Table 2.

Work-related and COVID-19 related characteristics of the study sample (N = 2757)

Employment characteristics/ Category			Number of participants	% of all participants
Employment statusa
Employment contract			2699	97.9
Supply teacher contract			43	1.6
Others			13	0.5
Type of employment
Pre-school education			234	8.5
Early education (grades 1-3)			355	12.9
Primary school (grades 4-8)			1069	38.8
Grades 1-3 and 4-8			75	2.7
Primary school and nursery unit			66	2.4
Post-gymnasium schools complex			168	6.1
Vocational school			49	1.8
Technical college			370	13.4
Secondary school			350	12.7
Educational centre			88	3.2
Post-secondary school			11	0.4
Boarding school			16	0.6
Psychological-pedagogical counselling centre			29	1.1
Other			134	4.9
Type of institution
Public			2613	94.8
Non-public			144	5.2
Primary work location
Village			616	22.3
Small town (up to 20,000 inhabitants)			382	13.9
Medium-sized town (20,000-100,000 inhabitants)			584	21.2
Large city (more than 100,000 inhabitants)			420	15.2
Very large city (more than 350,000 inhabitants)			395	14.3
Capital city			360	13.1
Current working methoda
Remote			661	24.0
On-site			1488	54.0
Hybrid			608	22.1
Predominant working method since 01-2021a
Remote			791	28.7
On-site			1569	56.9
Hybrid			393	14.3
Employment characteristics	Mean (SD)	Mdn	Q1; Q3	Min-max
Work experience	20.94 (10.60)	21.00	13; 30	0-66
Remote work in past 3 months (weeks)	7.83 (4.61)	10.00	3; 12	0-12
COVID-related experiences/ Category			Number of participants	%
Diagnosed with COVID-19
No			2171	78.7
Yes			586	21.3
Fear of negative consequences of COVID-19
No			544	19.7
Yes			2213	80.3
COVID-19 cases in
Close family member or a friend			1817	65.9
Co-worker or student			2470	89.6
COVID-19 death of
Family member or a friend			686	24.9
Co-worker/student/parent of students			359	13.0

^aThese percentages do not add up to 100, since not all respondents answered the question.