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Table 2 Demographic and social capital related factors associated with hopelessness, loneliness, and depression

From: Perceived psychosocial health and its sociodemographic correlates in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: a community-based online study in China

 

Hopelessness

OR

95% CI

Lonely

OR

95% CI

Depression

OR

95% CI

Pooled

Men

Women

Pooled

Men

Women

Pooled

Men

Women

Age, years (11–19)

         

 20–29

2.09***

1.63–2.69

1.90**

1.29–2.80

2.26***

1.62–3.15

1.10

0.86–1.42

1.06

0.72–1.56

1.14

0.81–1.60

1.35*

1.06–1.72

1.55*

1.05–2.27

1.28

0.93–1.77

 30–39

3.24***

2.26–4.65

3.95***

2.27–6.87

2.84***

1.75–4.62

1.25

0.87–1.78

1.16

0.68–1.98

1.39

0.86–2.26

1.87***

1.33–2.65

2.17**

1.28–3.68

1.80*

1.13–2.88

 40–49

2.23***

1.57–3.16

2.73***

1.57–4.75

2.00**

1.26–3.15

0.75

0.53–1.07

0.86

0.50–1.48

0.70

0.44–1.13

0.94

0.67–1.32

1.10

0.65–1.89

0.90

0.58–1.39

 50–59

1.63**

1.14–2.33

2.03*

1.17–3.55

1.39

0.86–2.24

0.78

0.54–1.13

0.79

0.45–1.38

0.83

0.51–1.37

0.75

0.53–1.06

0.99

0.58–1.71

0.63

0.39–1.00

 60–69

0.94

0.64–1.37

1.06

0.59–1.90

0.87

0.52–1.46

0.83

0.56–1.22

0.84

0.47–1.51

0.88

0.52–1.48

0.81

0.56–1.18

1.08

0.61–1.90

0.70

0.43–1.16

 70–79

0.55**

0.37–0.82

0.64

0.36–1.16

0.51*

0.30–0.86

0.59**

0.39–0.87

0.67

0.37–1.21

0.54*

0.31–0.94

0.53***

0.36–0.77

0.62

0.34–1.11

0.50**

0.30–0.84

 80+

0.51**

0.31–0.84

0.44*

0.20–0.99

0.59

0.31–1.16

0.78

0.48–1.27

0.88

0.42–1.84

0.76

0.39–1.49

0.39***

0.24–0.64

0.42*

0.19–0.93

0.40**

0.21–0.76

Sex (male)

         

 Female

1.15

1.0–1.33

  

1.06

0.91–1.22

  

1.38***

1.20–1.58

  

Currently married (no)

         

 Yes

1.18

0.94–1.47

1.07

0.74–1.53

1.26

0.94–1.67

0.74**

0.59–0.92

0.63*

0.45–0.90

0.78

0.59–1.05

0.98

0.79–1.21

0.91

0.65–1.29

1.00

0.76–1.32

Annual household income (< CNY 10 000)

         

 CNY 10 000–20 000

0.74***

0.64–0.85

0.76*

0.61–0.95

0.72**

0.59–0.88

1.07

0.92–1.24

1.20

0.97–1.49

0.98

0.80–1.20

1.09

0.95–1.26

1.09

0.88–1.34

1.09

0.90–1.32

 CNY 20 000–30 000

0.45***

0.37–0.56

0.46***

0.34–0.63

0.45***

0.34–0.60

0.95

0.76–1.18

1.15

0.84–1.58

0.79

0.58–1.08

1.00

0.81–1.23

0.85

0.63–1.16

1.14

0.86–1.51

 CNY 30 000–40 000

0.48***

0.35–0.67

0.50**

0.32–0.80

0.46**

0.29–0.73

1.17

0.84–1.63

1.20

0.75–1.92

1.09

0.68–1.77

1.27

0.93–1.74

1.39

0.89–2.18

1.11

0.71–1.76

 > CNY 40 000

0.35***

0.25–0.48

0.34***

0.21–0.55

0.36***

0.23–0.56

0.70

0.49–1.01

0.72

0.43–1.21

0.72

0.44–1.18

0.99

0.72–1.35

1.05

0.67–1.66

0.96

0.62–1.48

Occupation (White-collar)

         

 Blue-collar

2.52***

2.05–3.09

2.83***

2.13–3.76

2.28***

1.70–3.07

1.12

0.91–1.38

1.12

0.85–1.49

1.09

0.80–1.49

1.34**

1.11–1.63

1.36*

1.04–1.78

1.31

0.98–1.74

 Student/Unemployed

1.38***

1.17–1.64

1.44**

1.11–1.87

1.38**

1.10–1.74

1.09

0.92–1.30

1.03

0.79–1.34

1.09

0.86–1.39

1.38***

1.17–1.63

1.28

1.00–1.65

1.49***

1.19–1.86

Smoking (no)

         

 Yes

0.90

0.64–1.26

0.84

0.58–1.22

0.98

0.38–2.53

0.73

0.51–1.04

0.67*

0.45–0.99

0.90

0.34–2.37

0.71*

0.51– 0.99

0.63*

0.43–0.91

1.40

0.56–3.46

Drinking (no)

         

 Yes

1.18

0.85–1.66

1.29

0.87–1.91

0.90

0.45–1.78

1.45*

1.04–2.02

1.54*

1.05–2.28

1.22

0.62–2.43

1.47*

1.06–2.03

1.40

0.96–2.06

1.58

0.82–3.05

Has NCDs (no)

         

 Yes

1.07

0.89–1.27

1.04

0.81–1.33

1.09

0.84–1.42

1.33**

1.11–1.59

1.43**

1.11–1.84

1.24

0.95–1.62

1.52***

1.28–1.80

1.53***

1.21–1.95

1.49**

1.16–1.92

Residency (rural)

         

 Urban

1.57**

1.18–2.08

1.43*

1.05–1.97

2.29*

1.03–5.07

2.15*

1.17–3.96

1.80**

1.16–2.78

1.51

0.94–2.41

6.55*

1.24–34.74

1.16

0.87–1.55

1.39

0.69–2.80

Province (Hunan)

         

 Hubei

1.66***

1.33–2.08

1.87***

1.34–2.60

1.51**

1.11–2.05

1.75***

1.40–2.20

1.63**

1.17–2.28

1.84***

1.34–2.52

2.55***

2.04–3.17

2.55***

1.85–3.52

2.60***

1.92–3.53

 Shanxi

1.31*

1.05–1.63

1.44*

1.04–2.01

1.22

0.90–1.65

1.35**

1.08–1.70

1.35

0.96–1.88

1.33

0.97–1.83

1.28*

1.03–1.58

1.43*

1.04–1.97

1.17

0.87–1.57

 Chongqing

0.85

0.68–1.06

0.89

0.64–1.23

0.81

0.60–1.10

0.86

0.68–1.10

0.89

0.62–1.26

0.84

0.60–1.17

0.86

0.69–1.08

0.93

0.67–1.29

0.80

0.60–1.08

 Gansu

0.76

0.58–1.00

0.70

0.46–1.07

0.83

0.57–1.20

1.12

0.83–1.50

1.16

0.75–1.79

1.04

0.69–1.56

0.96

0.73–1.27

1.26

0.84–1.90

0.79

0.54–1.15

 Fujian

1.03

0.77–1.39

1.22

0.77–1.92

0.92

0.63–1.35

0.89

0.65–1.23

1.09

0.67–1.76

0.74

0.48–1.15

1.33

–1.77

1.49

0.96–2.33

1.25

0.86–1.81

 Zhejiang

0.93

0.74–1.17

0.84

0.60–1.19

1.03

0.75–1.40

1.28*

–1.62

1.23

0.86–1.77

1.31

0.94–1.82

1.18

0.94–1.48

1.02

0.72–1.44

1.32

0.98–1.79

 Guangdong

1.14

0.91–1.42

1.30

0.93–1.83

1.04

0.76–1.42

1.97***

1.57–2.48

1.99***

1.42–2.79

1.92***

1.40–2.63

1.60***

1.28–1.98

1.65**

1.19–2.28

1.53**

1.14–2.06

Total

4788

2248

2540

4788

2248

2540

4788

2248

2540

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. Level of significance: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. The items in the brackets were the referred subgroups