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Table 3 Association between sociodemographic factors and psychological distress scores during COVID-19, Egypt, 2020

From: Psychological distress related to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic and coping strategies among general population in Egypt

Sociodemographic data

n

Mean

SD

p value

Sex

   

**< 0.001a

 Male

179

24.9

8.8

 Female

133

28.6

9.8

Employment

   

**< 0.001a

 Employed

220

27.9

9.2

 Not employed

92

23.3

9.3

Work field

   

0.221 b

 Governmental sector

94

28.7

10.2

 Private sector

99

27.8

8.2

 Daily worker

27

25.2

8.3

Working in the health care sector

   

**< 0.001a

 Yes

34

36.3

7.4

 No

278

25.3

9

Residence location

   

**0.001a

 Urban

192

27.9

8.8

 Rural

120

24.3

9.9

Monthly income

   

**< 0.001a

 Sufficient

189

25.1

9

 Insufficient

123

28.7

9.7

Marital status

   

0.305 b

 Single

66

26.1

8

 Married

224

26.5

9.6

 Divorced

7

33

4

 Widow

15

25.4

13.2

Number of family members

   

0.120 b

 2–4

141

28.2

8.7

 5–7

151

25.2

9.7

 ≥ 8

20

24.4

10.2

Age (Spearman’s correlation coefficient) = − 0.156

**0.006 c

Educational level (Spearman’s correlation coefficient) = 0.055

0.330 c

  1. ** Significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed)
  2. n number, SD standard deviation
  3. aIndependent t test was used
  4. ** Significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed)
  5. bOne-way analysis of variance was used
  6. cSpearman's correlation was used