Parallel exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the Hungarian Fear of COVID-19 Scale in a large general population sample: a psychometric and dimensionality evaluation

Table 1 Sample characteristics and mean FCV-19S scores

Variable		n	%	FCV-19S score (SD)	p value*
Total		2000	100	13.9 (5.5)	p value*
Age group	18–34	437	21.9	13.5 (5.8)	< 0.001
	35–54	763	38.1	13.7 (5.7)
	55 <	800	40.0	14.3 (5.2)
Gender	male	756	37.8	13.1 (5.3)	< 0.001
Gender	female	1244	62.2	14.4 (5.7)	< 0.001
Educational level	primary	435	21.8	14.7 (6.6)	= 0.166
	secondary	900	45.0	13.8 (5.4)
	tertiary	665	33.2	13.5 (4.9)
Vaccinated	yes	1347	67.3	14.2 (5.3)	< 0.001
Vaccinated	no	653	32.7	13.1 (6.0)	< 0.001
Infected	yes	370	18.5	13.8 (5.7)	= 0.551
Infected	no	1630	81.5	13.9 (5.5)	= 0.551

^*Known-group validity was assessed by the appropriate Kruskal–Wallis H or Mann–Whitney U non-parametric test (significant if p < 0.05)

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