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. 2022 Aug 12;100:101926. doi: 10.1016/j.socec.2022.101926
Variables Observations Mean / Percentage
Dependent Variables
Stay home if any symptoms 2287 4.40 1 – 5
1 = Strongly disagree 71 3.10%
2 = Disagree 49 2.14%
3 = Neither agree nor disagree 135 5.90%
4 = Agree 662 28.95%
5 = Strongly agree 1370 59.90%
Stay home if no symptoms 2286 3.78 1 – 5
1 = Strongly disagree 81 3.54%
2 = Disagree 240 10.50%
3 = Neither agree nor disagree 363 15.88%
4 = Agree 1009 44.14%
5 = Strongly agree 593 25.94%
Controls
Male 1108 48.41%
Age (Years) 2289 56.82 (SD = 17.38) 17 – 103
Children 2289 0.61 (SD = 1.02) 0 – 6
Number of HH members 2289 2.38 (SD = 1.22) 1 – 8
HH head lives with partner (1 = Yes; 0 = No) 2289 0.703 0 – 1
Marital Status
Married 1297 56.66%
Separated 7 0.31%
Divorced 254 11.10%
Widow/ Widower 145 6.33%
Never Married 586 25.60%
Education
Primary School 63 2.75%
Junior & Senior High School 632 27.61%
Junior College & College 1195 52.21%
University 366 15.99%
Other 25 1.09%
Not yet started education 8 0.35%
Housing Type
Self-owned 1649 72.04%
Rental 620 27.09%
Cost-free 16 0.70%
Unknown 4 0.17%
Primary Occupation
Paid Work (Employed + family business + freelancer) 1011 44.17%
Unemployed (Job-seeker + non-seekers) 58 2.53%
Student 115 5.02%
Unpaid Work (housekeeping + voluntary work) 244 10.66%
Pensioner 757 33.07%
Work Disability 94 4.11%
Does something else 10 0.44%
Gross Monthly Income (Euros)
No Income 152 6.64%
500 or less 27 1.18%
501 to 1000 81 3.54%
1001 to 1500 112 4.89%
1501 to 2000 155 6.77%
2001 to 2500 149 6.51%
2501 to 3000 143 6.25%
3001 to 3500 144 6.29%
3501 to 4000 101 4.41%
4001 to 4500 66 2.88%
4501 to 5000 56 2.45%
5001 to 7500 99 4.33%
More than 7500 22 0.96%
Don't know 982 42.90%

SD = Standard Deviation. The variable ‘Education’ is recoded reduce the number of categories such that junior high school and senior high school are grouped together while junior college and college are grouped together. Similarly, the variable ‘Income’ is recoded to reduce the number of categories. The income categories recoded are ‘Paid Work’ that includes employed people, involved in business or freelancing. ‘Unemployed’ includes those looking for job as well as those not seeking a job while ‘Unpaid Work’ includes respondents doing housekeeping or voluntary work.