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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the participants

From: The COVID-19 pandemic and wellbeing in Switzerland-worse for young people?

 

Missing n (%)/ non-missing n

n (% of participants in each category)

Age

0 (0.0)/ 11,2411

 

14–25

 

1394 (12.4)

26–45

 

2792 (24.8)

46–65

 

3969 (35.3)

>65

 

3086 (27.5)

Young people only

(14-25-year-old, mean age = 21.15, standard deviation = 2.55; total n = 1,394)2

  

Gender

0 (0.0)/ 1394

 

Men

 

712 (51.1)

Women

 

682 (48.9)

First nationality

0 (0.0)/ 1394

 

Swiss

 

1272 (91.3)

Non-Swiss

 

122 (8.8)

Partnership status

234 (16.8)/ 1160

 

Married or living with a partner

 

65 (5.6)

Single, not living with a partner

 

1095 (94.4)

Widowed/divorced/separated

 

0 (0.0)

Living with parents

63 (4.5)/ 1331

 

No

 

153 (11.5)

Yes

 

1178 (88.5)

In education (including training)/employment

235 (16.9)/ 1159

Education/training

 

435 (37.5)

Employment

 

296 (25.5)

Both

 

384 (33.1)

Neither

 

44 (3.8)

Income (quartile)

355 (25.5)/ 1039

 

1st

 

243 (23.4)

2nd

 

328 (31.6)

3rd

 

275 (26.5)

4th

 

193 (18.6)

  1. 1This represents the total number of participants across all ages
  2. 2This represents the total number of participants in the youngest age group (14–25)