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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics across all samples (non-hospitalised adults, hospitalised adults, and adolescents)

From: Health-related quality of life in mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in the UK: a cross-sectional study from pre- to post-infection

Characteristics

Adult

non-hospitalised sample

(n = 236)

Adult

hospitalised sample

(n = 42)

Adolescent

non-hospitalised sample

(n = 42)

n

%

n

%

n

%

Socio-demographic characteristics

Age (years): 12 + years old

 Mean (SD)

 Median (IQR)

Age (years): 16–64 years old

Age (years): +65 years old

48.0 (15.3)

48.0 (36.5–62.0)

189

47

-

-

80.0

19.9

49.7 (12.9)

40.5 (42.0–60.0)

35

7

-

-

83.3

16.7

13.2 (1.1)

13.0 (12.0–14.0)

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sex

 Women

 Men

 Prefer not to say

125

110

1

53.0

47

0.4

20

22

-

47.6

52.4

-

15

27

-

35.7

64.3

-

Place of residence

 England

 Scotland

 Wales

 Northern Ireland

219

8

7

2

92.8

3.4

3.0

0.9

40

-

1

1

95.2

-

2.4

2.4

41

1

-

-

97.6

2.4

-

-

Ethnicity

 White

 Asian/Asian British

 Black/Black Caribbean/African

 Mixed/multiple ethnic groups

 Other

 Prefer not to say

206

12

5

9

2

2

87.3

5.1

2.1

3.8

0.9

0.9

32

4

1

4

1

-

76.2

9.5

2.4

9.5

2.4

-

35

6

1

-

-

-

83.3

14.3

2.4

-

-

-

Education

 University degree

 College

 Secondary/high school

 Prefer not to say

84

70

77

5

35.9

29.7

32.6

2.1

24

7

11

-

57.1

16.7

26.2

-

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Current employment status

 Working full-time (35 + hours/week)

 Working part-time (< 35 h/week)

 Unemployed

 Maternity/paternity leave

 Retired

 Student

 Other

112

46

13

3

47

6

9

47.5

19.5

5.5

1.3

19.9

2.5

3.8

25

9

1

-

6

-

1

59.5

21.4

2.4

-

14.3

-

2.4

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Working hours (per week) pre-pandemic [mean (SD)]

 Working full-time (35 + hours/week)a

 Working part-time (< 35 h/week)

22.1 (14.9)

35.0

10.0 (12.41)

NA

NA

NA

25.9 (13.2)

35.0

14.3 (14.0)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Household members

 Children (15 years or younger)

 Adults (16 years or older)

 Medically vulnerable people

 One-person household

56

72

22

86

23.7

30.5

9.3

36.4

5

10

5

22

11.9

23.8

11.9

52.4

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

  1. Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation; n, number of observations; NA, not applicable (education, employment, and household related data were not collected for the adolescent sample)
  2. a A mean (SD) could not be calculated because information on number of hours > 35 was captured using a single category of ‘35+’ in the survey