Characteristics | Total sample (n = 7741), N (%, percentage among the total sample) | Lonely residents (n = 1874), N (%, prevalence of loneliness) | χ2 | P | OR (95% CI) | P | |
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Subpopulation | Wuhan residents | 2617 (33.8) | 662 (25.3) | ||||
Migrants from Wuhan | 930 (12.0) | 253 (27.2) | |||||
Other Hubei residents | 633 (8.2) | 141 (22.3) | |||||
Residents of other provinces in China | 3561 (46.0) | 818 (23.0) | 10.498 | 0.015 | |||
Gender | Male | 2539 (32.8) | 633 (24.9) | ||||
Female | 5202 (67.2) | 1241 (23.9) | 0.074 | 0.300 | |||
Age-group (years) | 16–29 | 3166 (40.9) | 889 (28.1) | 1.36 (1.05, 1.76) | 0.020 | ||
30–49 | 3985 (51.5) | 875 (22.0) | 1.19 (0.95, 1.48) | 0.133 | |||
50+ | 590 (7.6) | 110 (18.6) | 46.820 | < 0.001 | 1 | ||
Marital status | Never-married | 2975 (38.4) | 862 (29.0) | 1.47 (1.26, 1.73) | < 0.001 | ||
Othersa | 347 (4.5) | 106 (30.5) | 1.72 (1.35, 2.19) | < 0.001 | |||
Married | 4419 (57.1) | 906 (20.5) | 77.515 | < 0.001 | 1 | ||
Employment status | Employed | 5846 (75.5) | 1360 (23.3) | ||||
Unemployed | 476 (6.1) | 116 (24.4) | |||||
Students | 1419 (18.3) | 398 (28.0) | 14.251 | 0.001 | |||
Education | Middle school and below | 1269 (16.4) | 313 (24.7) | ||||
Associate’s degree and above | 6472 (83.6) | 1561 (24.1) | 0.172 | 0.678 | |||
Perceived severity of the epidemic in current residence place | Severe | 2548 (32.9) | 645 (25.3) | ||||
Not severe | 5193 (67.1) | 1229 (23.7) | 2.529 | 0.112 | |||
Having family members or close relatives infected with SARS-CoV-2b | Yes | 94 (1.2) | 34 (36.2) | 1.64 (1.06, 2.53) | 0.026 | ||
No | 7647 (98.8) | 1840 (24.1) | 7.420 | 0.006 | 1 | ||
Having colleagues, friends or classmates infected with SARS-CoV-2b | Yes | 736 (9.5) | 229 (31.1) | 1.62 (1.36, 1.92) | |||
No | 7005 (90.5) | 1645 (23.5) | 21.137 | < 0.001 | 1 | < 0.001 | |
Having infected neighbors of the same community/village | Yes | 829 (10.7) | 221 (26.7) | ||||
No | 6912 (89.3) | 1653 (23.9) | 3.037 | 0.081 |