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. 2022 Jan 10;37(6):1450–1456. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07254-x

Table 1.

Characteristics of Survey Respondents

Variable Level Weighted %
Age, years 18–39a 33.4%
40–64 43.7%
65+ 22.8%
Gender Malea 47.0%
Female 53.0%
Education High school or lessa 29.2%
Some college 37.3%
College and above 33.5%
Household income $34,999 or lessa 19.1%
$35,000–$79,999 34.8%
$80,000 or more 46.1%
Missing 4.4%
Political party identification Democrata 46.3%
Independent 15.9%
Republican 37.8%
COVID-19 infection in past 2 months No infection for self or householda 88.0%
Tested positive for COVID-19 4.1%
Believes had COVID-19 but no positive test 5.7%
Believes household had COVID-19, but not self 2.2%
Race/ethnicity Whitea 65.2%
Black or African American 11.3%
Hispanic 14.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander 5.8%
Other race 2.8%
Region Northeasta 17.9%
Midwest 20.9%
South 38.3%
West 22.9%
Depression No depressiona 51.3%
Mild depression 23.7%
Moderate depression 13.9%
Moderately severe depression 7.0%
Severe depression 4.1%
Perceived COVID-19 risk in the next 30 days COVID-19 risk: very lowa 32.6%
COVID-19 risk: moderately low 27.4%
COVID-19 risk: neither high nor low 27.2%
COVID-19 risk: moderately high 9.7%
COVID-19 risk: very high 2.9%
Anxiety level, past 7 days Normal anxietya 42.0%
Mild anxiety 23.9%
Moderate anxiety 26.2%
Severe anxiety 7.9%
Uncertainty tolerance High uncertainty tolerancea 40.3%
Medium uncertainty tolerance 36.2%
Low uncertainty tolerance 23.5%
Coping (approach) Coping, approach lowa 36.3%
Coping, approach moderate 40.2%
Coping, approach high 23.5%
Coping (avoid) Coping, no avoidance (no behaviors)a 59.2%
Coping, avoidance (any behaviors) 40.8%
Survey wave Wave 1a 23.1%
Wave 2 24.3%
Wave 3 25.2%
Wave 4 27.4%
# of medical conditions 0a 48.2%
1 31.8%
2 13.6%
3 4.6%
4 1.3%
5 0.4%
6 0.1%

aReferent category for regression presented in Figure 2 and eFigure 1