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Table 5 Negative emotional wellbeing outcomes by worry group

From: Functional and dysfunctional fear of COVID-19: a classification scheme

  Dependent variable
Emotion score
(1) (2)
Functional worrya 0.913 0.936
(0.026) (0.031)
p = 0.0005*** p = 0.034**
Dysfunctional worrya 1.164 1.162
(0.021) (0.025)
p = 0.000*** p = 0.000***
Had COVID-19   0.977
(0.031)
p = 0.443
Affected by COVID-19   1.061
(0.016)
p = 0.0002***
Age 25–44b   0.946
(0.029)
p = 0.057*
Age 45–64b   0.885
(0.032)
p = 0.0002***
Age 65+b   0.826
(0.044)
p = 0.00002***
Female (ref: Male)   1.007
(0.022)
p = 0.761
White (ref: BAME)   1.097
(0.039)
p = 0.017**
Is keyworker   1.010
(0.004)
p = 0.027**
Cardiffc   0.955
(0.049)
p = 0.355
Edinburghc   0.900
(0.051)
p = 0.039**
Glasgowc   0.985
(0.049)
p = 0.752
Leedsc   1.003
(0.049)
p = 0.958
Liverpoolc   0.957 (0.051)
p = 0.393
Londonc   0.997
(0.050)
p = 0.950
Manchesterc   1.018
(0.050)
p = 0.728
Newcastlec   1.005
(0.050)
p = 0.917
Sheffieldc   0.910
(0.052)
p = 0.069*
Constant 14.312 14.093
(0.016) (0.134)
p = 0.000*** p = 0.000***
Observations 1058 780
Log Likelihood − 2443.521 − 1619.934
theta 151.136* (77.824) 114,651.800 (1,204,052.000)
Akaike Inf. Crit. 4893.042 3279.869
  1. Negative binomial generalized linear model estimated using R (package MASS). Source: Wave 2 of Policing the pandemic. Total n = 1058
  2. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
  3. aReference category: Unworried
  4. bReference category: Age 16–24
  5. cReference category: Birmingham
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