 | 4.7 (4.2–5.3) | 12.8 (9.1–17.7) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 3,980 | 54.8 (53.4–56.1) | 18.9 (16.7–21.3) |
| Food sufficiency | |||
| Sometimes/often not enough to eat | 592 | 10.9 (9.6–12.4) | 19.9 (14.6–26.6) |
| Enough food to eat | 4,136 | 89.1 (87.6–90.4) | 18.2 (16.4–20.3) |
| Difficulty paying for household expenses | |||
| Not at all difficult | 1,982 | 34.8 (32.8–36.9) | 17.0 (14.7–19.6) |
| A little difficult | 1,689 | 30.3 (28.4–32.3) | 18.3 (15.5–21.6) |
| Somewhat difficult | 1,314 | 22.6 (20.9–24.4) | 19.5 (15.9–23.6) |
| Very difficult | 882 | 12.3 (11.1–13.6) | 21.8 (17.7–26.6) |
| Anxiety | |||
| Yes | 1,705 | 43.5 (41.1–45.9) | 19.2 (16.0–23.0) |
| No | 2,155 | 56.5 (54.1–58.9) | 17.8 (15.1–20.8) |
| Depression | |||
| Yes | 1,444 | 39.1 (36.7–41.5) | 19.2 (15.6–23.3) |
| No | 2,416 | 60.9 (58.5–63.3) | 18.0 (15.5–20.7) |
a
All estimates were weighted to be representative of the US population.