TABLE 2.

Characteristics of children without and with a negative impact of the pandemic on their psychological health as reported by the parent in a sample of 1232 parents in Greece

	Negative impact on child's psychological health
	Yes		No/Not sure		p value
	n	%	n	%
Total	432	35.1	800	64.9
Parent's educational level
Senior high school or less	36	8.3	82	10.3	.269
Technical college or University or Postgraduate degree	395	91.4	714	89.3
Residential area
Urban	344	79.6	657	82.1	.184
Non‐urban	86	19.9	134	16.8
Greek citizenship
Yes	425	98.4	785	98.1	.182
No	2	0.5	10	1.3
Parent's employment status
Public sector employee	120	27.8	262	32.8	.002
Private sector employee	117	27.1	222	27.8
Self‐employed	100	23.1	200	25
Student/ Pensioner	5	1.2	19	2.4
Unemployed	44	10.2	54	6.8
Employed prior to the pandemic, but currently unemployed	44	10.2	42	5.3
Family annual income
0–9999 euro	40	9.3	53	6.6	.093
≥10 000 euro	383	88.7	732	91.5
Parent's job with no possibility for tele‐work	206	47.7	316	39.5	.005
Number of people in the household
≤4	372	86.1	681	85.1	.675
>4	60	13.9	118	14.8
Number of bed‐rooms in the household
≤2	196	45.4	337	42.1	.308
>2	234	54.2	455	56.9
Parent's self‐reported psychological health
Excellent/ Very good/ Good	295	68.3	696	87	<.001
Fair/ Bad	136	31.5	104	13
Increase of family conflicts
Yes	171	39.6	119	14.9	<.001
No	225	52.1	606	75.8
Do not know/ Not sure	36	8.3	75	9.4
Gender of the child
Male	213	49.3	403	50.4	.856
Female	208	48.1	385	48.1
Age of the child
<13 years	318	73.6	549	68.6	.067
≥13 years	114	26.4	251	31.4
Positive history of mental or developmental disorders of the child	30	6.9	33	4.1	.032
Positive history of physical disorders of the child	40	9.3	28	3.5	<.001

Bold indicates statistical significant value (p < .05).