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Table 3 Stress levels according to adolescent lockdown perception clusters from the PARIS birth cohort (N = 791)

From: Subgroups of perceptions and related behaviors during the COVID-19 lockdown: experience of adolescents in the PARIS birth cohort

Variables, n (%)

Cluster “unhappy”

Cluster “intermediate”

Cluster ”happy”

Total

p values*

 

n = 146 (19)

n = 334 (42)

n = 311 (39)

N = 791

“unhappy” vs. ”intermediate”

“unhappy” vs. ”happy”

“intermediate” vs. ”happy”

Stress

Feeling relaxed during the past week

    

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

 None of the time, rarely

53 (36)

38 (12)

11 (3)

102 (13)

   

 Some of the time, often

89 (61)

265 (79)

232 (75)

586 (74)

   

 All of the time

4 (3)

31 (9)

68 (22)

103 (13)

   

Since the beginning of lockdown

       

 Overall stress level1

    

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

  Low

42 (28)

150 (45)

253 (81)

445 (56)

   

  Moderate

52 (36)

121 (36)

48 (16)

221 (28)

   

  High

52 (36)

63 (19)

10 (3)

125 (16)

   

 Coronavirus-related stress level1

    

< 0.001

0.01

< 0.001

  Low

101 (69)

152 (45)

246 (79)

499 (63)

   

  Moderate

31 (21)

132 (40)

54 (17)

217 (27)

   

  High

14 (10)

50 (15)

11 (4)

75 (10)

   

 Level of worry about health1

    

0.008

0.01

< 0.001

  Low

113 (77)

216 (65)

273 (88)

602 (76)

   

  Moderate

28 (19)

84 (25)

34 (11)

146 (19)

   

  High

5 (4)

34 (10)

4 (1)

43 (5)

   

 School-related stress level1

    

0.14

< 0.001

< 0.001

  Low

34 (23)

80 (24)

195 (63)

309 (39)

   

  Moderate

40 (28)

119 (36)

86 (28)

245 (31)

   

  High

72 (49)

135 (40)

30 (9)

237 (30)

   

 Lockdown-related stress level1

    

0.03

< 0.001

< 0.001

  Low

73 (50)

195 (58)

271 (87)

539 (68)

   

  Moderate

35 (24)

86 (26)

34 (11)

155 (20)

   

  High

38 (26)

53 (16)

6 (2)

97 (12)

   
  1. * Pairwise chi-squared and Fisher’s exact tests were used to compare adolescent perception clusters. 1 Rates were divided into three levels: low (1, 2, 3), moderate (4, 5, 6), and high (7, 8, 9, 10)