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. 2022 Nov 7;10:1020053. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1020053

Table 1.

Description of 5,144 participants (from June 2020 to May 2021).

N * % Mean ±SD
Gender 5,132 100.0
Women 3,338 65.0
Men 1,761 34.3
Diverse 33 0.6
Age groups 5,058 100.0
< 30 years 933 18.4
30–40 years 986 19.5
41–50 years 1,154 22.8
51–60 years 1,358 26.8
>60 years 627 12.4
Mean age [years] 5,055 45.0 ± 14.0
Partner status 5,144 100.0
Single 1,082 21.0
Area of profession **
Management/administration 684 13.3
Economy 759 14.8
Health 916 17.8
Education 414 8.0
Handcraft / Trading 291 5.7
Church / Theology 376 7.3
Pensioners 107 2.1
Other 1,797 35.0
Religious affiliation 5,122 100.0
Catholics 1,875 36.6
Protestants 1,124 21.9
Free church/Evangelical 127 2.5
Other 217 4.2
None 1,779 34.7
Faith as hold in difficult times 5,064 100.0
Disagreement 2,139 42.2
Undecided 1,399 27.6
Agreement 1,526 30.1
Frequency of spiritual practices
Praying [0–3] 4,622 1.08 ± 1.27
Meditation [0–3] 4,630 0.80 ± 1.09
Frequency of health behaviors
Walking in nature [0–3] 4,834 1.97 ± 0.84
Sporting activities [0–3] 4,808 1.56 ± 1.00
Cohorts within the pandemic 5,144 100.0
June 2020 (after first lockdown) 1,333 25.9
July to September 2020 (summer drop) 823 16.0
October 2020 to January 2021 (second wave) 622 12.1
February 2021 (short drop) 249 4.8
March to May 2021 (third wave) 519 10.1
June to July 2021 (summer drop) 113 2.2
August to November 2021 (fourth wave) 1,032 20.1
December 2021 to May 2022 (fifth wave) 453 8.8
Quality of life indicators
Wellbeing (WHO-5) [0–100] 5,144 49.3 ± 26.2
Corona-related stressors (5NRS) [0–100] 5,144 42.2 ± 25.5
*

Some participants did not state sociodemographic data, and thus, % refers to responding persons.

**

In some cases, several areas of profession were stated and the number is higher than the absolute number of participants.