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Table 1 The demographic information of the respondents (n = 3088)

From: Sex differences and psychological stress: responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in China

Variables

Frequency(n)

Proportions(%)

Gender

 Male

1339

43.4

 Female

1749

56.6

Age (years) Mean, SD

37.5 (13.5)

  < 45

2091

67.8

  ≥ 45

997

32.2

Marital status

 Single

978

31.7

 Married

2014

65.2

 Divorced

70

2.3

 Widowed

26

0.8

Education

 Senior high school/technical secondary school and below

635

20.6

 Associate degree in college

551

17.8

 Bachelor’s degree

1448

46.9

 Master’s degree and upper

454

14.7

Employment

 Front-line medical personnel

216

7.0

 Non-front-line medical personnel

354

11.5

 Military

107

3.5

 Farmer

97

3.1

 Worker

199

6.4

Government and management

373

12.1

 Scientist

96

3.1

 Teacher

299

9.7

 Clerical and business

92

3.0

 Service

320

10.4

 Student

582

18.9

 Unemployed

98

3.2

 Others

423

13.7

Disease self-reported

 Without disease

2440

79.0

 Respiratory disease

72

2.3

 Infectious disease

17

0.6

 Cardia-cerebrovascular disease

199

6.4

 Disease of digestive tract

181

5.9

 Endocrine disease

93

3.0

 Urinary system diseases

51

1.7

 Malignancy, anemia and other blood diseases

29

0.9

 Surgical illness

71

2.3

 Mental disorder

10

0.3

 Others

140

4.5

Number of diseases self-reported

 0

2374

76.9

 1–2

694

22.5

  ≥ 3

19

0.6