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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 30.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Intern Med. 2021 May 1;181(5):699–702. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7048

Table 1:

Characteristics of Included Participant^

Overall Did Not Receive Unemployment Insurance Benefits Received Unemployment Insurance Benefits P*
N = 68911 N = 40173 N = 28738
Weighted N = 34382646 Weighted N = 21967614 Weighted N = 12415032
N (weighted %) or mean (SD) N (weighted %) or mean (SD) N (weighted %) or mean (SD)
Age, years 39.5 (13.4) 39.2 (13.6) 40.0 (13.0) 0.003
Women 43421 (50.7) 25016 (49.6) 18405 (52.7) 0.003
Race/ethnicity <0.001
 NH White 41555 (44.7) 23425 (42.5) 18130 (48.6)
 NH Black 8859 (17.1) 5126 (16.8) 3733 (17.6)
 Hispanic 11413 (27.5) 7489 (30.4) 3924 (22.3)
 NH Asian 3460 (5.8) 1960 (5.1) 1500 (7.1)
 NH Other 3624 (4.9) 2173 (5.2) 1451 (4.4)
Education <0.001
 < HS Diploma 3369 (14.9) 2444 (18.2) 925 (9.0)
 HS Diploma 12310 (35.6) 7379 (35.4) 4931 (36.1)
 > HS Diploma 53232 (49.5) 30350 (46.4) 22882 (54.9)
Pre-pandemic annual household income <0.001
 Less than $25,000 14142 (30.2) 9285 (34.5) 4857 (23.0)
 $25,000 - $34,999 8690 (16.1) 4930 (16.4) 3760 (15.8)
 $35,000 - $49,999 8753 (14.9) 4733 (14.0) 4020 (16.4)
 $50,000 - $74,999 10477 (16.4) 5506 (14.7) 4971 (19.2)
 $75,000 - $99,999 6598 (9.4) 3434 (8.3) 3164 (11.3)
 $100,000 - $149,999 6176 (8.0) 3217 (7.3) 2959 (9.3)
 $150,000 - $199,999 2286 (2.8) 1238 (2.6) 1048 (3.2)
 $200,000 and above 1963 (2.1) 1233 (2.3) 730 (1.9)
Married 30703 (41.6) 17993 (41.0) 12710 (42.6) 0.14
Household Size <0.001
 1 8927 (5.0) 4825 (4.5) 4102 (5.9)
 2 19268 (19.2) 10649 (17.9) 8619 (21.5)
 3 14410 (20.6) 8440 (20.0) 5970 (21.7)
 4 12957 (21.9) 7809 (22.4) 5148 (21.0)
 5 7147 (15) 4438 (15.6) 2709 (14.0)
 6 3307 (8.5) 2090 (8.9) 1217 (8.0)
 7 1363 (3.8) 894 (4.2) 469 (3.0)
 8 625 (1.9) 421 (2.1) 204 (1.5)
 9 250 (0.9) 169 (1.1) 81 (0.7)
 10 657 (3.1) 438 (3.4) 219 (2.8)
Survey Period 0.37
 June 11 – June 16, 2020 10130 (24.1) 5855 (23.8) 4275 (24.8)
 June 18 – June 23, 2020 13966 (16.3) 8151 (16.4) 5815 (16.1)
 June 25 – June 30, 2020 11969 (14.8) 7077 (15.1) 4892 (14.1)
 July 2 – July 7, 2020 10613 (14.6) 6158 (14.6) 4455 (14.6)
 July 9 – July 14, 2020 11452 (15.3) 6673 (15.5) 4779 (14.8)
 July 16 – July 21, 2020 10781 (15.0) 6259 (14.6) 4522 (15.6)
Food Insufficiency 13533 (25.1) 9517 (28.9) 4016 (18.5) <0.001
Missed Housing Payment 10731 (26.7) 7028 (31.3) 3703 (19.3) <0.001
Lacking Confidence in Affording Food Next Month 36158 (61.2) 22257 (64.2) 13901 (56.0) <0.001
Lacking Confidence in Affording Housing Next Month 19773 (46.2) 12458 (50.9) 7315 (38.8) <0.001
Uninsured 19463 (34.7) 11926 (36.7) 7537 (31.1) <0.001
Delay Healthcare 31167 (44.9) 18532 (44.9) 12635 (44.8) 0.89
Delay Non-COVID Healthcare 26694 (39.0) 16143 (39.4) 10551 (38.4) 0.36
PHQ2 Depression Score ≥ 3 25482 (42.3) 15487 (43.9) 9995 (39.5) <0.001
GAD2 Anxiety Score ≥ 3 32724 (50.6) 19364 (51.7) 13360 (48.8) 0.01
^

Included participants are ones who 1) reported being in a household that experienced a loss of employment income on or after March 13, 2020, and 2) had no regular earned income source in the 7 days preceding the survey (defined as the kind of income a respondent had pre-pandemic), to meet their spending needs. Because participants could complete the survey for up to 3 weeks, this table presents results according to the first recorded survey response.

*

P values from weighted t-tests (age) or chi-squared tests (all other variables)

NH = non-Hispanic

HS = high school

COVID = Coronavirus Disease

PHQ = Patient Health Questionnaire

GAD = Generalized Anxiety Disorder

For the PHQ2 and GAD2, scores range from 0 to 6 (more depressive or anxiety symptoms), and, in keeping with scoring recommendations, we used a cutpoint of ≥3 on both the PHQ2 and GAD2 to indicate potentially clinically significant symptoms