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. 2023 Jan 31;7:8. doi: 10.1186/s41687-022-00535-x

Table 1.

Sample characteristics (N = 30)

Characteristics Descriptive statistics
Age (Mean, SD) 39.4 (12.3)
Gender (n, %)
 Male 13 (43%)
 Female 17 (57%)
Ethnicity (n, %)
 Hispanic or Latino 5 (17%)
 Not Hispanic or Latino 25 (83%)
Race (n, %)
 Asian 1 (3%)
 Black or African American 5 (17%)
 White 24 (80%)
Employment status (n, %)
 Full-time work 21 (70%)
 Part-time work 6 (20%)
 Other1 3 (10%)
Highest level of education completed (n, %)
 Secondary, high school, or GED 12 (40%)
 Associate degree, technical, or trade school 5 (17%)
 College or university degree (BA, BS) 10 (33%)
 Post-graduate degree (MA, MBA, PhD) 3 (10%)
Marital status (n, %)
 Single 7 (23%)
 Married/Cohabitating/Living with partner 19 (63%)
 Other2 4 (13%)
Time since onset of COVID-19 symptoms3
 Mean days (SD) 28.1 (33.3)
 Median days [Range] 16.5 (6.0–158.0)
Time since positive test for COVID-19
 Mean days (SD) 26.5 (33.4)
 Median days (Range) 15.0 (5.0–157.0)

1Other employment includes: unemployed (n = 2) and not specified (n = 1)

2Other marital status includes: divorced (n = 2), separated (n = 1), and widowed (n = 1)

3There were five participants whose interview occurred more than 30 days following the onset of symptoms, with durations of 43, 77, 81, 99, and 158 days. All five of these participants reported having current symptoms at the time the interview occurred. All other interviews occurred less than 30 days following symptom onset