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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