Media consumption patterns and depressive and anxiety symptoms in the Chinese general population during the COVID-19 outbreak

Table 3 Demographic and infection-related characteristics and poor coronavirus disease 2019 knowledge of the seven clusters, n (%)

	Cluster 1 (n = 839)	Cluster 2 (n = 1209)	Cluster 3 (n = 1007)	Cluster 4 (n = 940)	Cluster 5 (n = 1469)	Cluster 6 (n = 1587)	Cluster 7 (n = 1422)	χ2/F	P value
Females	370 (44.1)	687 (56.8)	689 (68.4)	531 (56.5)	944 (64.3)	1004 (63.3)	983 (69.1)	190.479	< 0.001
Age, years	34.48 ± 12.91	36.27 ± 10.90	33.14 ± 9.00	32.83 ± 11.36	35.64 ± 10.98	36.50 ± 9.45	34.81 ± 9.57	21.651	< 0.001
Educational attainment of senior middle school and below	287 (34.2)	237 (19.6)	118 (11.7)	248 (26.4)	187 (12.7)	196 (12.4)	157 (11.0)	341.395	< 0.001
Currently married	451 (53.8)	769 (63.6)	489 (48.6)	475 (50.5)	792 (53.9)	1015 (64.0)	821 (57.7)	107.53	< 0.001
Family members or close relatives infected with COVID-19	11 (1.3)	7 (0.6)	15 (1.5)	11 (1.2)	18 (1.2)	22 (1.4)	18 (1.3)	5.246	0.513
Colleagues, friends, or classmates infected with COVID-19	50 (6.0)	110 (9.1)	81 (8.0)	79 (8.4)	156 (10.6)	176 (11.1)	146 (10.3)	24.159	< 0.001
Worry of COVID-19 infection	570 (67.9)	901 (74.5)	776 (77.1)	724 (77.0)	1134 (77.2)	1265 (79.7)	1155 (81.2)	64.045	< 0.001
Worry of family members’ COVID-19 infection	711 (84.7)	1044 (86.4)	910 (90.4)	831 (88.4)	1307 (89.0)	1443 (90.9)	1282 (90.2)	33.785	< 0.001
Poor COVID-19 knowledge	106 (12.6)	88 (7.3)	52 (5.2)	98 (10.4)	57 (3.9)	39 (2.5)	52 (3.7)	168.25	< 0.001

COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019.