Table 1.
Variables.
| Variable name | Description | Data Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Deepening depressed mood | 1 if sadder or depressed since the outbreak, 0 otherwise | SHARE Corona Survey |
| Greater Anxiety | 1 if more nervous since the outbreak, 0 otherwise | SHARE Corona Survey |
| Greater Loneliness | 1 if lonelier since the outbreak, 0 otherwise | SHARE Corona Survey |
| Disruption of Parent-child contacts | 1 if disruption in the contacts with children was experienced, 0 otherwise | SHARE Wave 8/SHARE Corona Survey |
| Age | Continuous variable | SHARE Corona Survey |
| Female | 1 if female, 0 otherwise | SHARE Corona Survey |
| Married | 1 if married, 0 otherwise | SHARE Corona Survey + previous waves* |
| Low education level | 1 if poorly educated, 0 otherwise | SHARE Corona Survey + previous waves |
| Medium education level | 1 if medium educated, 0 otherwise | SHARE Corona Survey + previous waves |
| High education level | 1 if highly educated, 0 otherwise | SHARE Corona Survey + previous waves |
| Retired | 1 if retired, 0 otherwise | SHARE Corona Survey + previous waves |
| Ends not meeting | 1 if able to make ends meet with great difficulty or with some difficulty; 0 otherwise | SHARE Wave 8 |
| # Chronic conditions | Number of self-reported chronic conditions | SHARE Wave 8 |
| #Mobility limitations | Number of self-reported problems with mobility before the outbreak | SHARE Wave 8 |
| Episodic memory score | Score (from 0 to 20) measuring episodic memory - a higher score corresponds to better cognitive functions | SHARE Wave 8 |
| Directly affected Covid-19 | 1 with symptoms and/or having been tested for COVID-19, and/or having been hospitalized; 0 otherwise | SHARE Corona Survey |
| Other people with Covid 19 | 1 if anyone close had suffered from the Coronavirus, and/or was hospitalized due to the infection, and/or died after being affected by the Coronavirus; 0 otherwise | SHARE Corona Survey |
| Physical distance | 1 if distance was kept “always” or “often” when outside the home; 0 otherwise | SHARE Corona Survey |
| Any contact with others | 1 if with electronic or in-person contacts with relatives, friends, and neighbors; 0 otherwise | SHARE Corona Survey |
| Stay-at-Home restrictions (weeks) | Number of weeks the country of residence adopted lockdown restrictions, 0 otherwise | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2020) |
| Non-cohabitation | 1 if “confidant” children did not live in the older parents’ household or in the same building, 0 otherwise. | |
| European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2020) |
N.B.: * information about education and marital status were retrieved from previous waves for longitudinal respondents.