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Table 1 Sociodemographic information of participants

From: Gender differences of depression and anxiety among social media users during the COVID-19 outbreak in China:a cross-sectional study

Sociodemographic

Characters

Overall

N = 3063

Gender

p

Male

(n = 1327)

Female

(n = 1736)

Age (mean, SD)

37.73 (13.38)

38.25 (13.25)

37.34 (13.48)

0.062

Marriagea

   

< 0.05

 Singled

1049

419

630

 

 Married

2014

908

1106

 

Education

   

0.27

 High school and below

611

264

347

 

 College degree

1999

882

1117

 

 Master’s degree and above

453

181

272

 

Occupation

   

0.54

 Front line medical personnel

216

93

123

 

 General medical personnel

348

149

199

 

 Employed

2410

1053

1357

 

 Unemployed

89

32

57

 

Health statusa

   

0.12

 Healthy

2416

1029

1387

 

 Any diseases

647

298

349

 

Distance to Hubei Province

   

0.28

 Hubei province

63

26

37

 

 First class areas

1084

446

638

 

 Second class areas

984

445

539

 

 Third class areas

932

410

522

 

Quarantine statusa

   

0.23

 Quarantine for treatment

5

4

1

 

 Quarantine for medical observation

839

357

482

 

 Home quarantine

2219

966

1253

 

Number of people living togethera

  

< 0.05

 Alone

225

120

105

 

 2–5

2615

1096

1519

 

 6 and above

223

111

112

 

Time spent on seeking for COVID-19 related information

0.23

 <30 min

984

447

537

 

 30-60 min

1445

618

827

 

 > 60 min

634

262

372

 

Main source of COVID-19 related information

< 0.05

 Traditional media

126

68

58

 

 Social media

2937

1259

1678

 

Adaption

   

< 0.05

 Very adapted

1746

724

1022

 

 Adapted

741

313

428

 

 Not adapted

576

290

286

 

PHQ-2 (Mean, sd)

1.30 (1.41)

1.27 (1.44)

1.33 (1.39)

0.30

 Not depression

2630

1129

1501

0.28

 Depression

433

198

235

 

GAD-2 (Mean, sd)

1.28 (1.44)

1.18 (1.43)

1.35 (1.44)

< 0.05

 Not anxiety

2657

1165

1492

0.14

 Anxiety

406

162

244

 

Resilience (Mean, sd)

28.58 (8.08)

29.63 (8.47)

27.77 (7.67)

< 0.05

Stress (Mean, sd)

3.45 (2.39)

3.34 (2.37)

3.53 (2.39)

< 0.05

  1. Note: a indicates the Fisher’s Exact Test
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