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Table 3 Characteristics of the participants by reported income loss and factors associated with having lost income

From: Double jeopardy from the COVID-19 pandemic: risk of exposure and income loss in Portugal

 

Total

(n = 6477)

Having lost income due to the pandemic

 

Income loss

Yes

n (%)

No

n (%)

p-value

Crude

OR (CI 95%)

p-value

Adjusted

OR (CI 95%)

p-value

Total

 

2776 (42.9)

3701 (57.1)

     

Sex (n = 6471)

 Women

4482 (69.3)

1936 (69.7)

2546 (68.9)

0.470

1.04 (0.94-1.16)

0.470

0.92 (0.81-1.05)

0.202

 Men

1989 (30.7)

840 (30.3)

1149 (31.1)

 

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Age (n = 6477)

 16-25

1484 (22.9)

800 (28.8)

684 (18.5)

< 0.001

2.61 (2.26-3.01)

< 0.001

1.74 (1.45-2.09)

< 0.001

 26-45

3168 (48.9)

1411 (50.8)

1757 (47.5)

 

1.79 (1.59-2.02)

< 0.001

1.62 (1.40-1.87)

< 0.001

  > 45

1825 (28.2)

565 (20.4)

1260 (34.0)

 

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Education level (n = 6442)

        

 Basic/Secondary education

2774 (43.1)

1432 (51.8)

1342 (36.5)

< 0.001

1.87 (1.69-2.07)

< 0.001

1.36 (1.19-1.56)

< 0.001

 Higher education

3668 (56.9)

1331 (48.2)

2337 (63.5)

 

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Monthly household income (n = 5914)

  < 650€

858 (13.5)

548 (21.7)

310 (9.1)

< 0.001

4.65 (3.83-5.64)

< 0.001

3.13 (2.47-3.96)

< 0.001

 651-1000€

1308 (22.1)

681 (26.9)

627 (18.5)

 

2.85 (2.40-3.39)

< 0.001

2.16 (1.76-2.65)

< 0.001

 1001-1500€

1210 (20.5)

502 (19.9)

708 (20.9)

 

1.86 (1.56-2.22)

< 0.001

1.57 (1.29-1.91)

< 0.001

 1501-2000€

876 (14.8)

321 (12.7)

555 (16.4)

 

1.52 (1.25-1.84)

< 0.001

1.34 (1.09-1.65)

0.006

 2001-2500€

610 (10.3)

184 (7.3)

426 (12.6)

 

1.13 (0.91-1.41)

0.258

1.11 (0.88-1.41)

0.365

  > 2500€

1052 (17.8)

290 (11.5)

762 (22.5)

 

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Employment status (n = 6477)

 Employee

5461 (84.3)

2016 (72.6)

3445 (93.1)

< 0.001

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 Self-employed

1016 (15.7)

760 (27.4)

256 (6.9)

 

5.07 (4.36-5.90)

< 0.001

5.96 (5.01-7.08)

< 0.001

Frequency of feeling agitated, anxious or sad (n = 6445)

 Every day/almost all days

1462 (22.7)

762 (27.6)

700 (19.0)

< 0.001

2.52 (2.13-2.98)

< 0.001

2.02 (1.66-2.46)

< 0.001

 Some days

3969 (61.6)

1694 (61.3)

2275 (61.8)

 

1.72 (1.49-2.00)

< 0.001

1.70 (1.43-2.02)

< 0.001

 Never

1014 (15.7)

306 (11.1)

708 (19.2)

 

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