Income loss and subsequent poor psychological well-being among the Chinese population during the early COVID-19 pandemic

Lai, Sha; Lu, Li; Shen, Chi; Yan, Alice; Lei, Yanjun; Zhou, Zhongliang; Wang, Youfa

doi:10.1186/s12939-023-02022-1

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 3 Associations of income loss with each PWB item among Chinese adults

From: Income loss and subsequent poor psychological well-being among the Chinese population during the early COVID-19 pandemic

Variables		Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
Variables		Coef.	SE	Coef.	SE	Coef.	SE
Anhedonia	Moderate income loss			-0.131***	0.040	-0.119	0.073
	Severe income loss			-0.231***	0.043	-0.052	0.074
	Moderate income loss×Income (low)					0.034	0.095
	Moderate income loss×Income (middle)					-0.084	0.100
	Severe income loss×Income (low)					-0.183*	0.096
	Severe income loss×Income (middle)					-0.387***	0.103
	Adj R-squared (ΔR-squared)	0.140		0.143 (0.003***)		0.145 (0.003***)
Sleep problems	Moderate income loss			-0.126***	0.040	-0.126*	0.071
	Severe income loss			-0.253***	0.042	-0.074	0.073
	Moderate income loss×Income (low)					-0.011	0.093
	Moderate income loss×Income (middle)					0.012	0.099
	Severe income loss×Income (low)					-0.262***	0.094
	Severe income loss×Income (middle)					-0.276***	0.102
	Adj R-squared (ΔR-squared)	0.154		0.158 (0.004***)		0.161 (0.003***)
Irritable or angry	Moderate income loss			-0.065	0.040	-0.068	0.072
	Severe income loss			-0.214***	0.043	-0.039	0.073
	Moderate income loss×Income (low)					-0.035	0.093
	Moderate income loss×Income (middle)					0.057	0.099
	Severe income loss×Income (low)					-0.277***	0.095
	Severe income loss×Income (middle)					-0.245**	0.102
	Adj R-squared (ΔR-squared)	0.153		0.156 (0.004***)		0.159 (0.003***)
Difficulty concentrating	Moderate income loss			-0.121***	0.040	-0.219***	0.073
	Severe income loss			-0.234***	0.043	-0.139*	0.074
	Moderate income loss×Income (low)					0.167*	0.095
	Moderate income loss×Income (middle)					0.103	0.101
	Severe income loss×Income (low)					-0.099	0.096
	Severe income loss×Income (middle)					-0.218**	0.104
	Adj R-squared (ΔR-squared)	0.159		0.162 (0.003***)		0.164 (0.003***)
Repeated disturbing dreams	Moderate income loss			-0.160***	0.039	-0.120*	0.071
	Severe income loss			-0.329***	0.042	-0.142**	0.072
	Moderate income loss×Income (low)					-0.006	0.092
	Moderate income loss×Income (middle)					-0.118	0.097
	Severe income loss×Income (low)					-0.189**	0.093
	Severe income loss×Income (middle)					-0.404***	0.100
	Adj R-squared (ΔR-squared)	0.145		0.153 (0.007***)		0.155 (0.003***)

Note: All Values were derived from hierarchical multiple regression analysis with the score of each PWB item (anhedonia, sleep problems, irritable or angry, difficulty concentrating and repeated disturbing dreams) as dependent variable
Model 1: Control Variables, i.e., age, gender, marital Status, employed status, educational level, self or family member get infected of COVID-19, chronic condition, self-rated health, impact on diet, perceived risk, residential areas and income level
Model 2: Model 1 variables + income loss
Model 3: Model 1 variables + income loss + interaction terms between income loss and income groups
*** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1

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