Table 1. Characteristics of the Control and Lockdown Samplesa.
Characteristic | Participants, No. (%) | P value | |
---|---|---|---|
Control sample (n = 5308) | Lockdown sample (n = 3664) | ||
Age, median (IQR), y | 16 (15-17) | 16 (15-17) | <.001b |
Sex | |||
Female | 3454 (65.1) | 2429 (66.3) | .24c |
Male | 1854 (34.9) | 1235 (33.7) | |
Swiss German native speaker | 3593 (67.7) | 2384 (65.1) | .003c |
Physical disease | 403 (7.6) | 196 (5.3) | <.001c |
Mental illness | 276 (5.2) | 185 (5.0) | .51c |
The control sample included students who completed surveys from May to July 2017, and the lockdown sample included students who completed surveys from May to June 2020 during high school closure owing to the first COVID-19 wave in Switzerland.
Mann-Whitney U test was performed.
χ2 test was performed.