Table 1 Socioeconomic characteristics of the study population (n = 369)

Age (mean ± SD)

31.6 ± 7.8

30.6 ± 7.4

0.34

Years of formal education (mean ± SD)

6.3 ± 3.7

6.3 ± 3.3

0.94

Marital status (n, %)

0.57

  Never married

15 (24.2)

73 (23.8)

  Never married but living with a partner

3 (4.8)

19 (6.2)

  Married and living with a partner

25 (40.3)

93 (30.3)

  Married but not living with a partner

3 (4.8)

20 (6.5)

  Divorced/separated/widowed

16 (25.8)

102 (33.2)

Number of children (mean ± SD)

1.3 ± 1.5

1.1 ± 1.2

0.20

Own a smartphone or tablet (n, %)

49 (79.0)

289 (94.1)

 < 0.001*

Daily internet access (n, %)

48 (77.4)

275 (89.6)

0.02*

Monthly income before 2020 (mean ± SD)

274.7 ± 184.5

385.3 ± 254.3

0.001*

Monthly income since 2020 (mean ± SD)

0.0 ± 0.0

194.4 ± 117.5

 < 0.001*

Number of dependent family members before 2020 (mean ± SD)

3.1 ± 1.7

3.4 ± 1.9

0.18

Number of dependent family members since 2020 (mean ± SD)

2.0 ± 2.1

3.2 ± 1.8

 < 0.001*

Work at any entertainment establishments before 2020 (n, %)

62 (100.0)

303 (98.7)

0.82

Needed to acquire a new or second job to gain income (n, %)

24 (38.7)

113 (36.8)

0.89

Borrowed money from someone since 2020 (n, %)

38 (62.3)

181 (59.0)

0.73

Experienced any GBV (n, %)

39 (62.9)

145 (47.4)

0.03*

Experienced physical or sexual violence (n, %)

14 (22.6)

40 (13.1)

0.05*

Food security score (mean ± SD)

12.3 ± 4.0

13.7 ± 3.4

0.002*

Mental health score (mean ± SD) (n = 196)

24.3 ± 5.5

24.9 ± 4.4

0.50

GBV score (mean ± SD)

10.2 ± 4.1

8.4 ± 2.1

 < 0.001*