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Table 2 Changes in mental well-being prior to the pandemic and at the early stage of the pandemic (weighted)

From: Changes in young adults' mental well-being before and during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic: disparities between ethnic groups in Germany

 

Psychosomatic complaints

Anxiety

Depression

Life satisfaction

T1 (prior to the pandemic)

0.03 (0.02)

− 0.19 (0.03)***

− 0.13 (0.03)***

0.58 (0.05)***

TC (early stage of pandemic)

− 0.06 (0.02)***

− 0.40 (0.02)***

− 0.27 (0.02)***

− 0.04 (0.05)

T1 × FSU/CEE

0.11 (0.05)*

− 0.02 (0.05)

− 0.01 (0.06)

− 0.21 (0.11)

T1 × Other European/Americas

0.08 (0.07)

− 0.14 (0.07)

− 0.08 (0.08)

0.03 (0.16)

T1 × Asia

− 0.14 (0.17)

− 0.08 (0.16)

− 0.29 (0.17)

− 0.57 (0.35)

T1 × Turkey/ME/Africa

0.13 (0.07)

− 0.07 (0.07)

− 0.09 (0.07)

− 0.22 (0.16)

TC × FSU/CEE

− 0.09 (0.04)*

− 0.05 (0.04)

− 0.02 (0.04)

− 0.06 (0.12)

TC × Other European/Americas

− 0.13 (0.05)*

− 0.06 (0.06)

0.03 (0.06)

0.14 (0.16)

TC × Asia

0.21 (0.12)

0.17 (0.12)

0.14 (0.13)

0.07 (0.35)

TC × Turkey/ME/Africa

− 0.13 (0.05)*

0.12 (0.06)*

0.04 (0.06)

− 0.25 (0.16)

Unbalanced panel

n = 3185

T = 2–3

N = 7766

n = 3179

T = 2–3

N = 7746

n = 3169

T = 2–3

N = 7720

n = 3198

T = 2–3

N = 9559

 

F(10,4571) = 12.21***

F(10,4557) = 77.63***

F(10,4541) = 30.23***

F(10,6351) = 25.08***

 

R2 = .023

R2 = .139

R2 = .042

R2 = .044

  1. Table shows unstandardized coefficients and standard errors in parentheses; T2 and German are reference categories; n = the number of respondents who responded at least twice; T: how often an individual was observed; N: the total number of observations in the pooled model (across time); *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001