Table 2.
Queen’s University percentage ratings on the COVID-19 Pandemic Anxiety Scale items by gender, age group and year of study
| Gender | Age group | Year of study | |||||||||
| Male | Female | P value* | ≤18 | 19–20 | ≥21 | P value* | Incoming | 1st/2nd | ≥3rd | P value* | |
| Think COVID-19 is a very serious issue | |||||||||||
| Agree | 90.5 | 94.9 | <0.01 | 91.6 | 94.8 | 95.5 | <0.01 | 91.8 | 92.8 | 96.1 | <0.01 |
| Neutral | 4.3 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 1.8 | |||
| Disagree | 5.2 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.1 | |||
| Worried that I will catch COVID-19 | |||||||||||
| Agree | 38.2 | 52.1 | <0.01 | 43.6 | 50.7 | 51.7 | <0.01 | 38.4 | 49.6 | 53.5 | <0.01 |
| Neutral | 28.1 | 25.6 | 28.7 | 23.5 | 26.2 | 32.2 | 24.9 | 23.5 | |||
| Disagree | 33.8 | 22.3 | 27.7 | 25.9 | 22.1 | 29.4 | 25.5 | 23.1 | |||
| Worried friends and family will catch COVID-19 | |||||||||||
| Agree | 67.5 | 78.1 | <0.01 | 68.4 | 78.4 | 80.8 | <0.01 | 65.1 | 75.3 | 82.0 | <0.01 |
| Neutral | 16.0 | 13.2 | 17.0 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 19.2 | 14.1 | 10.1 | |||
| Disagree | 16.5 | 8.7 | 14.6 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 15.7 | 10.6 | 7.9 | |||
| I am afraid to leave the house right now | |||||||||||
| Agree | 9.3 | 16.6 | <0.01 | 12.2 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 0.01 | 9.4 | 16.0 | 17.0 | <0.01 |
| Neutral | 15.1 | 19.4 | 17.4 | 17.8 | 19.5 | 16.6 | 18.6 | 18.4 | |||
| Disagree | 75.6 | 64.0 | 70.5 | 65.8 | 64.2 | 74.0 | 65.4 | 64.6 | |||
| I am worried that I might transmit the infection to someone else | |||||||||||
| Agree | 54.2 | 67.7 | <0.01 | 58.4 | 66.6 | 69.4 | <0.01 | 51.2 | 66.6 | 70.4 | <0.01 |
| Neutral | 18.8 | 16.2 | 18.6 | 16.0 | 15.2 | 22.1 | 14.9 | 15.3 | |||
| Disagree | 27.0 | 16.0 | 23.0 | 17.4 | 15.4 | 26.7 | 18.5 | 14.4 | |||
| I am worried I will not have enough food and other essential items during the outbreak | |||||||||||
| Agree | 4.6 | 4.6 | 0.12 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 0.02 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 0.37 |
| Neutral | 6.1 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 7.8 | |||
| Disagree | 89.2 | 87.0 | 88.9 | 88.0 | 84.9 | 89.5 | 86.8 | 87.0 | |||
| I am worried about missing university | |||||||||||
| Agree | 63.8 | 69.5 | <0.01 | 79.7 | 71.2 | 43.1 | <0.01 | 79.9 | 73.4 | 51.9 | <0.01 |
| Neutral | 12.6 | 12.6 | 9.7 | 11.5 | 19.2 | 9.7 | 11.2 | 16.5 | |||
| Disagree | 23.5 | 17.9 | 10.6 | 17.3 | 37.7 | 10.5 | 15.4 | 31.6 | |||
| I am worried about the impact on my finances | |||||||||||
| Agree | 50.0 | 61.6 | <0.01 | 53.8 | 61.8 | 61.5 | <0.01 | 47.1 | 63.2 | 61.3 | <0.01 |
| Neutral | 18.8 | 15.8 | 19.7 | 14.7 | 14.0 | 22.5 | 14.9 | 14.1 | |||
| Disagree | 31.2 | 22.6 | 26.5 | 23.5 | 24.6 | 30.5 | 21.9 | 24.7 | |||
| I am worried about the long-term impact this will have on my academic and job prospects | |||||||||||
| Agree | 72.7 | 81.4 | <0.01 | 77.7 | 80.8 | 78.1 | 0.09 | 74.8 | 80.3 | 80.3 | <0.01 |
| Neutral | 10.1 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 12.0 | 9.4 | 7.2 | |||
| Disagree | 17.2 | 9.7 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 10.3 | 12.5 | |||
Notes: (1) *p value for χ2 test, (2) sample sizes by strata are: 868 males and 2111 females; 1222≤18, 1062 ages 19–20 years and 729≥21; 765 incoming, 1238 1st/2nd year and 1010 ≥3rd year.