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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents and their associations with ACC a

From: Adversity coping capability and its associations with mental health and family wellbeing amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong

Characteristics

Unweighted n (%)

Weightedb n (%)

Crude β (95% CI)

Adjusted β (95% CI)c

Sex

 Male

3614 (48.6)

3554 (47.8)

0

0

 Female

3827 (51.4)

3879 (52.2)

-0.18 (-0.26, -0.09)***

-0.11 (-0.20, -0.02)*

Age, years

 18–24

588 (7.9)

658 (8.9)

0

0

 25–44

3016 (40.6)

2433 (32.8)

0.29 (0.13, 0.46)***

0.26 (0.02, 0.50)*

 45–64

2864 (38.6)

2853 (38.5)

0.64 (0.47, 0.80)***

0.68 (0.43, 0.93)***

  ≥ 65

958 (12.9)

1475 (19.9)

0.64 (0.45, 0.83)***

0.78 (0.48, 1.09)***

Education

 Secondary or below

2067 (28.0)

4775 (64.7)

0

0

 Tertiary

5324 (72.0)

2610 (35.3)

0.23 (0.14, 0.33)***

0.26 (0.14, 0.37)***

Employment status

 In paid employment

4822 (65.8)

4071 (55.5)

0

0

 Unemployed

411 (5.6)

467 (6.4)

-0.63 (-0.82, -0.45)***

-0.34 (-0.55, -0.14)**

 Retired

1229 (16.8)

1716 (23.4)

0.22 (0.10, 0.33)***

0.23 (0.06, 0.40)**

 Housekeeper

492 (6.7)

652 (8.9)

-0.10 (-0.28, 0.07)

0.07 (-0.14, 0.27)

 Full-time students

379 (5.2)

425 (5.8)

-0.49 (-0.68, -0.29)***

0.01 (-0.28, 0.30)

Monthly household income, HKD

  < 10,000

741 (11.6)

957 (14.6)

0

0

 10,000–39,999

2442 (38.1)

3240 (49.6)

0.25 (0.10, 0.40)**

0.47 (0.31, 0.64)***

  ≥ 40,000

3221 (50.3)

2339 (35.8)

0.74 (0.59, 0.89)***

0.85 (0.68, 1.03)***

Housing type

 Rented

2864 (38.7)

3077 (41.6)

0

0

 Owned

4530 (61.3)

4315 (58.4)

0.26 (0.17, 0.35)***

0.06 (-0.03, 0.16)

Number of cohabitants

 0

639 (8.6)

588 (7.9)

0

0

 1–3

5733 (77.1)

5667 (76.3)

0.07 (-0.08, 0.22)

-0.02 (-0.20, 0.16)

  ≥ 4

1062 (14.3)

1172 (15.8)

0.17 (-0.01, 0.35)

0.13 (-0.08, 0.34)

  1. ACC Adversity coping capability, range 0–10, CI Confidence interval. US$1 = HK$7.8
  2. an = 7441, respondents with missing data were excluded. Percentages may not total 1 after rounding
  3. bWeighted by the sex, age, and education distribution of 2019 Hong Kong general population
  4. cMutually adjusted for each other
  5. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001