Table 1.
Characteristics of respondents stranded during COVID-19
| Variables | n | % |
| Sex recorded at birth | (1054) | |
| Female | 733 | 69.5 |
| Male | 308 | 29.2 |
| Another term | 2 | 0.2 |
| Prefer not to say | 11 | 0.8 |
| Gender | (1054) | |
| Female | 732 | 69.4 |
| Male | 304 | 28.8 |
| Another term | 5 | 0.5 |
| Prefer not to say | 13 | 1.2 |
| Age | (1054) | |
| 18–29 | 226 | 21.4 |
| 30–49 | 545 | 51.7 |
| 50–69 | 262 | 24.9 |
| 70+ | 21 | 1.1 |
| Main language spoken at home | (1054) | |
| English | 940 | 89.2 |
| Other | 83 | 7.9 |
| Spanish | 11 | 1.0 |
| Urdu | 7 | 0.7 |
| French | 7 | 0.7 |
| Chinese | 6 | 0.6 |
| Highest level of education | (1054) | |
| Tertiary education | 956 | 90.7 |
| Secondary education | 91 | 8.6 |
| Primary education | 5 | 0.5 |
| No formal education | 2 | 0.2 |
| Current employment situation | (1250) | |
| Working now for pay | 620 | 56.0 |
| Unemployed | 240 | 21.7 |
| Other | 95 | 8.6 |
| Student | 88 | 7.9 |
| Live with parents/guardians | 86 | 8.0 |
| Stay-at-home parent/caregiver | 84 | 7.6 |
| Retired | 82 | 7.4 |
| Volunteer | 23 | 2.1 |
| Unable to work due to disability or illness | 18 | 1.6 |
| Ethnicity | (1054) | |
| North-West European | 462 | 43.8 |
| Oceanian | 242 | 23 |
| Unsure | 134 | 12.7 |
| South-East Asian | 70 | 6.6 |
| Southern and Eastern European | 68 | 6.5 |
| Southern and Central Asian | 27 | 2.6 |
| People of the Americas | 26 | 2.5 |
| North-East Asian | 11 | 1.0 |
| North African and Middle Eastern | 10 | 0.9 |
| Sub-Saharan African | 4 | 0.4 |
| Usual country of residence | (1341) | |
| WPR | 1011 | 75.4 |
| EUR | 176 | 13.1 |
| AMR | 93 | 6.9 |
| SEAR | 29 | 2.2 |
| EMR | 25 | 1.9 |
| AFR | 7 | 0.5 |
| Country where stranded | (1341) | |
| EUR | 608 | 45.3 |
| WPR | 311 | 23.2 |
| AMR | 238 | 17.7 |
| EMR | 79 | 5.9 |
| SEAR | 78 | 5.8 |
| AFR | 27 | 2.0 |
| Initial reason for leaving country of residence | (1245) | |
| Long-term employment | 550 | 44.2 |
| Other | 272 | 21.8 |
| Visiting family or friends | 260 | 20.9 |
| Travel to study overseas | 72 | 5.8 |
| Travel for business | 54 | 4.3 |
| Tourism | 37 | 3.0 |
AFR, African Region; AMR, Region of the Americas; EMR, Eastern Mediterranean Region; EUR, European Region; SEAR, South-East Asian Region; WPR, Western Pacific Region.