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. 2022 Nov 7;16:100711. doi: 10.1016/j.trip.2022.100711

Table 1.

Background characteristics of study respondents (N = 2164).

Characteristics Categories Percentage
Age Between 18 and 21 years old 2,70 %
Between 22 and 29 years old 12,90 %
Between 30 and 39 years old 28,96 %
Between 40 and 49 years old 24,48 %
Between 50 and 59 years old 18,69 %
Between 60 and 69 years old 7,95 %
70 years old or older 3,17 %
I prefer not to say 1,15 %



Gender Female 70,53 %
Male 26,76 %
Other 0,23 %
I prefer not to say 2,47 %



Education Higher education degree 63,81 %
Secondary education 15,25 %
Vocational training degree 13,00 %
Primary education 1,87 %
Other 2,80 %
I prefer not to say 3,27 %



Economic status of household High I can always afford the basics and always have extra for large purchases and savings 25,35 %
Middle I can always afford the basics and can occasionally make larger purchases 41,18 %
Middle I can usually afford the basics but larger purchases (appliances, furniture) and saving are difficult 19,46 %
Low I have some money but regularly struggle to afford the basics (food, rent) 3,20 %
Low I have no spare money, even for food 3,46 %
No I find it difficult to answer this question 7,35 %



Working situation since COVID-19 I can now work from home (“tele-working”) 24,14 %
I could also work from home (“telework”) at least partly in my job prior to COVID-19 outbreak 23,93 %
I still have to travel to my workplace, but my schedule is now flexible 10,24 %
I still have to travel to my workplace, following a specific schedule 33,75 %
Other 7,94 %