Table 4 Relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and mean Ways of Coping Scale (WSC) subscale scores during COVID-19 in Egypt

Sex

0.189 ^a

0.284 ^a

 Male

3.6

0.8

3.4

0.4

 Female

3.8

1

3.4

0.4

Employment

**< 0.001^a

0.059 ^a

 Employed

3.8

0.8

3.3

0.4

 Not employed

3.3

0.9

3.4

0.4

Work field

**< 0.001^b

**< 0.001 ^b

 Governmental sector

4.2

0.6

3.3

0.4

 Private sector

3.8

0.7

3.5

0.4

 Daily worker

2.6

0.7

3.2

0.3

Working in the healthcare sector

**< 0.001^a

0.054 ^a

 Yes

4.6

0.4

3.2

0.4

 No

3.6

0.9

3.4

0.4

Residence

**< 0.001^a

0.374 ^a

 Urban

4.1

0.5

3.4

0.4

 Rural

3

0.8

3.3

0.4

Monthly income

**< 0.001^a

0.182 ^a

 Sufficient

4

0.6

3.4

0.4

 Insufficient

3.2

1

3.3

0.4

Marital status

**< 0.001^b

**< 0.001 ^b

 Single

3.5

0.8

3.6

0.4

 Married

3.8

0.8

3.3

0.4

 Divorced

4.4

0.8

3.6

0.3

 Widow

2.9

1.1

3.3

0.4

Number of family members

**< 0.001^b

0.691 ^b

 2–4

4

0.8

3.4

0.4

 5–7

3.5

0.8

3.4

0.4

 ≥ 8

2.6

0.9

3.4

0.4

Age (Spearman’s correlation coefficient)

− 0.105

0.064 ^c

− 0.198

**< 0.001 ^c

Educational level (Spearman’s correlation coefficient)

0.52

**< 0.001^c

0.088

0.120 ^c