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Table 2 Self-reported respondent characteristics with pre-specified quotas

From: Early public adherence with and support for stay-at-home COVID-19 mitigation strategies despite adverse life impact: a transnational cross-sectional survey study in the United States and Australia

Characteristic

Overall

USa

NY

LA

AU

(N = 5573)

(N = 3010)

(N = 507)

(N = 525)

(N = 1531)

Age (years)

 Mean (SD)

47.1

(17.3)

47.4

(16.9)

46.7

(18.0)

45.5

(17.0)

45.6

(17.3)

 Median

47

48

45

45

44.5

 Range

18–89

18–89

18–86

18–87

18–89

Gender—No. (%)

 Female

3039

(54.5)

1683

(55.9)

239

(47.1)

275

(52.4)

842

(55.0)

 Male

2530

(45.4)

1325

(44.0)

268

(52.9)

250

(47.6)

687

(44.9)

 Other

4

(0.1)

2

(0.1)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

2

(0.1)

Raceb (All US, N = 4042)—No. (%)

 White

3196

(79.1)

2423

(80.5)

373

(73.6)

400

(76.2)

  

 Black or African American

428

(10.6)

313

(10.4)

63

(12.4)

52

(9.9)

  

 Asian

256

(6.3)

192

(6.4)

32

(6.3)

32

(6.1)

  

 American Indian or Alaskan Native

80

(2.0)

60

(2.0)

9

(1.8)

11

(2.1)

  

 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

22

(0.5)

17

(0.6)

3

(0.6)

2

(0.4)

  

 Other

182

(4.5)

104

(3.5)

38

(7.5)

40

(7.6)

  

Ethnicity (All US, N = 4042)—No. (%)

 Hispanic or Latino

424

(10.5)

265

(8.8)

69

(13.6)

90

(17.1)

  

 Not Hispanic or Latino

3618

(89.5)

2745

(91.2)

438

(86.4)

435

(82.9)

  

Ancestryc (AU, N = 1531)—No. (%)

 Australian

        

556

(36.3)

 English

        

501

(32.7)

 Other European (Irish, Scottish, German, Italian, Greek, Dutch)

   

346

(22.6)

 Scottish

        

95

(6.2)

 Chinese

        

90

(5.9)

 Indian

        

45

(2.9)

 Indigenous—Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders

    

16

(1.0)

 Other

        

455

(29.8)

  1. Self-reported characteristics of categories with pre-specified quota limits overall and in regional samples collected in the US, NY, LA, and AU. For age, mean (standard deviation), median, and range are shown per sample. For all other characteristics, the number and percentage of respondents are reported by cohort. Race and ethnicity (US, NY, LA) or ancestry (AU) were reported in based on questions culturally adapted to match the characteristic data collected in the 2010 United States and 2016 Australian Census, respectively
  2. aRespondents in the US sample do not include those who were separately recruited for the NY or LA samples, but include respondents from these cities
  3. bFor the US sample, respondents had the option to select more than one racial affiliation
  4. cFor the AU sample, respondents had the option to select up to two ancestral affiliations
  5. The ‘Other’ category includes Filipino, Vietnamese, Lebanese, Hmong, Kurdish, Maori, and Australian South Sea Islander