Table 3

Living circumstances, social connections, workload and COVID-19 testing

Living circumstances, social connections, work demand and COVID-19 testingHealthcare workerOther essential workerNonessential workerP
Living circumstances
 Living situation
  Living alone15.0% (57)13.9% (90)12.2% (179)0.075
  With one adult24.7% (94)29.3% (190)28.9% (423)
  With other adults24.5% (93)17.3% (112)20.4% (298)
  With children35.8% (136)39.6% (257)38.5% (564)
Satisfaction with ‘bubble’ (defined as the people respondents were living with over the lockdown)
  Extremely dissatisfied3.4%133.9%253.5% (51)0.36
  Dissatisfied2.6%102.9%191.8%27
  Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied6.6%258.9% (58)8.5% (124)
  Satisfied28.3% (108)32.8% (213)31.1% (455)
  Extremely satisfied59.1% (225)51.5% (334)55.2% (808)
 Getting along with members of household
  Very badly1.2%40.5%30.6%80.68
  Badly2.8%93.4%192.1% (27)
  Neither well nor badly11.1%3612.0% (67)11.1% (143)
  Well43.2% (140)40.3% (225)41.1% (528)
  Very well41.7% (135)43.8% (245)45.15 (579)
 Change in contact with others outside bubble
  Decreased36.1% (136)28.7% (186)33.7% (491)0.008
  Stayed the same or increased63.9% (241)71.2% (461)66.4% (968)
 Feeling lonely or isolated
  All of the time2.6%103.2%211.8%260.53
  Most of the time4.7%184.9%324.7% (69)0.53
  Some of the time19.7% (75)21.9% (142)21.7% (318)
  A little of the time32% (122)27.4% (178)29.8% (437)
  None of the time40.9% (156)42.5% (276)41.9% (614)
Work
  Workload increased31.8% (121)25.8% (167)17.2% (252)<0.001
  Less paid work20.5% (78)23.6% (153)40.5% (594)<0.001
COVID-19
 Having a COVID-19 test
  Tested11.6%444.8%313.1%45<0.001
  Not tested88.4% (336)95.2% (918)96.9% (1420)<0.001
  • Data were missing for the following variables (n): living circumstances (2), feeling lonely or isolated (1), change in contact (12), work (1), COVID-19 (1)