Effects of cumulative COVID-19 cases on mental health: Evidence from multi-country survey

Table 1 Percent of categories in individual characteristics by country and survey rounds (1 and 2)

	Arabic		Bangladesh		Canada		China	India		Pakistan		United Kingdom		Ukraine
	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2
Observations	1121	909	299	746	8648	5920	178	1427	68	803	160	29134	83851	1256	606
	Percent of above observations
Healthcare professional
No	40	9	67	69	88	91	65	65	40	44	41	47	66	79	74
Yes	38	66	4	5	7	9	19	19	44	0	34	43	22	9	10
Missing	22	25	29	26	5	0	16	16	16	56	25	10	12	12	16
Age category
Under 25	10	4	69	68	8	16	2	20	7	20	51	6	6	35	15
25-44	44	61	14	14	36	36	43	44	44	35	26	36	31	43	54
45-54	16	9	2	1	15	16	12	11	16	3	4	23	19	9	13
55 and over	7	3	1	1	37	32	26	13	21	2	1	26	34	2	3
Missing	22	22	14	17	5	0	17	13	12	40	18	10	11	11	15
White ethnicity
No	77	21	92	89	20	21	9	88	88	81	73	9	15	3	3
Yes	1	57	0	0	76	78	79	0	0	0	0	82	74	88	82
Missing	22	22	8	11	4	0	12	12	12	19	27	10	11	9	15
Christian religion
No	8	73	92	87	48	52	8	80	78	81	75	48	46	21	22
Yes	70	4	0	0	47	47	32	7	9	0	0	41	39	69	62
Missing	22	22	8	13	5	1	60	13	13	19	25	11	15	11	16
Gender
Female	50	27	22	23	56	54	61	60	56	49	61	74	61	77	74
Male	28	51	68	63	39	45	24	27	31	31	18	15	26	13	9
Missing	22	22	10	14	5	1	15	13	13	20	21	11	13	11	16
Attended university
No	78	79	91	88	51	53	85	38	79	80	83	90	89	90	85
Yes	0	0	0	0	43	47	0	50	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Missing	22	21	9	12	6	0	15	13	12	20	18	10	11	10	15
Living at own home
No	43	52	64	53	35	41	37	49	0	43	41	25	29	54	41
Yes	35	26	26	35	61	59	51	39	0	38	40	66	61	36	44
Missing	22	22	10	12	5	0	13	12	100	19	19	10	11	10	15
Vulnerable according to government category
No	63	34	74	52	63	66	71	68	0	68	46	70	67	76	54
Age ≥ 70	1	40	9	36	15	34	5	7	0	2	31	4	21	1	29
Chronic disease	2	0	1	0	6	0	2	1	0	2	0	6	0	4	0
Diabetes	2	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Other	3	0	3	0	7	0	1	2	0	3	0	5	0	3	0
Missing	28	26	13	12	6	0	16	19	100	25	23	13	12	16	17
Vulnerable according to government category and require shielding
No	64	0	85	0	75	0	77	72	0	67	0	77	0	72	0
Yes	6	0	2	0	13	0	5	6	0	6	0	7	0	11	0
Missing	30	100	14	100	12	100	18	22	100	26	100	16	100	17	100
Whether experienced coronavirus
No	23	0	42	0	28	0	58	35	0	28	0	22	0	31	0
Yes	49	29	40	23	63	12	26	43	25	43	48	64	25	52	47
Missing	28	71	17	77	8	88	16	22	75	29	53	14	75	17	53
Pre-existing mental health condition
No	42	0	46	1	62	1	74	67	3	40	0	53	0	60	0
Yes	28	3	41	5	31	21	8	11	4	35	11	31	18	23	9
Missing	30	97	13	95	7	79	18	22	93	25	89	16	82	17	91
Drinking alcohol
No	68	64	76	77	20	54	28	57	47	0	0	13	75	17	0
Yes	5	1	12	6	74	22	56	24	35	0	5	75	11	69	1
Missing	27	35	13	17	5	24	16	19	18	100	95	12	14	14	99
Whether taking drug
No	71	65	81	73	83	86	79	78	82	71	69	85	83	83	77
Yes	0	4	8	11	12	14	6	2	1	3	6	2	3	3	2
Missing	28	31	11	15	5	0	15	20	16	26	25	13	13	14	21
Ever experienced suicidal thoughts
No	9	61	70	69	67	77	74	68	66	55	55	59	60	60	53
Yes	62	7	18	16	27	23	10	12	16	19	18	27	26	24	28
Missing	29	32	13	15	6	1	16	21	18	26	27	13	14	16	19
Having mental health support from
No support	18	1	27	3	13	4	6	5	3	30	4	14	5	13	2
Health service provider	6	1	5	1	11	6	2	3	1	8	3	12	8	6	5
Other	3	1	7	1	7	10	2	2	1	4	3	5	4	7	1
Missing	73	97	61	95	69	80	90	89	94	58	90	69	83	75	91

Each panel in a column shows percentages of categories/responses of a characteristic/question. Total respondents in each category were divided by observations shown at the beginning of the table and then multiplied by 100, to get the percentage.