Research Article
Which Occupations Did People Engage in during Lockdown? A European Cross-Sectional Descriptive Survey by Generation
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the COPACO study’s respondents.
| | Total () | YAs | MAs | OAs | value |
| Age | Median (IQR) | 41 (29-56) | 28 (24-33) | 49 (44-53) | 68 (64-72) | <0.001 | Range | (18-87) | (18-39) | (40-59) | (60-87) | Sex, | Women | 1941 (76.8) | 960 (81.6) | 633 (75.5) | 348 (68.0) | <0.001 | Place of living during lockdown, | Flat | 1055 (42.7) | 575 (49.2) | 314 (38.3) | 166 (34.7) | <0.001 | House | 1386 (56.1) | 579 (49.5) | 498 (60.7) | 309 (64.5) | Two-level flat | 28 (1.1) | 15 (1.3) | 9 (1.1) | 4 (0.8) | Living environment during lockdown, | In an urban area or city | 1659 (65.8) | 779 (66.3) | 556 (66.7) | 324 (63.4) | 0.4 | People sharing the place of living during lockdown, | Same as usual | 2490 (98.3) | 1156 (98.1) | 826 (98.5) | 508 (98.5) | 0.6 | Usual professional status, | Student | 372 (14.7) | 350 (29.7) | 22 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 | Part-time worker | 277 (10.9) | 105 (8.9) | 150 (17.9) | 22 (4.3) | Full-time worker | 1309 (51.7) | 649 (55.1) | 597 (71.4) | 63 (12.2) | Unemployed | 79 (2.9) | 41 (3.5) | 27 (3.2) | 5 (1.0) | Retired | 421 (16.6) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (1.2) | 411 (79.7) | Other | 79 (3.1) | 34 (2.9) | 30 (3.6) | 15 (2.9) | Professional/study activity during lockdown, | Part-time homeworking/study | 438 (18.7) | 237 (20.3) | 164 (19.9) | 37 (10.5) | <0.001 | Full-time homeworking/study | 837 (35.7) | 422 (36.1) | 377 (45.8) | 38 (10.8) | Part-time at work/study place | 196 (8.4) | 116 (9.9) | 69 (8.4) | 11 (3.1) | Full-time at work/study place | 213 (9.1) | 125 (10.7) | 79 (9.6) | 9 (2.6) | No work/study | 660 (28.2) | 268 (23.0) | 134 (16.3) | 258 (73.1) | Socioprofessional category, | Craftsman, trader, or company manager | 97 (5.7) | 39 (4.7) | 47 (6.2) | 11 (9.6) | <0.001 | Employee | 441 (25.9) | 297 (36.0) | 130 (17.1) | 14 (12.2) | Executive or intellectual professions | 904 (53.1) | 352 (42.6) | 487 (63.9) | 65 (56.5) | Farmer | 3 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | Intermediate professions | 236 (13.9) | 123 (14.9) | 91 (11.9) | 22 (19.1) | Worker | 22 (1.3) | 13 (1.6) | 7 (0.9) | 2 (1.7) | Change of income during lockdown, | Total loss of income | 112 (4.6) | 70 (6.3) | 33 (4.0) | 9 (1.9) | <0.001 | Major loss of income | 130 (5.4) | 77 (6.9) | 45 (5.4) | 8 (1.7) | Partial loss of income | 326 (13.4) | 174 (15.6) | 120 (14.4) | 32 (6.7) | No loss of income | 1832 (75.4) | 777 (69.4) | 628 (75.6) | 427 (89.1) | Increase in income | 29 (1.2) | 21 (1.9) | 5 (0.6) | 3 (0.6) |
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Pearson’s chi-squared test or Student’s -test. YAs = younger adults; MAs = middle-aged; OAs = older adults; (%), unless otherwise indicated. |