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Table 3 Personal and national characteristics of each country and participants

From: Analysis of personal and national factors that influence depression in individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a web-based cross-sectional survey

Category/source

N(%)/M ± SD

Personal characteristics

Number of participants in each country

  South Korea

360(12.66)

  China

281(9.88)

  Japan

148(5.20)

  Philippines

288(10.13)

  Indonesia

554(19.48)

  Peru

386(13.57)

  Paraguay

197(6.93)

  Ethiopia

175(6.15)

  Democratic Republic of Congo

294(10.34)

Sex

  Male

881(32.84)

  Female

1802(67.16)

Marital status

  Not married

2346(87.44)

  Married

337(12.56)

Number of family members

  One-person household

248(9.24)

  2

334(12.45)

  3–5

1574(58.67)

  6 or more

527(19.64)

Experience of discrimination at the national level due to COVID-19

  No

1945(72.49)

  Yes

738(27.51)

Subjective health

  Very unhealthy

4(0.15)

  Unhealthy

21(0.78)

  Average

452(16.58)

  Healthy

1233(45.96)

  Very healthy

973(36.27)

Trust in hospitals

  Very distrustful

115(4.29)

  Distrustful

504(18.78)

  Trustful

1288(48.01)

  Very trustful

526(19.6)

  Unknown

250(9.32)

Private health insurance

  No

1238(43.53)

  Yes

1445(56.47)

Age

  Age (M±SD)

25.71 ± 8.55

Knowledge of COVID-19

  Total score for knowledge (M±SD)

5.05 ± 1.10

Practice of social prevention activities

  Social prevention activities Total score (M±SD)

9.84 ± 4.29

Practice of hygienic prevention activities

  Hygienic prevention Activities total score (M±SD)

18.28 ± 6.66

Level of Depression

  Sum of PHQ-9 Score(M±SD)

7.07 ± 6.12

National characteristics

Stringency index score

  Oxford Stringency Index

77.79 ± 12.30

  South Korea

77

  China

57

  Japan

56

  Philippines

93

  Indonesia

71

  Peru

92

  Paraguay

92

  Ethiopia

75

  Democratic Republic of Congo

81

Life expectancy

  World Bank

73.35 ± 6.69

  South Korea

82.63

  China

76.47

  Japan

84.10

  Philippines

70.95

  Indonesia

71.28

  Peru

76.29

  Paraguay

73.99

  Ethiopia

65.87

  Democratic Republic of Congo

60.03

Literacy rate

  Our World in Data

91.02 ± 12.63

  South Korea

97.96

  China

96.35

  Japan

99

  Philippines

96.61

  Indonesia

95.43

  Peru

94.37

  Paraguay

95.53

  Ethiopia

49.03

  Democratic Republic of Congo

77.22

Social capital

  Legatum Prosperity Index

53.01 ± 12.34

  South Korea

42.482

  China

57.248

  Japan

44.448

  Philippines

59.318

  Indonesia

73.431

  Peru

42.345

  Paraguay

53.697

  Ethiopia

46.814

  Democratic Republic of Congo

38.740

PPP (1 000 000 USD)

  World bank

3 850 000 ± 6 780 000

  South Korea

2 029 000

  China

23 160 000

  Japan

5 429 000

  Philippines

875 600

  Indonesia

3 243 000

  Peru

424 400

  Paraguay

68 330

  Ethiopia

200 200

  Democratic Republic of Congo

28 880

  1. PPP Purchasing Power Parity, N Number of cases, M Mean, SD Standard Deviation