Table 2:

Distribution of study covariates. Ontario educators engaged in online or in-person learning (N = 5438).

	Online	In-Person	Total	Combined Chi-sq1	P-value
N	724	4714	5438
Age
Less than 35	24%	15%	16%	10.71	< 0.001
35–44 years	35%	33%	34%
45–54 years	30%	39%	37%
55 + years	12%	13%	13%
Sex
Male	11%	8%	9%	3.53	0.061
Female	89%	92%	91%
Racial status
White	87%	92%	91%	10.03	0.002
Non-White	13%	8%	9%
Length of time at the school
Less than one year	35%	13%	16%	56.20	< 0.001
1–4 years	29%	24%	25%
5–9 years	20%	26%	26%
10–19 years	12%	27%	25%
20 + years	4%	10%	9%
Employment relationship
Permanent teacher	80%	88%	87%	20.89	< 0.001
Long-term occasional teacher	17%	7%	8%
Short-term occasional teacher/support personal	3%	5%	5%
Grades taught
Kindergarten	14%	14%	14%	22.60	< 0.001
Primary	30%	21%	22%
Junior	28%	16%	17%
Intermediate	14%	11%	11%
Junior and primary	4%	7%	6%
Junior and intermediate	3%	6%	5%
Other	11%	36%	24%
Full-time
No	8%	10%	10%	2.57	0.108
Yes	92%	90%	90%
Worked in usual job
No	61%	14%	21%	585.76	< 0.001
Yes	39%	86%	79%
Required to self-isolate with class
No	99%	97%	97%	6.9	0.009
Yes	1%	3%	3%
Performed a mix of virtual and in-person teaching since September
No	86%	85%	85%	0.09	0.771
Yes	14%	15%	15%
Household lost income since start of pandemic
No	58%	64%	64%	9.36	0.002
Yes	42%	36%	36%
Median date of survey completion from index date (23 November 2020)
Median	3	1		1.7	0.090
Interquartile range	0–14	0–13

¹Combined chi-square to account for multiple datasets, given the use of multiple imputation for missing values.