Table 1.
Sample characteristics of COSMO data in the three time points.
| Time Point 1 | Time Point 2 | Time Point 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19–20 May 2020 | 15–16 September 2020 | 21–22 December 2020 | ||||
| n | %/Mean (SD) | n | %/Mean (SD) | n | %/Mean (SD) | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 477 | 49.07% | 506 | 49.95% | 494 | 50.77% |
| Female | 495 | 50.93% | 507 | 50.05% | 479 | 49.23% |
| Age (cont.) | 972 | 44.59 (15.12) | 1013 | 45.92 (15.60) | 973 | 44.07 (15.25) |
| Age group (years) | ||||||
| 18–24 | 87 | 8.95% | 94 | 9.28% | 118 | 12.13% |
| 25–34 | 226 | 23.25% | 188 | 18.56% | 191 | 19.63% |
| 35–49 | 266 | 27.37% | 303 | 29.91% | 268 | 27.54% |
| 50–64 | 273 | 28.09% | 276 | 27.25% | 284 | 29.19% |
| ≥65 | 120 | 12.35% | 152 | 15.00% | 112 | 11.51% |
| Education level | ||||||
| No A-level | 439 | 45.16% | 478 | 47.19% | 413 | 42.45% |
| A-level | 533 | 54.84% | 535 | 52.81% | 560 | 57.55% |
| Migration background awareness | ||||||
| No | 831 | 85.49% | 872 | 86.08% | 789 | 81.09% |
| Yes | 141 | 14.51% | 141 | 13.92% | 184 | 18.91% |
| Household language other than German | ||||||
| No | 728 | 74.90% | 756 | 74.63% | 725 | 74.51% |
| Yes | 244 | 25.10% | 257 | 25.37% | 248 | 25.49% |
| Relationship status | ||||||
| No | 351 | 36.11% | 374 | 36.92% | 312 | 32.07% |
| Yes | 621 | 63.89% | 639 | 63.08% | 661 | 67.93% |
| Age of children <18 years | ||||||
| No | 687 | 70.68% | 731 | 72.16% | 677 | 69.58% |
| 0–5 years | 136 | 13.99% | 118 | 11.65% | 152 | 15.62% |
| 6–13 years | 125 | 12.86% | 159 | 15.70% | 131 | 13.46% |
| 14–17 years | 81 | 8.33% | 62 | 6.12% | 77 | 7.91% |
| Single parent | ||||||
| No | 245 | 25.21% | 237 | 23.40% | 261 | 26.82% |
| Yes | 40 | 4.12% | 45 | 4.44% | 35 | 3.60% |
| Employment | ||||||
| No | NA | NA | 350 | 34.55% | 278 | 28.57% |
| Yes | NA | NA | 663 | 65.45% | 695 | 71.43% |
| Work in health sector | ||||||
| No | 876 | 90.12% | 947 | 93.48% | 905 | 93.01% |
| Yes | 96 | 9.88% | 66 | 6.52% | 68 | 6.99% |
| Self-employed | ||||||
| No | 872 | 89.71% | 936 | 92.40% | 900 | 92.50% |
| Yes | 100 | 10.29% | 77 | 7.60% | 73 | 7.50% |
| Household size | ||||||
| Just me | 284 | 29.22% | 294 | 29.02% | 228 | 23.43% |
| 2 people | 351 | 36.11% | 369 | 36.43% | 364 | 37.41% |
| ≥3 people | 335 | 34.47% | 348 | 34.35% | 378 | 38.85% |
| Not specified | 2 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.31% |
| Inhabitants of hometown | ||||||
| <20,000 | 359 | 36.93% | 371 | 36.62% | 379 | 38.95% |
| 20,001–100,000 | 241 | 24.79% | 267 | 26.36% | 253 | 26.00% |
| 100,001–500,000 | 183 | 18.83% | 190 | 18.76% | 180 | 18.50% |
| >500,000 | 189 | 19.44% | 185 | 18.26% | 161 | 16.55% |
| Household net income | ||||||
| <EUR 1250 | NA | NA | 148 | 14.61% | 109 | 11.20% |
| EUR 1250–2249 | NA | NA | 240 | 23.69% | 238 | 24.46% |
| EUR 2250–3999 | NA | NA | 362 | 35.74% | 344 | 35.35% |
| ≥EUR 4000 | NA | NA | 182 | 17.97% | 190 | 19.53% |
| Not specified | NA | NA | 81 | 8.00% | 92 | 9.46% |
| Chronic disease awareness | ||||||
| No | 625 | 64.30% | 666 | 65.75% | 639 | 65.67% |
| Yes | 347 | 35.70% | 347 | 34.25% | 334 | 34.33% |
| Awareness of COVID-19 infection | ||||||
| No | 941 | 96.81% | 988 | 97.54% | NA | NA |
| Yes | 31 | 3.19% | 25 | 2.47% | NA | NA |
SD: standard deviation; NA: not available (not collected in this time point).