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. 2022 May 21;21:74. doi: 10.1186/s12939-022-01658-9

Table 3.

Associations between anxiety symptoms with socioeconomic variables during the COVID − 19 pandemic

Outcome: Anxiety Symptoms
Probit
AME SE CI p-value
Socioeconomic status (ref: E)
 D 0.049+ 0.028 (−0.007, 0.104) 0.084
 C 0.043 0.028 (− 0.013, 0.098) 0.129
 A/B 0.033 0.039 (−0.042, 0.109) 0.387
Age 0.002** 0.000 (0.001, 0.003) < 0.001
Sex (ref: male)
 Female 0.085** 0.014 (0.057, 0.113) < 0.001
Households with children (ref: no)
 Yes 0.016 0.016 (− 0.016, 0.048) 0.319
Month (ref: April)
 May −0.045+ 0.026 (−0.095, 0.006) 0.081
 June −0.013 0.021 (− 0.054, 0.029) 0.553
 July −0.027 0.022 (−0.070, 0.016) 0.212
 August −0.024 0.021 (−0.066, 0.018) 0.254
Household size 0.007+ 0.004 (− 0.001, 0.014) 0.080
Food insecurity (ref: security)
 Mild insecurity 0.128** 0.016 (0.097, 0.159) < 0.001
 Moderate insecurity 0.274** 0.023 (0.228, 0.319) < 0.001
 Severe insecurity 0.420** 0.025 (0.371, 0.470) < 0.001

AME Average marginal effect, SE Standard error, CI Confidence intervals

** = significant at 1%; * = significant at 5%; + = significant at 10%