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Table 2 Results of univariate linear regression analysis for PHQ-2 and GAD-2

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

Sociodemographic Characters

PHQ-2 score

GAD-2 score

Standardized beta coefficient

95%CI

Standardized beta coefficient

95%CI

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

Age (mean, SD)

− 0.12

− 0.017

− 0.0091

0.0056

− 0.0032

0.0044

Gender

 Male

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Female

0.019

− 0.048

0.15

0.058

0.065

0.27

Marriage

      

 Singled

--

–

–

–

–

–

 Married

−0.079

− 0.34

− 0.13

0.010

− 0.076

0.14

Education

 High school and below

–

–

–

–

–

–

 College degree

− 0.027

− 0.21

0.048

− 0.092

− 0.41

− 0.15

 Master’s degree and above

− 0.017

− 0.24

0.11

− 0.078

−0.49

− 0.14

Occupation

 Front line medical personnel

–

–

–

–

–

–

 General medical personnel

0.0048

− 0.22

0.26

− 0.0069

− 0.28

0.21

 Employed

−0.021

− 0.12

0.27

0.025

−0.11

0.29

 Unemployed

0.051

0.083

0.78

0.038

−0.030

0.68

Health status

 Healthy

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Any diseases

0.023

− 0.042

0.20

0.045

0.034

0.28

Distance to Hubei Province

 Hubei province

–

–

–

–

–

–

 First class areas

0.038

− 0.25

0.47

−0.012

− 0.40

0.33

 Second class areas

0.015

−0.32

0.40

−0.031

−0.46

0.27

 Third class areas

0.012

−0.32

0.40

−0.046

−0.51

0.22

Quarantine statusa

 Quarantine for treatment

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Quarantine for medical observation

−0.047

−1.39

1.09

0.070

−1.04

1.49

 Home quarantine

−0.11

−1.59

0.88

0.0073

−1.23

1.28

Number of people living togethera

 Alone

–

–

–

–

–

–

 2–5

−0.029

−0.31

0.076

−0.016

− 0.26

0.13

 6 and above

−0.0068

−0.30

0.23

0.014

−0.19

0.34

Time spent on COVID-19 related information

 <30 min

–

–

–

–

–

–

 30-60 min

−0.032

− 0.21

0.023

0.072

−0.095

0.14

 > 60 min

−0.0089

− 0.17

0.11

0.10

0.21

0.50

Main source of COVID-19 related information

 Social media

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Traditional media

0.0072

−0.20

0.30

−0.018

−0.39

0.12

Adaption

 Very adapted

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Adapted

0.14

0.35

0.58

0.099

0.21

0.45

 Not adapted

0.30

0.96

1.21

0.28

0.90

1.16

Resilience (Mean, sd)

−0.29

−0.056

−0.044

−0.27

− 0.053

−0.041

Stress (Mean, sd)

0.30

0.16

0.20

0.30

0.16

0.20

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