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Table 1 Descriptive statistics—2020 CONPAS survey wave

From: Trends in mental health before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal survey of a conflict-affected population in Colombia

 

Sample

Mean SRQ score (95% CI)

SRQ + 

SRQ + frequency (95% CI)

Overall

905 (100%)

4.6 (4.2–4.9)

223

24.6% (21.8–27.4)

Gender

 Men

406 (44.9%)

4.1 (3.6–4.5)

91

22.4% (19.7–25.1)

 Women

499 (55.1%)

5.0 (4.5–5.4)

132

26.5% (23.6–29.3)

Age group

 18–44

363 (40.1%)

3.8 (3.3–4.2)

70

19.3% (16.7–21.9)

 45–60

317 (35.0%)

4.9 (4.3–5.4)

87

27.4% (24.5–30.4)

  > 60

225 (24.9%)

5.5 (4.8–6.1)

66

29.3% (26.4–32.3)

Household expenditure quintile

 1 (Lowest)

181 (20.0%)

5.3 (4.5–6.0)

53

29.3% (26.3–32.2)

 2

207 (22.9%)

4.5 (3.9–5.2)

52

25.1% (22.3–27.9)

 3

195 (21.5%)

3.6 (3.0–4.2)

34

17.4% (15.0–19.9)

 4

143 (15.8%)

4.3 (3.6–5.1)

33

23.1% (20.3–25.8)

 5 (Highest)

179 (19.8%)

5.1 (4.3–5.9)

51

28.5% (25.6–31.4)

Employment status

 Formal employee or employer

114 (12.6%)

3.8 (3.0–4.6)

25

21.9% (19.2–24.6)

 Informal employee or self-employed

384 (42.4%)

4.2 (3.7–4.6)

83

21.6% (18.9–24.3)

 Inactive

364 (40.2%)

5.2 (4.6–5.7)

103

28.3% (25.4–31.2)

 Unemployed

29 (3.2%)

6.5 (4.5–8.6)

11

37.9% (34.8–41.1)

 Retired

14 (1.5%)

2.6 (1.4–3.9)

1

7.1% (5.5–8.8)

Ethnicity

 Majority

714 (78.9%)

4.4 (4.1–4.8)

163

22.8% (20,1–25,6)

 Minority

191 (21.1%)

5.1 (4.4–5.9)

60

31.4% (28,4–34,4)

Marital status

 Married

200 (22.1%)

4.4 (3.7–5.1)

42

21.0% (18.3–23.7)

 Stable partnership

384 (42.4%)

4.1 (3.6–4.6)

88

22.9% (20.2–25.7)

 Separated or divorced

201 (22.2%)

5.1 (4.4–5.8)

58

28.9% (25.9–31.8)

 Widower

64 (7.1%)

6.4 (5.1–7.8)

21

32.8% (29.8–35.9)

 Single

56 (6.2%)

4.4 (3.1–5.7)

14

25.0% (22.2–27.8)

Education level

 No formal education

61 (6.7%)

6.7 (5.4–8.1)

26

42.6% (39.4–45.9)

 Preschool or primary

383 (42.3%)

5.5 (5.0–6.0)

117

30.5% (27.5–33.6)

 High school

292 (32.3%)

3.4 (2.9–3.9)

47

16.1% (13.7–18.5)

 Higher education

169 (18.7%)

3.7 (3.0–4.4)

33

19.5% (16.9–22.1)

Area of residence

 Rural

392 (43.3%)

4.4 (3.9–4.9)

93

23.7% (21.0–26.5)

 Urban

513 (56.7%)

4.7 (4.3–5.1)

130

25.3% (22.5–28.2)

Hospitalization in the previous 12 months

 No

822 (90.8%)

4.4 (4.0–4.7)

191

23.2% (23.1–23.3)

 Yes

83 (9.2%)

6.7 (5.3–8.0)

32

38.6% (38.4–38.7)

Child aged 5 or younger in the household

 No

667 (73.7%)

4.8 (4.4–5.2)

169

25.3% (22.5–28.2)

 Yes

238 (26.3%)

3.9 (3.3–4.5)

54

22.7% (20.0–25.4)

Number of people in the household

 One person

71 (7.8%)

5.0 (3.9–6.1)

20

28.2% (25.2–31.1)

 More than one person

834 (92.2%)

4.5 (4.2–4.9)

203

24.3% (21.5–27.1)

Conflict intensity in the municipality of residence

 

(n = 889)

 

(n = 219)

 

 Not affected

214 (24.1%)

4.0 (3.3–4.6)

46

21.5% (18.8–24.2)

 Villavicencio

172 (19.3%)

4.3 (3.6–5.0)

39

22.7% (19.9–25.4)

 Lightly affected

279 (31.4%)

4.8 (4.2–5.4)

71

25.4% (22.6–28.3)

 Heavily affected

224 (25.2%)

5.1 (4.4–5.8)

63

28.1% (25.2–31.1)

Displaced

 

(n = 842)

 

(n = 213)

 

 No

441 (48.7%)

3.5 (3.2–3.9)

72

16.3% (13.9–18.7)

 Yes

401 (44.3%)

5.9 (5.4–6.4)

141

35.2% (32.1–38.3)

COVID-19 VARIABLES

In the last month, did you have symptoms related to COVID-19?

 Yes

69 (7.6%)

7.5 (6.1–9)

32

46.4% (43.1–49.6)

 No

836 (92.4%)

4.3 (4–4.6)

191

22.8% (20.1–25.6)

If you had symptoms in the last month, did you take a COVID-19 test?

 Yes

26 (37.7%)

6.4 (4.3–8.4)

9

34.6% (23.4–45.8)

 No

43 (62.3%)

8.2 (6.2–10.2)

23

53.5% (41.7–65.3)

  1. Measured during the 2018 CONPAS wave