Table 1.
Sample characteristics of mothers who responded to the BiB COVID-19 survey (n=1860)
| Financial security | ||
| Living comfortably | 354 | 20% (18%–22%) |
| Doing alright | 766 | 42% (40%–45%) |
| Just about getting by | 462 | 26% (24%–28%) |
| Finding it quite/very difficult | 223 | 12% (11%–14%) |
| Missing | 55 | |
| Change in financial status (compared with 3 months prior, as asked in lockdown survey) | ||
| Better off | 166 | 10% (8%–11%) |
| About the same | 989 | 58% (55%–60%) |
| Worse off | 562 | 33% (31%–35%) |
| Missing | 143 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019 quintile | ||
| 1 (Most deprived) | 1211 | 65% (63%–67%) |
| 2 | 390 | 21% (19%–23%) |
| 3 | 139 | 7% (6%–9%) |
| 4 | 88 | 5% (4%–6%) |
| 5 (Least deprived) | 29 | 2% (1%–2%) |
| Missing | 3 | |
| Employment status of main earner | ||
| Employed—working from home | 393 | 22% (20%–24%) |
| Employed: going into work | 567 | 32% (30%–34%) |
| On furlough | 271 | 15% (14%–17%) |
| Self-employed: working | 147 | 8% (7%–10%) |
| Self-employed: not working | 200 | 11% (10%–13%) |
| Unemployed | 208 | 12% (10%–13%) |
| Missing | 74 | |
| Whether respondent is a key worker | ||
| No | 1259 | 68% (66%–71%) |
| Yes | 579 | 32% (29%–34%) |
| Missing | 22 | |
| Whether anyone in household is clinically vulnerable to COVID-19 | ||
| No | 1419 | 77% (75%–79%) |
| Yes | 426 | 23% (21%–25%) |
| Missing | 15 | |
| Whether anyone in household is currently/has previously been self-isolated | ||
| No | 1331 | 72% (70%–74%) |
| Yes | 508 | 28% (26%–30%) |
| Missing | 21 | |
| Children in household (n) | ||
| 1 | 387 | 21% (19%–23%) |
| 2 | 699 | 38% (35%–40%) |
| 3 | 451 | 24% (22%–26%) |
| 4 or more | 323 | 17% (16%–19%) |
| Total household size | ||
| 2/3 | 321 | 17% (16%–19%) |
| 4/5 | 943 | 51% (49%–53%) |
| 6 or more | 583 | 32% (29%–34%) |
| Missing | 13 | |
| Whether single parent | ||
| No | 1604 | 88% (86%–89%) |
| Yes | 222 | 12% (11%–14%) |
| Missing | 34 | |
| Quality of relationship with partner (for those married or in a relationship, n=1604) | ||
| Excellent | 783 | 51% (48%–53%) |
| Good | 598 | 39% (36%–41%) |
| Average | 129 | 8% (7%–10%) |
| Poor | 23 | 1% (1%–2%) |
| Very poor | 10 | 1% (0%–1%) |
| Missing | 61 | |
| Loneliness: how often felt lonely in the past week | ||
| None or almost none of the time | 998 | 57% (55%–60%) |
| Some of the time | 555 | 32% (30%–34%) |
| Most of the time | 131 | 8% (6%–9%) |
| All or almost all of the time | 56 | 3% (2%–4%) |
| Missing | 120 | |
| Social support: how easy to get help from friends/neighbours if needed | ||
| Very difficult | 101 | 6% (5%–7%) |
| Difficult | 146 | 8% (7%–9%) |
| Possible | 529 | 29% (27%–31%) |
| Easy | 529 | 29% (27%–31%) |
| Very easy | 513 | 28% (26%–30%) |
| Missing | 42 | |
| Food security: how often it is true that food does not last | ||
| Never | 1379 | 79% (77%–81%) |
| Sometimes | 279 | 16% (14%–18%) |
| Often | 91 | 5% (4%–6%) |
| Missing | 111 | |
| Housing security: whether worried about eviction/repossession | ||
| Strongly disagree or disagree | 1250 | 71% (68%–73%) |
| Neither | 328 | 19% (17%–20%) |
| Strongly agree/agree | 194 | 11% (10%–12%) |
| Missing | 88 | |
| Job security: whether they expect the main earner to still have a job in 12 months (for those currently employed, n=1652) | ||
| No | 77 | 5% (4%–6%) |
| Yes | 979 | 61% (59%–64%) |
| Don’t know | 537 | 34% (31%–36%) |
| Missing | 59 | |
| Housing conditions: whether there is damp in the house | ||
| No | 1307 | 71% (69%–73%) |
| Yes | 534 | 29% (27%–31%) |
| Missing | 19 | |
| Frequency of physical activity currently | ||
| Never | 239 | 13% (12%–15%) |
| 1 or 2 days/week | 489 | 27% (25%–29%) |
| Most days | 516 | 28% (26%–30%) |
| Every day | 586 | 32% (30%–34%) |
| Missing | 30 | |
| Change in frequency of physical activity since lockdown | ||
| Less | 766 | 48% (46%–51%) |
| About the same | 408 | 26% (24%–28%) |
| More | 419 | 26% (24%–29%) |
| Missing | 267 | |
BiB, Born in Bradford.