Table 4 Dealing with the pandemic
Variable | HRGC | LRGC | Test statistic | Significance | Effect size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | X2 | p-value | Phi | |||
Loneliness (11-item De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale) score ≥ 16 | 77 | 7.3 | 45 | 3.8 | 13,005 | < .001 | 0.076 | ||
Social support (OSSS-3) score ≥ 12 | 250 | 22.4 | 300 | 25.0 | 2260 | .133 | |||
N | Mdn (IQR) | M | N | Mdn (IQR) | M | Mann-Whitney-U | p-value | r | |
Burdens of social distancing | 1289 | 4.00 (3.00) | 3.51 | 1408 | 3.00 (2.00) | 3.44 | 881,196,0 | .185 | |
Meaningfulness of social distancing | 1284 | 5.00 (2.00) | 4.88 | 1402 | 5.00 (2.00) | 4.77 | 840,222,0 | .002 | 0.060 |
Concerns about the pandemic... | |||||||||
Concerns about own health | 1282 | 3.00 (2.00) | 2.94 | 1398 | 2.00 (2.00) | 2.3 | 685,748,5 | < .001 | 0.208 |
Concerns about the health of friends | 1271 | 4.00 (2.00) | 4.08 | 1402 | 4.00 (2.00) | 3.96 | 844,683,0 | .018 | 0.045 |
Concerns about own financial situation | 1271 | 2.00 (2.00) | 2.39 | 1406 | 2.00 (2.00) | 2.14 | 827,655,5 | < .001 | 0.067 |
Concerns about the German healthcare system | 1279 | 3.00 (2.00) | 2.84 | 1396 | 2.00 (3.00) | 2.63 | 822,044,0 | < .001 | 0.070 |
Concerns about the German economy | 1277 | 4.00 (2.00) | 3.99 | 1396 | 4.00 (2.00) | 3.8 | 818,631,5 | < .001 | 0.072 |
Concerns about the German political system | 1274 | 4.00 (2.00) | 3.96 | 1383 | 4.00 (2.00) | 3.79 | 820,626,5 | < .001 | 0.060 |