Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the participants (n = 60,199)
From: Mental health status of Chinese residents during the COVID-19 epidemic
Variables | Grouping | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 34,418 (57.17%) |
Male | 25,781 (42.83%) | |
Age (years) | 18–25 | 17,858 (29.66%) |
26–35 | 18,445 (30.64%) | |
36–45 | 10,345 (17.18%) | |
46–55 | 9864 (16.39%) | |
56–65 | 3687 (6.12%) | |
Education level | Primary school | 5585 (9.28%) |
Middle school | 1733 (2.88%) | |
High school | 19,028 (31.61%) | |
Bachelor’s degree | 31,098 (51.66%) | |
Master’s degree or above | 2755 (4.58%) | |
Occupation | Worker | 10,001 (16.61%) |
Farmer | 3615 (6.01%) | |
Soldier | 5262 (8.74%) | |
Medical staff | 9153 (15.20%) | |
Teacher | 7396 (12.29%) | |
Cadre | 3777 (6.27%) | |
White collar | 12,106 (20.11%) | |
Other | 8889 (14.77%) | |
Family structure in childhood | Two parents | 42,116 (69.96%) |
One parent | 10,742 (17.84%) | |
Other | 7341 (12.19%) | |
Only child in the family | No | 12,051 (20.02%) |
Yes | 48,148 (79.98%) | |
Parenting style in childhood | Authoritarian | 28,396 (47.17%) |
Neglectful | 2546 (4.23%) | |
Permissive | 17,706 (29.41%) | |
Democratic | 11,551 (19.19%) | |
Living with parents before 10-years-old | Yes | 34,581 (57.44%) |
No | 25,618 (42.56%) | |
Number of close friends | None | 6199 (10.30%) |
1–2 | 21,791 (36.20%) | |
> 3 | 32,209 (53.50%) | |
The collective atmosphere in work/school | Peace and tranquility | 19,135 (31.79%) |
Occasional quarrels | 33,570 (55.77%) | |
Frequent quarrels | 7494 (12.45%) | |
The management style of work/school | Autocratic | 45,270 (75.20%) |
Laissez-faire | 2349 (3.90%) | |
Democratic | 12,580 (20.90%) | |
Marital status | Unmarried | 12,530 (20.81%) |
Married | 29,299 (48.67%) | |
Divorced | 10,652 (17.69%) | |
Remarried | 6265 (10.41%) | |
Widowed | 1453 (2.41%) | |
Social activities of last 2 weeks | 0–2 | 22,790 (36.48%) |
3–5 | 17,003 (28.24%) | |
6–8 | 8366 (13.90%) | |
> 9 | 12,040 (20.00%) | |
Investigation date | February 23 | 9642 (16.02%) |
February 24 | 6598 (10.96%) | |
February 25 | 6783 (11.27%) | |
February 28 | 27,148 (45.10%) | |
February 29 | 10,028 (16.66%) |