Table 1.
Participant characteristics by country
| Surveys (720) | Total population |
Canada | Israel | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child | |||||
| Child’s mean age in years (SD) | 720 | 5.13 (3.71) | 5.45 (3.78) | 4.55 (3.45) | 4.76 (3.71) |
| Child’s gender female | 720 | 321 (44.6%) | 201 (45.6%) | 67 (40.1%) | 53 (47.3%) |
| Child has chronic illness | 720 | 88 (12.2%) | 51 (11.6%) | 8 (4.79%) | 29 (25.9%) |
| Child uses chronic medication | 720 | 96 (13.3%) | 54 (12.2%) | 10 (5.99%) | 32 (28.6%) |
| Child’s immunizations up to date | 717 | 644 (89.8%) | 396 (89.8%) | 144 (87.8%) | 104 (92.9%) |
| Caregiver | |||||
| Completed by mother | 720 | 524 (72.8%) | 334 (75.7%) | 96 (57.5%) | 94 (83.9%) |
| Caregiver’s age | 703 | 36.9 (6.53) | 38.0 (6.26) | 35.6 (5.92) | 34.6 (7.49) |
| Caregiver has higher than high school education | 706 | 583 (82.6%) | 394 (91.4%) | 107 (65.6%) | 82 (73.2%) |
| Level of concern about child having COVID-19 (Likert Scale 0–10) | 660 | 2.59 (3.47) | 1.96 (3.06) | 4.66 (3.79) | 2.46 (3.62) |
| Level of concern about caregiver having COVID-19 (Likert Scale 0–10) | 652 | 2.29 (3.21) | 1.78 (2.81) | 4.04 (3.63) | 2.17 (3.39) |
| Level of concern about losing work (Likert Scale 0–10) | 640 | 3.21 (3.68) | 3.11 (3.61) | 3.87 (3.96) | 2.80 (3.56) |
| Level of concern about child losing school (Likert Scale 0–10) | 639 | 2.92 (3.66) | 2.50 (3.28) | 4.43 (4.19) | 2.69 (3.87) |
| Caregiver believe in social distancing as a good public health measure | 672 | 616 (91.7%) | 386 (92.1%) | 130 (90.3%) | 100 (91.7%) |
| Caregiver had lost income due to COVID-19 | 668 | 265 (39.7%) | 153 (36.5%) | 70 (49.3%) | 42 (39.3%) |