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Table 5 Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on various aspects of life

From: Perceptions of Covid-19 lockdowns and related public health measures in Austria: a longitudinal online survey

On a scale of 1 to 10 indicate how much the Covid-19 has impacted on the following domains of your life (1 ‘No disruption at all, 10 ‘Serious disruption’)

Lockdown March/April

Lockdown November/December

 
 

Mean (SD)

1 ‘No disruption at all’

10 ‘Serious disruption’

 

Mean (SD)

1 ‘No disruption at all’

10 ‘Serious disruption’

Change in meana

Impact on family life

3.80 (2.90)

36%

5%

Impact on family life

4.70 (2.68)

19%

5%

0.90**

Impact on marriage

3.39 (2.99)

45%

7%

Impact on marriage

3.56 (2.94)

36%

8%

0.17

Impact on parenting

2.93 (2.66)

56%

2%

Impact on parenting

3.45 (2.86)

44%

3%

0.52

Impact on friendships

5.28 (3.00)

18%

11%

Impact on friendships

6.73 (2.45)

5%

12%

1.45***

Impact on work

4.60 (3.22)

28%

11%

Impact on work

5.09 (3.06)

21%

11%

0.49

Impact on education

3.83 (3.29)

47%

9%

Impact on education

4.94 (3.32)

28%

11%

1.11**

Impact on leisure

6.43 (3.01)

13%

21%

Impact on leisure

7.51 (2.54)

6%

30%

1.08***

Impact on spirituality

2.84 (2.72)

59%

5%

Impact on spirituality

3.19 (2.82)

53%

5%

0.35

Impact on community

6.24 (3.08)

14%

20%

Impact on community

7.27 (2.76)

9%

26%

1.03***

Impact on physical self-care (diet, exercise, sleep)

3.38 (2.81)

44%

3%

Impact on physical self-care (diet, exercise, sleep)

3.85 (2.76)

28%

6%

0.47

  1. Note: The areas impacted the least are in bold, the areas impacted the most are in italics.
  2. aTwo-sample t test with unequal variances; *p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001