Research Article
Recurrent COVID-19 Waves and Lockdown: Impact on Daily Life and Mental Health of People in Nepal
Table 2
Demographic variables and their association with mental health outcomes among the respondents.
| | Variables | | Depression (present)
| Anxiety (present)
| Stress (present)
| | | value | | | value | | | value |
| | Age (years) | | <40 years | 180 (50.8) | 96 (53.3) | 6.652 | 0.010 | 86 (47.8) | 4.860 | 0.027 | 71 (39.4) | 0.033 | 0.856 | | ≥40 years | 174 (49.2) | 69 (39.7) | 63 (36.2) | | | 67 (38.5) | | | | Sex | | Male | 182 (51.4) | 74 (40.7) | 5.330 | 0.021 | 60 (33.0) | 12.792 | ≤0.001 | 50 (27.5) | 20.865 | ≤0.001 | | Female | 172 (49.2) | 91 (52.9) | | | 89 (51.7) | | | 88 (51.2) | | | | Marital status | | Married | 220 (62.1) | 94 (42.7) | 6.199 | 0.045 | 81 (36.8) | 11.343 | 0.003 | 71 (32.3) | 11.561 | 0.003 | | Unmarried | 126 (35.6) | 69 (54.8) | | | 61 (48.4) | | | 62 (49.2) | | | | Widowed/divorced/separated | 8 (2.3) | 2 (25.0) | | | 7 (87.5) | | | 5 (62.5) | | | | Education | | Up to secondary level | 66 (18.6) | 30 (45.5) | 2.933 | 0.231 | 22 (33.3) | 4.427 | 0.109 | 22 (33.3) | 5.852 | 0.054 | | Bachelor level | 164 (46.3) | 84 (51.2) | | | 78 (47.6) | | | 75 (45.7) | | | | Masters and above | 124 (35.0) | 51 (41.1) | | | 49 (39.5) | | | 41 (33.1) | | | | Occupation | | Governmental organization | 92 (26.0) | 34 (37.0) | 14.510 | 0.002 | 33 (35.9) | 4.743 | 0.192 | 15 (16.3) | 27.094 | ≤0.001 | | Private organization | 112 (31.6) | 62 (55.4) | | | 55 (49.1) | | | 51 (45.5) | | | | Self-employed/daily wages | 84 (23.7) | 47 (56.0) | | | 37 (44.0) | | | 41 (48.8) | | | | Unemployed | 66 (18.6) | 22 (33.3) | | | 24 (36.4) | | | 31 (47.0) | | | | Monthly income | | 50 thousand and below | 150 (42.3) | 90 (60.0) | 9.592 | 0.035 | 80 (53.3) | 5.482 | 0.039 | 66 (44.0) | 2.719 | 0.257 | | 50–80 thousand | 156 (44.1) | 62 (39.7) | | | 58 (37.1) | | | 57 (36.5) | | | | Above 80 thousand | 48 (13.6) | 13 (27.0) | | | 11 (22.9) | | | 15 (31.3) | | |
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