Table 1.

Distribution of sociodemographic variables and their association with elevated fear and depressive symptoms among the private job holders during Covid‐19 pandemic

Sociodemographic parameters	Total (N = 510)		Elevated fear (N = 440)					Depressive symptoms (N = 215)
	n	%	n	%	χ 2	df	p Value	n	%	χ 2	df	p Value
Age in years
25–35	320	62.75	269	84.06	4.105	3	0.250	141	44.06	1.910	3	0.591
36–45	159	31.18	142	89.31				60	37.74
46–60	31	6.07	29	93.55				14	45.16
Sex
Female	186	36.47	154	82.80	2.992	1	0.084	85	45.70	1.506	1	0.220
Male	324	63.53	286	88.27				130	40.12
BMI (kg/m2)
18.5–25 (normal)	293	57.45	261	89.08	6.170	2	0.046	128	43.69	0.781	2	0.677
Above 25 (obese)	194	38.04	162	83.51				77	39.69
Below 18.5 (CED)	23	4.51	17	73.91				10	43.48
Marital status
Divorced	28	5.49	24	85.71	2.787	3	0.426	16	57.14	15.617	3	0.001
Married	272	53.33	241	88.60				93	34.19
Unmarried	204	40.00	170	83.33				103	50.49
Widow	6	1.18	5	83.33				3	50.00
Education level
Graduate and above	439	86.08	383	87.24	4.370	2	0.112	167	38.04	24.221	2	<0.001
Primary	5	0.98	3	60.00				5	100.00
Secondary	66	12.94	54	81.82				43	65.15
Economic impression
High	102	20.00	79	77.45	8.724	2	0.013	45	44.12	2.102	2	0.350
Middle	165	32.35	144	87.27				62	37.58
Low	243	47.65	217	89.30				108	44.44
Residence area
Rural	110	21.57	96	87.27	0.118	1	0.731	62	56.36	11.608	1	0.001
Urban	400	78.43	344	86.00				153	38.25
Living status
With family	372	72.94	323	86.83	0.356	1	0.551	158	42.47	0.056	1	0.812
Without family	138	27.06	117	84.78				57	41.30
Smoking habit
Nonsmoker	316	61.96	269	85.13	0.924	1	0.336	125	39.56	2.303	1	0.129
Smoker	194	38.04	171	88.14				90	46.39

Note: p‐values are significant at 95% confidence interval (p < 0.05). Significant p‐values are shown in bold.

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CED, chronic energy deficiency; Covid‐19, coronavirus disease 2019; N, number.