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. 2022 Mar 9;19(6):3236. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063236

Table A8.

Question and answer categories.

Variable Question Answer Categories
Gender What is your gender? 1—Male
2—Female
Age How old are you? I am___ years old
Recoded to:
AGE_Level
1—18 to 24 years
2—25 to 34 years
3—35 to 49 years
4—50 to 64 years
5—≥65 years
Education How many years of education have you completed? 1—0–9 years
2—at least 10 years without A-Level
3—at least 10 years with A-Level
Recoded to:
Edu_With_A_level
0—no A-Level
1—A-Level
Migration Are you aware of yourself or any of your parents being born abroad? 1—Yes
2—No
99—Do not know
Recoded to:
Mig_Aware_Y
0—No or Do not know
1—Yes
House_Language Do you mainly speak a language other than German in your household? 1—Yes
2—No
Recoded to:
Langu_Other_G
0—No
1—Yes
IPV_Partner_1 Are you in a relationship or partnership (including marriage)? 1—Yes
2—No
Recoded to:
Partner_Y
0—No
1—Yes
Child_0_B3
Child_3_B6
Child_6_B10
Child_10_B14
Child_14_B18
Child_NO
Do you have one or more children under the age of 18? CHILD_0_B3 0 to under 3 years
CHILD_3_B6 3 to under 6 years
CHILD_6_B10 6 to under 10 years
CHILD_10_B14 10 to under 14 years
CHILD_14_B18 14 to under 18 years
CHILD_NO no children under 18 years
0—Not quoted
1—Quoted
Recoded to:
child_0_6 (0 to under 6 years)
child_6_14 (6 to under 14 years)
0—Not quoted
1—Quoted
Single_Parent Are you a single parent? 1—Yes
2—No
Recoded to:
Sin_Pare_Y
0—No
1—Yes
Employment Are you employed? 1—Yes
2—No
Recoded to:
Employ_Y
0—No
1—Yes
Health Do you have a job in the health sector? 1—Yes
2—No
Recoded to:
Healthjob_Y
0—No
1—Yes
Self_Employed Are you a freelancer or self-employed? 1—Yes
2—No
Recoded to:
Self_employ_Y
0—No
1—Yes
Household_Size How many people permanently live in your household? 1—Just me
2—2 persons
3—3–4 persons
4—More than 4 persons
88—Not specified
Recoded to:
Housesize_C_123
1—Just me
2—2 persons
3—≥3 persons
88—Not specified
Inhabitants How many inhabitants live in the village or town in which you live? 1—≤5000
2—5001–20,000
3—20,001–100,000
4—100,001–500,000
5—>500,000
Recoded to:
Inhab_C
1—≤20,000
2—20,001–100,000
3—100,001–500,000
4—>500,000
Income_HH What is the total monthly net income of your household? 1—<EUR 1250
2—EUR 1250–1749
3—EUR 1750–2249
4—EUR 2250–2999
5—EUR 3000–3999
6—EUR 4000–4999
7—≥EUR 5000
88—Not specified
Recoded to:
Income_C
0—<EUR 1250
1—EUR 1250–2249
2—EUR 2250–3999
3—≥EUR 4000
88—Not specified
Chronic Do you have a chronic disease? 1—Yes
2—No
99—Do not know
Recoded to:
Chro_Aware_Y
0—No or Do not know
1—Yes
Infected Have you or were you infected with the novel coronavirus? 1—Yes, confirmed
2—Yes, but not yet confirmed
11—Yes, survived
3—No
99—Do not know
Recoded to:
Infect_Aware_Y
0—No or Do not know
1—Yes (confirmed, not yet confirmed, or survived)
Instruction for WHO-5 index questionnaire: The following statements relate to your well-being in the past two weeks. For each statement, please mark the rubric that you think best describes how you have felt in the past two weeks.
WHO5_1 I have felt cheerful and in good spirits. 1—All of the time
2—Most of the time
3—More than half the time
4—Less than half the time
5—Some of the time
6—At no time
Recoded to:
WHO5_R_1
0—At no time
1—Some of the time
2—Less than half the time
3—More than half the time
4—Most of the time
5—All of the time
WHO5_2 I have felt calm and relaxed. 1—All of the time
2—Most of the time
3—More than half the time
4—Less than half the time
5—Some of the time
6—At no time
Recoded to:
WHO5_R_2
0—At no time
1—Some of the time
2—Less than half the time
3—More than half the time
4—Most of the time
5—All of the time
WHO5_3 I have felt active and vigorous. 1—All of the time
2—Most of the time
3—More than half the time
4—Less than half the time
5—Some of the time
6—At no time
Recoded to:
WHO5_R_3
0—At no time
1—Some of the time
2—Less than half the time
3—More than half the time
4—Most of the time
5—All of the time
WHO5_4 I woke up feeling fresh and rested. 1—All of the time
2—Most of the time
3—More than half the time
4—Less than half the time
5—Some of the time
6—At no time
Recoded to:
WHO5_R_4
0—At no time
1—Some of the time
2—Less than half the time
3—More than half the time
4—Most of the time
5—All of the time
WHO5_5 My daily life has been filled with things that interest me. 1—All of the time
2—Most of the time
3—More than half the time
4—Less than half the time
5—Some of the time
6—At no time
Recoded to:
WHO5_R_5
0—At no time
1—Some of the time
2—Less than half the time
3—More than half the time
4—Most of the time
5—All of the time
Sum of WHO5_R_1 to WHO5_R_5
Recoded to:
WHO5_R_sum

WHO5_R_sum multiplied by 4
Recoded to:
WHO5_T_sum

WHO5_T_sum
Recoded to:
WHO_depression
0—WHO5_T_sum > 50
1—WHO5_T_sum ≤ 50