Table 2.

Perceived changes in women and men, and persons with different roles in the free church

	Perceived changes related to the corona pandemic (PCQ)
		Nature/Silence/Contemplation	Spirituality	Relationships	Reflection on life	Digital media usage	Restrictions
All (n = 1494)	Mean	56.38	51.43	61.91	51.47	67.15	51.66
	SD	17.55	14.00	18.36	19.10	20.87	27.29
Gender
Women (n = 735	Mean	57.92	52.68	63.47	53.34	68.54	51.28
	SD	17.29	13.51	18.32	18.50	20.78	27.78
Men (n = 738)	Mean	54.74	50.22	60.33	49.66	65.98	52.33
	SD	17.66	14.38	18.30	19.49	20.71	26.75
F-value		12.21	11.45	10.85	13.83	5.63	0.54
p-value		< 0.0001	0.001	0.001	< 0.0001	.018	n.s
Age cohorts
<  = 40 years (n = 321)	Mean	52.42	50.86	61.92	52.17	65.14	57.33
	SD	17.90	13.83	16.64	18.63	20.52	28.01
41–50 years (n = 242)	Mean	55.62	51.12	61.64	48.83	65.07	53.20
	SD	18.68	13.60	18.27	19.04	21.53	25.31
51–60 years (n = 361)	Mean	56.43	51.10	61.16	49.87	65.67	52.01
	SD	16.44	13.34	18.20	19.11	20.69	27.22
61–70 years (n = 320)	Mean	58.79	51.61	62.52	52.57	68.89	48.48
	SD	15.91	14.19	18.46	18.24	20.73	27.17
> 70 years (n = 174)	Mean	60.38	53.63	63.91	56.23	73.73	44.92
	SD	18.13	15.39	19.89	19.88	19.64	27.33
F-value		8.23	1.31	0.76	4.94	6.81	7.52
p-value		< 0.0001	n.s	n.s	0.001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Role in the free church
Pastor (n = 77)	Mean	52.03	50.19	58.60	48.70	65.04	51.41
	SD	16.71	14.31	20.03	19.87	18.93	22.76
Leading role in the local church (n = 301)	Mean	57.23	50.36	63.35	49.36	67.51	45.02
	SD	16.51	14.09	18.22	19.17	19.90	25.26
Other duties in the local church (n = 684)	Mean	56.29	51.67	62.24	51.75	67.51	52.20
	SD	17.49	13.87	17.96	18.62	20.13	28.17
Without duty in the local church (n = 421)	Mean	56.68	52.00	60.93	53.12	66.48	55.90
	SD	18.56	14.03	18.80	19.60	23.07	27.27
F-value		1.85	1.09	1.92	2.86	0.50	9.56
p-value		n.s	n.s	n.s	.036	n.s	< 0.0001