Media consumption patterns and depressive and anxiety symptoms in the Chinese general population during the COVID-19 outbreak

Table 1 Demographic and infection-related characteristics and poor coronavirus disease 2019 knowledge of the study sample

Variable	n	%
Sex
Males	3265	38.5
Females	5208	61.5
Age, years	33.03 ± 10.58	16-90
Educational attainment
College and above	7043	83.1
Senior middle school and below	1430	16.9
Marital status
Currently married	4812	56.8
Others	3661	43.2
Family member or close relatives infected with COVID-19	102	1.2
Colleagues, friends, or classmates infected with COVID-19	798	9.4
Worry of COVID-19 infection	6525	77.0
Worry of family members’ COVID-19 infection	7528	88.8
Poor COVID-19 knowledge	492	5.8

COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019.