Table 2.

Associations between population characteristics and consumption of online cultural content^a

Characteristic	Variable	OR of using online culture once a month or more	95% CI		OR of increased use of online culture in COVID-19 context	95% CI
			Lower	Upper		Lower	Upper
Age group, years
	16–24	1.00			1.00
	25–34	3.06	1.48	6.31	1.59	0.82	3.06
	35–44	3.85	1.88	7.87	1.61	0.86	3.02
	45–54	3.50	1.91	6.44	2.83	1.58	5.07
	55–64	4.05	2.35	6.99	2.66	1.58	4.47
	65 and over	4.03	2.38	6.85	2.35	1.42	3.89
Gender	Female	1.64	1.12	2.38	1.86	1.33	2.59
Annual household income	More than £30 000	1.56	1.13	2.17	1.52	1.14	2.02
Highest educational attainment:	Undergraduate or postgraduate degree	1.64	1.11	2.41	0.99	0.68	1.43
Ethnicity	White British, Irish and other	1.69	1.05	2.73	1.59	1.02	2.46
Country	UK	1.08	0.73	1.61	0.91	0.65	1.27
Type of area
	City	1.00
	Large town	0.81	0.52	1.26	1.23	0.82	1.82
	Small town	0.95	0.63	1.45	1.21	0.84	1.74
	Village	1.07	0.69	1.66	1.23	0.85	1.78
	Rural (hamlet or isolated dwelling)	1.29	0.58	2.85	1.41	0.73	2.73
Household	Live alone	1.11	0.76	1.61	0.93	0.68	1.27
Previous COVID-19 infection	Yes or suspected	0.69	0.44	1.07	0.80	0.53	1.20
Isolation status
	Full isolation	1.00			1.00
	Restricted	1.07	0.57	2.01	0.93	0.54	1.62
	Leaving more often	0.60	0.32	1.15	0.63	0.36	1.11
Employment status
	Full time education	1.00			1.00
	Employed	1.66	0.95	2.89	1.46	0.89	2.41
	Unemployed/unwell/furlough/homemaker	1.35	0.70	2.61	1.92	1.04	3.52
	Retired	1.64	0.94	2.87	1.58	0.96	2.62
Physical disability	Yes	0.65	0.45	0.93	1.14	0.81	1.61
Mental health problems	Yes	0.75	0.50	1.12	0.80	0.56	1.14
K10 score	>19	0.78	0.58	1.07	1.09	0.83	1.42
In-person use	Visit in previous year	1.76	1.28	2.43	1.57	1.19	2.06

K10, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale.

^a.Bold denotes significant difference identified based on odds ratio.