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Table 2 Financial resources and employment situation of the participants

From: Changes in socioeconomic resources and mental health after the second COVID-19 wave (2020–2021): a longitudinal study in Switzerland

 

Q1

Q2

P values a

Overall (n = 1759)

Financial resources

  

0.6

  Comfortable

753 (43%)

783 (45%)

 

  Sufficient

736 (42%)

724 (41%)

 

  Precarious

241 (14%)

219 (12%)

 

  Insufficient

29 (1.6%)

33 (1.9%)

 

Retired (n = 404)

Financial resources

  

 > 0.9

  Comfortable

175 (43%)

176 (44%)

 

  Sufficient

191 (47%)

190 (47%)

 

  Precarious

37 (9.2%)

38 (9.4%)

 

  Insufficient

1 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

 

Not retired (n = 1286)

Financial resources

  

0.6

  Comfortable

552 (43%)

577 (45%)

 

  Sufficient

512 (40%)

504 (39%)

 

  Precarious

195 (15%)

176 (14%)

 

  Insufficient

27 (2.1%)

29 (2.3%)

 

Employment situation

  

 > 0.9

  Full-time

641 (50%)

635 (49%)

 

  Part-time

349 (27%)

354 (28%)

 

  Self employed

127 (9.9%)

131 (10%)

 

  Other b

169 (13%)

166 (13%)

 
  1. Note:
  2. Q1: first questionnaire on financial resources and employment situation; November 2020 – March 2021
  3. Q2: second questionnaire on financial resources and employment situation; May – July 2021
  4. Not retired n is smaller than the n reported in Table 2 because it refers to participants who were not retired both at Q1 and Q2
  5. a: P values were computed using Pearson’s Chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test
  6. b: unemployed, student, at home, or in another situation