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Table 2 Participants’ demographic information

From: COVID-19 one year on: identification of at-risk groups for psychological trauma and poor health-protective behaviour using a telephone survey

Demographic factor (total n = 3011)

n

% (of valid cases only)

Gender

 Male

1415

47.0

 Female

1596

53.0

Age

 18–29 yo

474

16.0

 30–59 (vs. 18–29 yo)

1579

53.2

 60 or above (vs. 18–29 yo)

913

30.8

 Missing

45

-

Education

 Primary school or below

564

18.9

 Secondary school

1391

46.6

 College or above

1028

34.5

 Missing

28

-

Marital status

 Married

1785

60.4

 Not married, i.e., Single/divorced/separated/widowed

1173

39.6

 Missing

53

-

Work status

 Full-time

1370

45.7

 Part-time

317

10.6

 Unemployed (vs. full-time)

227

7.6

 Retired (vs. full-time)

627

20.9

 Student (vs. full-time)

136

4.5

 Housemaker (vs. full-time)

320

10.7

 Missing

14

-

Income

 No personal income

661

24.4

  < HK$10,000

577

21.3

 HK$10,000–19,999

599

22.1

 HK$20,000–49,999

680

25.1

 HK$50,000 or more

192

7.1

 Missing

302

-

Carer status

 Is a carer

705

23.6

 Not a carer

2281

76.4

 Missing

25

-

Watch news

 Less than 15 min

589

21.5

 15 – 29 min

384

14.0

 30 – 59 min

745

27.2

 1 h or more

1018

37.2

 Missing

275

-