Publication - Research and analysis

Scottish COVID-19 Mental Health Tracker Study: Wave 4 Report

Published: 9 September 2021
Topic: Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland, Health and social care
ISBN: 9781802012361

Wave 4 findings (data collected between 4 February and 9 March 2021.) indicate that young adults, women, people with physical and/or mental health conditions, and people in a lower socio-economic group are more likely to report experiencing poor mental health.

Supporting documents

Annex 2: Descriptive analysis of data with weights on and weights off

Table H1: Weights on percentages of cut-offs for mental health and wellbeing indicators for each subgroup for Waves 1 to Wave 4
Characteristic	Depressive symptoms	Anxiety symptoms	GHQ-12 cut off	Suicidal thoughts
Sex*Age
Women 18-29	Wave 1: 50.2%	Wave 1: 44.2%	Wave 1: 51.0%	Wave 1: 14.9%
	Wave 2: 40.8%	Wave 2: 41.6%	Wave 2: 49.4%	Wave 2: 17.9%
	Wave 3: 40.1%	Wave 3: 37.5%	Wave 3: 49.1%	Wave 3: 22.5%
	Wave 4: 53.6%	Wave 4: 45.3%	Wave 4: 50.6%	Wave 4: 32.9%
Women 30-59	Wave 1: 30.1%	Wave 1: 24.6%	Wave 1: 39.5%	Wave 1: 13.4%
	Wave 2: 27.3%	Wave 2: 22.8%	Wave 2: 35.8%	Wave 2: 15.3%
	Wave 3: 27.1%	Wave 3: 22.8%	Wave 3: 37.3%	Wave 3: 12.4%
	Wave 4: 29.9%	Wave 4: 19.4%	Wave 4: 35.5%	Wave 4: 13.9%
Women 60+	Wave 1: 11.2%	Wave 1: 5.9%	Wave 1: 26.9%	Wave 1: 1.5%
	Wave 2: 11.0%	Wave 2: 7.6%	Wave 2: 21.0%	Wave 2: 3.0%
	Wave 3: 13.9%	Wave 3: 8.8%	Wave 3: 21.0%	Wave 3: 1.0%
	Wave 4: 13.2%	Wave 4: 8.5%	Wave 4: 21.7%	Wave 4: 0.7%
Men 18-29	Wave 1: 5.6%	Wave 1: 1.5%	Wave 1: 7.2%	Wave 1: 41.6%
	Wave 2: 26.6%	Wave 2: 3.4%	Wave 2: 4.1%	Wave 2: 4.3%
	Wave 3: 26.6%	Wave 3: 1.5%	Wave 3: 5.6%	Wave 3: 3.4%
	Wave 4: 23.3%	Wave 4: 3.4%	Wave 4: 7.5%	Wave 4: 4.1%
Men 30-59	Wave 1: 16.1%	Wave 1: 10.7%	Wave 1: 23.5%	Wave 1: 10.3%
	Wave 2: 20.1%	Wave 2: 11.2%	Wave 2: 24.5%	Wave 2: 15.3%
	Wave 3: 15.6%	Wave 3: 10.0%	Wave 3: 29.1%	Wave 3: 9.3%
	Wave 4: 23.6%	Wave 4: 10.9%	Wave 4: 24.9%	Wave 4: 14.2%
Men 60+	Wave 1: 11.7%	Wave 1: 11.7%	Wave 1: 17.8%	Wave 1: 2.2%
	Wave 2: 13.1%	Wave 2: 8.7%	Wave 2: 15.3%	Wave 2: 5.3%
	Wave 3: 9.6%	Wave 3: 10.1%	Wave 3: 18.3%	Wave 3: 2.9%
	Wave 4: 12.8%	Wave 4: 9.5%	Wave 4: 18.3%	Wave 4: 4.0%
Mental health condition
No	Wave 1: 14.0%	Wave 1: 9.7%	Wave 1: 23.1%	Wave 1: 5.7%
	Wave 2: 16.5%	Wave 2: 10.7%	Wave 2: 20.7%	Wave 2: 11.9%
	Wave 3: 14.0%	Wave 3: 9.7%	Wave 3: 22.2%	Wave 3: 5.5%
	Wave 4: 18.7%	Wave 4: 9.9%	Wave 4: 23.6%	Wave 4: 8.5%
Yes	Wave 1: 63.6%	Wave 1: 57%	Wave 1: 63.6%	Wave 1: 25.8%
	Wave 2: 59.7%	Wave 2: 46.3%	Wave 2: 59.4%	Wave 2: 36.0%
	Wave 3: 66.6%	Wave 3: 49.7%	Wave 3: 64.2%	Wave 3: 31.9%
	Wave 4: 65.7%	Wave 4: 49.7%	Wave 4: 48.1%	Wave 4: 31.1%

Table H1 continued: Weights on percentages of cut-offs for mental health and wellbeing indicators for each subgroup for Waves 1 to Wave 4
Characteristic	Depressive symptoms	Anxiety symptoms	GHQ-12 cut off	Suicidal thoughts
SEG
High	Wave 1: 20.0%	Wave 1: 15.0%	Wave 1: 26.9%	Wave 1: 6.5%
	Wave 2: 21.2%	Wave 2: 12.9%	Wave 2: 23.8%	Wave 2: 12.6%
	Wave 3: 21.2%	Wave 3: 13.7%	Wave 3: 26.3%	Wave 3: 8.9%
	Wave 4: 21.1%	Wave 4: 13.1%	Wave 4: 27.0%	Wave 4: 11.0%
Low	Wave 1: 22.0%	Wave 1: 18.2%	Wave 1: 32.1%	Wave 1: 11.6%
	Wave 2: 24.4%	Wave 2: 20.5%	Wave 2: 29.9%	Wave 1: 19.6%
	Wave 3: 20.8%	Wave 3: 17.5%	Wave 3: 30.8%	Wave 2: 8.1%
	Wave 4: 32.6%	Wave 4: 19.5%	Wave 4: 26.6%	Wave 3: 11.4%
Rural v urban
Rural	Wave 1: 22.6%	Wave 1: 18.4%	Wave 1: 32.9%	Wave 1: 6.8%
	Wave 2: 24.9%	Wave 2: 18.0%	Wave 2: 29.7%	Wave 2: 10.9%
	Wave 3: 19.5%	Wave 3: 17.5%	Wave 3: 37.2%	Wave 3: 5.2%
	Wave 4: 30.1%	Wave 4: 15.1%	Wave 4: 32.4%	Wave 4: 7.7%
Urban	Wave 1: 20.1%	Wave 1: 15.5%	Wave 1: 27.6%	Wave 1: 8.6%
	Wave 2: 21.6%	Wave 2: 14.8%	Wave 2: 24.9%	Wave 2: 16%
	Wave 3: 21.5%	Wave 3: 14.4%	Wave 3: 25.4%	Wave 3: 9.5%
	Wave 4: 23.7%	Wave 4: 15.3%	Wave 4: 25.4%	Wave 4: 12.0%
Physical health Condition
No	Wave 1: 16.7%	Wave 1: 13.4%	Wave 1: 25.1%	Wave 1: 7.2%
	Wave 2: 18.8%	Wave 2: 12.5%	Wave 2: 22.5%	Wave 2: 14.3%
	Wave 3: 18.2%	Wave 3: 12.4%	Wave 3: 24.0%	Wave 3: 8.3%
	Wave 4: 21.9%	Wave 4: 12.5%	Wave 4: 24.2%	Wave 4: 11.0%
Yes	Wave 1: 36.3%	Wave 1: 26.9%	Wave 1: 42.4%	Wave 1: 12.2%
	Wave 2: 36.1%	Wave 2: 27.3%	Wave 2: 39.5%	Wave 2: 17.3%
	Wave 3: 32.7%	Wave 3: 25.5%	Wave 3: 42.9%	Wave 3: 10.0%
	Wave 4: 37.7%	Wave 4: 26.1%	Wave 4: 37.5%	Wave 4: 11.8%
Carer
Not a carer	Wave 1: 18.9%	Wave 1: 14.7%	Wave 1: 25.5%	Wave 1: 8.1%
	Wave 2: 21.3%	Wave 2: 14.5%	Wave 2: 23.2%	Wave 2: 15.4%
	Wave 3: 21.0%	Wave 3: 13.6%	Wave 3: 26.2%	Wave 3: 8.4%
	Wave 4: 24.3%	Wave 4: 14.7%	Wave 4: 25.3%	Wave 4: 11.3%
Carer	Wave 1: 30.2%	Wave 1: 23.9%	Wave 1: 46.8%	Wave 1: 8.6%
	Wave 2: 28.4%	Wave 2: 21.8%	Wave 2: 41.4%	Wave 2: 13%
	Wave 3: 22.5%	Wave 3: 21.8%	Wave 3: 37.2%	Wave 3: 10.5%
	Wave 4: 28.4%	Wave 4: 18.9%	Wave 4: 36.2%	Wave 4: 10.5%

Table H1 continued: Weights on percentages of cut-offs for mental health and wellbeing indicators for each subgroup for Waves 1 to Wave 4
Characteristic	Depressive symptoms	Anxiety symptoms	GHQ-12 cut off	Suicidal thoughts
Key worker
Not a key worker	Wave 1: 20.2%	Wave 1: 15.4%	Wave 1: 28.5%	Wave 1: 7.7%
	Wave 2: 19.2%	Wave 2: 15.0%	Wave 2: 26.5%	Wave 2: 12.8%
	Wave 3: 19.1%	Wave 3: 14.8%	Wave 3: 27.9%	Wave 3: 8.4%
	Wave 4: 24.9%	Wave 4: 14.9%	Wave 4: 26.9%	Wave 4: 10.0%
Key worker	Wave 1: 22.0%	Wave 1: 18.2%	Wave 1: 29.4%	Wave 1: 10.1%
	Wave 2: 32.3%	Wave 2: 17.0%	Wave 2: 24.0%	Wave 2: 21.8%
	Wave 3: 27.4%	Wave 3: 15.6%	Wave 3: 27.6%	Wave 3: 9.4%
	Wave 4: 25.4%	Wave 4: 16.5%	Wave 4: 26.9%	Wave 4: 15.0%
Live alone
Don't live alone	Wave 1: 21.5%	Wave 1: 16.9%	Wave 1: 30.3%	Wave 1: 8.1%
	Wave 2: 22.9%	Wave 2: 16.4%	Wave 2: 27.9%	Wave 2: 17.3%
	Wave 3: 22.5%	Wave 3: 15.3%	Wave 3: 28.5%	Wave 3: 9.2%
	Wave 4: 25.9%	Wave 4: 15.9%	Wave 4: 27.4%	Wave 4: 12.1%
Live alone	Wave 1: 17.9%	Wave 1: 13.8%	Wave 1: 24.2%	Wave 1: 8.5%
	Wave 2: 20.4%	Wave 2: 12.7%	Wave 2: 19.7%	Wave 2: 7.6%
	Wave 3: 16.6%	Wave 3: 14.1%	Wave 3: 25.7%	Wave 3: 6.9%
	Wave 4: 22.4%	Wave 4: 13.3%	Wave 4: 25.3%	Wave 4: 8.1%
Dependents
No dependents <16	Wave 1: 19.6%	Wave 1: 15.8%	Wave 1: 28.4%	Wave 1: 7.6%
	Wave 2: 23.0%	Wave 2: 15.3%	Wave 2: 25.5%	Wave 2: 15.9%
	Wave 3: 19.8%	Wave 3: 15.0%	Wave 3: 26.2%	Wave 3: 6.9%
	Wave 4: 24.7%	Wave 4: 14.3%	Wave 4: 25.4%	Wave 4: 9.6%
Dependents <16	Wave 1: 24.1%	Wave 1: 16.9%	Wave 1: 29.8%	Wave 1: 10.5%
	Wave 2: 19.9%	Wave 2: 16%	Wave 2: 27.1%	Wave 2: 11.6%
	Wave 3: 25.5%	Wave 3: 15.1%	Wave 3: 33.1%	Wave 3: 14.3%
	Wave 4: 26.0%	Wave 4: 18.5%	Wave 4: 31.8%	Wave 4: 16.4%

Table H2: Weights off percentages of cut-offs for mental health and wellbeing indicators for each subgroup for Wave 1 to Wave 4
Characteristic	Depressive symptoms	Anxiety symptoms	GHQ-12 cut off	Suicidal thoughts
Sex*Age
Women 18-29	Wave 1: 47.4%	Wave 1: 39.5%	Wave 1: 51.4%	Wave 1: 17.6%
	Wave 2: 44.7%	Wave 2: 34.2%	Wave 2: 44.7%	Wave 2: 17.1%
	Wave 3: 44.7%	Wave 3: 36.8%	Wave 3: 44.7%	Wave 3: 22.2%
	Wave 4: 50.0%	Wave 4: 36.8%	Wave 4: 47.4%	Wave 4: 27.0%
Women 30-59	Wave 1: 26.8%	Wave 1: 21.3%	Wave 1: 37.9%	Wave 1: 8.9%
	Wave 2: 24.8%	Wave 2: 18.5%	Wave 2: 32.7%	Wave 2: 11%
	Wave 3: 24.8%	Wave 3: 20.1%	Wave 3: 36.6%	Wave 3: 11.6%
	Wave 4: 28.3%	Wave 4: 16.9%	Wave 4: 34.3%	Wave 4: 11.6%
Women 60+	Wave 1: 12.3%	Wave 1: 5.6%	Wave 1: 28.3%	Wave 1: 2.3%
	Wave 2: 14.0%	Wave 2: 8.4%	Wave 2: 23.5%	Wave 2: 4.6%
	Wave 3: 16.2%	Wave 3: 8.4%	Wave 3: 25.1%	Wave 3: 1.7%
	Wave 4: 13.4%	Wave 4: 6.1%	Wave 4: 22.3%	Wave 4: 1.1%
Men 18-29	Wave 1: 16.7%	Wave 1: 5.6%	Wave 1: 18.8%	Wave 1: 11.8%
	Wave 2: 22.2%	Wave 2: 11.1%	Wave 2: 11.1%	Wave 2: 22.2%
	Wave 3: 22.2%	Wave 3: 5.6%	Wave 3: 16.7%	Wave 3: 11.8%
	Wave 4: 22.2%	Wave 4: 11.1%	Wave 4: 22.2%	Wave 4: 11.8%
Men 30-59	Wave 1: 14.7%	Wave 1: 9.5%	Wave 1: 23.2%	Wave 1: 8.1%
	Wave 2: 16.7%	Wave 2: 12.3%	Wave 2: 23.0%	Wave 2: 13.4%
	Wave 3: 15.9%	Wave 3: 10.3%	Wave 3: 26.2%	Wave 3: 9.7%
	Wave 4: 19.8%	Wave 4: 10.7%	Wave 4: 25.0%	Wave 4: 11.8%
Men 60+	Wave 1: 7.9%	Wave 1: 7.1%	Wave 1: 15.6%	Wave 1: 1.8%
	Wave 2: 8.6%	Wave 2: 5.4%	Wave 2: 15.7%	Wave 2: 3.3%
	Wave 3: 6.8%	Wave 3: 6.4%	Wave 3: 16.4%	Wave 3: 2.6%
	Wave 4: 8.9%	Wave 4: 5.7%	Wave 4: 18.2%	Wave 4: 1.8%

Table H2 continued: Weights off percentages of cut-offs for mental health and wellbeing indicators for each subgroup for Wave 1 to Wave 4
Characteristic	Depressive symptoms	Anxiety symptoms	GHQ-12 cut off	Suicidal thoughts
Mental health condition
No	Wave 1: 11.6%	Wave 1: 7.5%	Wave 1: 22.3%	Wave 1: 4.4%
	Wave 2: 12.2%	Wave 2: 8.7%	Wave 2: 20.2%	Wave 2: 6.4%
	Wave 3: 11.9%	Wave 3: 8.5%	Wave 3: 22.4%	Wave 3: 5.7%
	Wave 4: 14.1%	Wave 4: 7.7%	Wave 4: 23.1%	Wave 4: 6.3%
Yes	Wave 1: 59.8%	Wave 1: 51.4%	Wave 1: 62.6%	Wave 1: 19.6%
	Wave 2: 58.9%	Wave 2: 40.2%	Wave 2: 57.0%	Wave 2: 30.3%
	Wave 3: 58.9%	Wave 3: 43.9%	Wave 3: 60.7%	Wave 3: 22.8%
	Wave 4: 60.7%	Wave 4: 40.2%	Wave 4: 48.6%	Wave 4: 20.6%
SEG
High	Wave 1: 15.4%	Wave 1: 11.1%	Wave 1: 25.8%	Wave 1: 4.7%
	Wave 2: 15.2%	Wave 2: 10.8%	Wave 2: 23.4%	Wave 2: 7.5%
	Wave 3: 15.4%	Wave 3: 11.5%	Wave 3: 25.2%	Wave 3: 6.9%
	Wave 4: 17.3%	Wave 4: 9.9%	Wave 4: 24.9%	Wave 4: 7.3%
Low	Wave 1: 19.6%	Wave 1: 14.4%	Wave 1: 28.0%	Wave 1: 8.6%
	Wave 2: 21.5%	Wave 2: 14.7%	Wave 2: 25.6%	Wave 2: 11.7%
	Wave 3: 20.2%	Wave 3: 13.8%	Wave 3: 29.2%	Wave 3: 8.2%
	Wave 4: 22.8%	Wave 4: 13.8%	Wave 4: 27.6%	Wave 4: 8.4%
Rural v urban
Rural	Wave 1: 14.1%	Wave 1: 11.0%	Wave 1: 24.8%	Wave 1: 4.4%
	Wave 2: 16.5%	Wave 2: 11.0%	Wave 2: 22.7%	Wave 2: 7.6%
	Wave 3: 14.1%	Wave 3: 11.4%	Wave 3: 28.6%	Wave 3: 4.5%
	Wave 4: 19.2%	Wave 4: 8.6%	Wave 4: 24.3%	Wave 4: 4.5%
Urban	Wave 1: 17.5%	Wave 1: 12.5%	Wave 1: 27.1%	Wave 1: 6.4%
	Wave 2: 17.3%	Wave 2: 12.4%	Wave 2: 24.5%	Wave 2: 9.1%
	Wave 3: 17.7%	Wave 3: 12.5%	Wave 3: 25.7%	Wave 3: 8.2%
	Wave 4: 18.9%	Wave 4: 11.9%	Wave 4: 26.2%	Wave 4: 8.7%
Physical health Condition
No	Wave 1: 13.3%	Wave 1: 10.3%	Wave 1: 24.2%	Wave 1: 5.5%
	Wave 2: 13.8%	Wave 2: 9.9%	Wave 2: 21.6%	Wave 2: 7.9%
	Wave 3: 14.2%	Wave 3: 10.7%	Wave 3: 23.5%	Wave 3: 7.3%
	Wave 4: 16.0%	Wave 4: 9.4%	Wave 4: 23.2%	Wave 4: 7.7%
Yes	Wave 1: 28.3%	Wave 1: 18.6%	Wave 1: 34.3%	Wave 1: 7.2%
	Wave 2: 28.8%	Wave 2: 19.5%	Wave 2: 32.7%	Wave 2: 11.8%
	Wave 3: 26.1%	Wave 3: 17.7%	Wave 3: 36.7%	Wave 3: 7.1%
	Wave 4: 29.6%	Wave 4: 16.8%	Wave 4: 34.5%	Wave 4: 7.4%

Table H2 continued: Weights off percentages of cut-offs for mental health and wellbeing indicators for each subgroup for Wave 1 to Wave 4
Characteristic	Depressive symptoms	Anxiety symptoms	GHQ-12 cut off	Suicidal thoughts
Carer
Not a carer	Wave 1: 15.5%	Wave 1: 11.2%	Wave 1: 24.4%	Wave 1: 5.5%
	Wave 2: 15.5%	Wave 2: 10.9%	Wave 2: 22.4%	Wave 2: 8.1%
	Wave 3: 16.3%	Wave 3: 11.2%	Wave 3: 25.1%	Wave 3: 6.9%
	Wave 4: 17.7%	Wave 4: 10.0%	Wave 4: 24.6%	Wave 4: 7.4%
Carer	Wave 1: 22.9%	Wave 1: 16.9%	Wave 1: 37.8%	Wave 1: 7.5%
	Wave 2: 25.9%	Wave 2: 18.1%	Wave 2: 33.1%	Wave 2: 12.4%
	Wave 3: 20.5%	Wave 3: 16.9%	Wave 3: 33.1%	Wave 3: 9.9%
	Wave 4: 25.3%	Wave 4: 16.3%	Wave 4: 31.9%	Wave 4: 9.4%
Key worker
Not a key worker	Wave 1: 15.1%	Wave 1: 11.1%	Wave 1: 25.8%	Wave 1: 5.1%
	Wave 2: 15.4%	Wave 2: 11.0%	Wave 2: 22.8%	Wave 2: 7.4%
	Wave 3: 15.3%	Wave 3: 11.1%	Wave 3: 24.8%	Wave 3: 6.6%
	Wave 4: 17.2%	Wave 4: 9.8%	Wave 4: 24.3%	Wave 4: 5.9%
Key worker	Wave 1: 23.4%	Wave 1: 16.7%	Wave 1: 29.7%	Wave 1: 9.5%
	Wave 2: 24.5%	Wave 2: 16.7%	Wave 2: 29.7%	Wave 2: 14.4%
	Wave 3: 23.4%	Wave 3: 17.2%	Wave 3: 33.3%	Wave 3: 10.2%
	Wave 4: 26.6%	Wave 4: 16.7%	Wave 4: 31.8%	Wave 4: 15.4%
Live alone
Don't live alone	Wave 1: 16.3%	Wave 1: 12.7%	Wave 1: 27.4%	Wave 1: 5.4%
	Wave 2: 16.7%	Wave 2: 12.6%	Wave 2: 24.8%	Wave 2: 9.1%
	Wave 3: 16.5%	Wave 3: 12.6%	Wave 3: 26.6%	Wave 3: 7.2%
	Wave 4: 18.7%	Wave 4: 11.5%	Wave 4: 25.7%	Wave 4: 7.9%
Live alone	Wave 1: 17.6%	Wave 1: 10.2%	Wave 1: 23.8%	Wave 1: 7.5%
	Wave 2: 18.4%	Wave 2: 10.2%	Wave 2: 21.6%	Wave 2: 7.5%
	Wave 3: 18.0%	Wave 3: 11.0%	Wave 3: 25.7%	Wave 3: 7.6%
	Wave 4: 20.0%	Wave 4: 9.8%	Wave 4: 25.7%	Wave 4: 6.7%
Dependents
No dependents <16	Wave 1: 15.3%	Wave 1: 11.2%	Wave 1: 24.9%	Wave 1: 5.1%
	Wave 2: 16.3%	Wave 2: 10.8%	Wave 2: 22.9%	Wave 2: 7.6%
	Wave 3: 15.3%	Wave 3: 11.3%	Wave 3: 24.6%	Wave 3: 5.9%
	Wave 4: 17.4%	Wave 4: 9.6%	Wave 4: 24.0%	Wave 4: 6.0%
Dependents <16	Wave 1: 21.9%	Wave 1: 15.9%	Wave 1: 33.3%	Wave 1: 9.3%
	Wave 2: 20.4%	Wave 2: 16.9%	Wave 2: 28.9%	Wave 2: 13.4%
	Wave 3: 22.9%	Wave 3: 15.9%	Wave 3: 33.8%	Wave 3: 13.0%
	Wave 4: 25.4%	Wave 4: 16.9%	Wave 4: 32.8%	Wave 4: 14.7%

Table I1: Weights on means for primary mental health and wellbeing variables for each subgroup for Wave 1 to Wave 4
Characteristic	Wellbeing	Loneliness	Defeat	Entrapment
Sex*Age
Women 18-29	Wave 1: 19.21	Wave 1: 5.74	Wave 1: 5.9	Wave 1: 6.03
	Wave 2: 19.88	Wave 2: 5.69	Wave 2: 5.91	Wave 2: 5.21
	Wave 3: 18.62	Wave 3: 5.35	Wave 3: 5.97	Wave 3: 5.77
	Wave 4: 18.60	Wave 4: 5.42	Wave 4: 6.97	Wave 4: 7.40
Women 30-59	Wave 1: 20.51	Wave 1: 5.23	Wave 1: 4.98	Wave 1: 4.60
	Wave 2: 20.95	Wave 2: 4.90	Wave 2: 4.88	Wave 2: 4.12
	Wave 3: 20.33	Wave 3: 5.03	Wave 3: 50	Wave 3: 4.66
	Wave 4: 21.23	Wave 4: 5.08	Wave 4: 4.98	Wave 4: 4.55
Women 60+	Wave 1: 23.53	Wave 1: 4.74	Wave 1: 2.72	Wave 1: 2.11
	Wave 2: 23.64	Wave 2: 4.45	Wave 2: 2.61	Wave 2: 2.07
	Wave 3: 23.28	Wave 3: 4.76	Wave 3: 2.75	Wave 3: 2.25
	Wave 4: 23.37	Wave 4: 4.99	Wave 4: 2.65	Wave 4: 2.25
Men 18-29	Wave 1: 23.09	Wave 1: 4.18	Wave 1: 4.15	Wave 1: 1.76
	Wave 2: 19.98	Wave 2: 3.75	Wave 2: 3.59	Wave 2: 2.87
	Wave 3: 23.30	Wave 3: 3.78	Wave 3: 2.93	Wave 3: 3.93
	Wave 4: 24.11	Wave 4: 3.78	Wave 4: 2.54	Wave 4: 2.47
Men 30-59	Wave 1: 21.74	Wave 1: 4.85	Wave 1: 3.38	Wave 1: 4.77
	Wave 2: 21.72	Wave 2: 4.71	Wave 2: 3.43	Wave 2: 4.59
	Wave 3: 21.68	Wave 3: 4.76	Wave 3: 3.43	Wave 3: 4.76
	Wave 4: 22.05	Wave 4: 4.95	Wave 4: 3.90	Wave 4: 4.59
Men 60+	Wave 1: 23.53	Wave 1: 4.51	Wave 1: 2.31	Wave 1: 2.01
	Wave 2: 23.88	Wave 2: 4.14	Wave 2: 2.08	Wave 2: 2.12
	Wave 3: 23.26	Wave 3: 4.23	Wave 3: 2.34	Wave 3: 2.06
	Wave 4: 23.64	Wave 4: 4.40	Wave 4: 2.59	Wave 4: 2.14
Mental health condition
No	Wave 1: 22.81	Wave 1: 4.66	Wave 1: 30	Wave 1: 2.49
	Wave 2: 22.62	Wave 2: 4.44	Wave 2: 2.99	Wave 2: 2.53
	Wave 3: 22.53	Wave 3: 4.50	Wave 3: 2.96	Wave 3: 2.71
	Wave 4: 22.95	Wave 4: 4.64	Wave 4: 3.19	Wave 4: 2.88
Yes	Wave 1: 15.74	Wave 1: 6.40	Wave 1: 9.43	Wave 1: 9.11
	Wave 2: 16.37	Wave 2: 5.87	Wave 2: 8.60	Wave 2: 8.07
	Wave 3: 16.21	Wave 3: 6.06	Wave 3: 8.95	Wave 3: 9.25
	Wave 4: 16.94	Wave 4: 6.07	Wave 4: 8.84	Wave 4: 9.00

Table I1 continued: Weights on means for primary mental health and wellbeing variables for each subgroup for Wave 1 to Wave 4
Characteristic	Wellbeing	Loneliness	Defeat	Entrapment
SEG
High	Wave 1: 22.58	Wave 1: 4.76	Wave 1: 3.52	Wave 1: 3.20
	Wave 2: 22.25	Wave 2: 4.45	Wave 2: 3.34	Wave 2: 2.93
	Wave 3: 22.22	Wave 3: 4.57	Wave 3: 3.66	Wave 3: 3.65
	Wave 4: 22.84	Wave 4: 4.64	Wave 4: 3.83	Wave 4: 3.59
Low	Wave 1: 20.47	Wave 1: 5.16	Wave 1: 4.53	Wave 1: 3.73
	Wave 2: 20.87	Wave 2: 4.99	Wave 2: 4.52	Wave 2: 3.95
	Wave 3: 20.64	Wave 3: 4.96	Wave 3: 3.98	Wave 3: 3.48
	Wave 4: 20.80	Wave 4: 5.21	Wave 4: 4.19	Wave 4: 3.93
Rural v urban
Rural	Wave 1: 21.87	Wave 1: 5.04	Wave 1: 3.91	Wave 1: 3.99
	Wave 2: 21.76	Wave 2: 4.90	Wave 2: 3.80	Wave 2: 3.26
	Wave 3: 21.22	Wave 3: 4.92	Wave 3: 4.13	Wave 3: 4.12
	Wave 4: 21.74	Wave 4: 5.03	Wave 4: 4.08	Wave 4: 4.01
Urban	Wave 1: 21.86	Wave 1: 4.86	Wave 1: 3.85	Wave 1: 3.22
	Wave 2: 21.79	Wave 2: 4.56	Wave 2: 3.72	Wave 2: 3.28
	Wave 3: 21.81	Wave 3: 4.65	Wave 3: 3.67	Wave 3: 3.45
	Wave 4: 22.25	Wave 4: 4.78	Wave 4: 3.91	Wave 4: 3.62
Physical health Condition
No	Wave 1: 22.34	Wave 1: 4.74	Wave 1: 3.54	Wave 1: 3.00
	Wave 2: 22.16	Wave 2: 4.50	Wave 2: 3.39	Wave 2: 2.80
	Wave 3: 22.08	Wave 3: 4.54	Wave 3: 3.41	Wave 3: 3.21
	Wave 4: 22.50	Wave 4: 4.67	Wave 4: 3.56	Wave 4: 3.32
Yes	Wave 1: 19.94	Wave 1: 5.5	Wave 1: 5.14	Wave 1: 4.90
	Wave 2: 20.28	Wave 2: 5.18	Wave 2: 5.13	Wave 2: 5.15
	Wave 3: 20.10	Wave 3: 5.36	Wave 3: 5.20	Wave 3: 5.11
	Wave 4: 20.73	Wave 4: 5.5	Wave 4: 5.49	Wave 4: 5.25
Carer
Not a carer	Wave 1: 22.01	Wave 1: 4.89	Wave 1: 3.75	Wave 1: 3.28
	Wave 2: 21.81	Wave 2: 4.66	Wave 2: 3.69	Wave 2: 3.24
	Wave 3: 21.78	Wave 3: 4.75	Wave 3: 3.71	Wave 3: 3.60
	Wave 4: 22.28	Wave 4: 4.83	Wave 4: 3.83	Wave 4: 3.63
Carer	Wave 1: 20.72	Wave 1: 4.95	Wave 1: 4.94	Wave 1: 4.30
	Wave 2: 21.34	Wave 2: 4.47	Wave 2: 4.29	Wave 2: 3.58
	Wave 3: 20.86	Wave 3: 4.40	Wave 3: 4.38	Wave 3: 3.63
	Wave 4: 21.15	Wave 4: 4.90	Wave 4: 5.21	Wave 4: 4.56

Table I1 continued: Weights on means for primary mental health and wellbeing variables for each subgroup for Wave 1 to Wave 4
Characteristic	Wellbeing	Loneliness	Defeat	Entrapment
Key worker
Not a key worker	Wave 1: 21.65	Wave 1: 4.95	Wave 1: 3.95	Wave 1: 3.41
	Wave 2: 21.95	Wave 2: 4.64	Wave 2: 3.99	Wave 2: 3.43
	Wave 3: 21.48	Wave 3: 4.75	Wave 3: 3.91	Wave 3: 3.68
	Wave 4: 22.01	Wave 4: 4.88	Wave 4: 3.91	Wave 4: 3.69
Key worker	Wave 1: 22.56	Wave 1: 4.72	Wave 1: 3.58	Wave 1: 3.29
	Wave 2: 21.24	Wave 2: 4.61	Wave 2: 2.92	Wave 2: 2.76
	Wave 3: 22.37	Wave 3: 4.57	Wave 3: 3.29	Wave 3: 3.31
	Wave 4: 22.61	Wave 4: 4.69	Wave 4: 4.08	Wave 4: 3.76
Live alone
Don't live alone	Wave 1: 21.88	Wave 1: 4.76	Wave 1: 3.92	Wave 1: 3.38
	Wave 2: 21.70	Wave 2: 4.51	Wave 2: 3.78	Wave 2: 3.21
	Wave 3: 21.73	Wave 3: 4.56	Wave 3: 3.64	Wave 3: 3.38
	Wave 4: 22.27	Wave 4: 4.69	Wave 4: 3.93	Wave 4: 3.76
Live alone	Wave 1: 21.83	Wave 1: 5.33	Wave 1: 3.68	Wave 1: 3.39
	Wave 2: 22.03	Wave 2: 5.01	Wave 2: 3.6	Wave 2: 3.46
	Wave 3: 21.55	Wave 3: 5.15	Wave 3: 4.15	Wave 3: 4.24
	Wave 4: 21.77	Wave 4: 5.28	Wave 4: 3.99	Wave 4: 3.54
Dependents
No dependents <16	Wave 1: 21.76	Wave 1: 4.96	Wave 1: 3.84	Wave 1: 3.34
	Wave 2: 21.69	Wave 2: 4.70	Wave 2: 3.84	Wave 2: 3.30
	Wave 3: 21.61	Wave 3: 4.75	Wave 3: 3.75	Wave 3: 3.57
	Wave 4: 22.02	Wave 4: 4.84	Wave 4: 3.90	Wave 4: 3.64
Dependents <16	Wave 1: 22.23	Wave 1: 4.66	Wave 1: 3.94	Wave 1: 3.53
	Wave 2: 22.11	Wave 2: 4.41	Wave 2: 3.39	Wave 2: 3.17
	Wave 3: 21.95	Wave 3: 4.56	Wave 3: 3.81	Wave 3: 3.65
	Wave 4: 22.59	Wave 4: 4.81	Wave 4: 4.12	Wave 4: 3.91

Table I2: Weights off means for primary mental health and wellbeing variables for each subgroup for Wave 1 to Wave 4


Characteristic	Wellbeing	Loneliness	Defeat	Entrapment
Sex*Age
Women 18-29	Wave 1: 19.21	Wave 1: 5.97	Wave 1: 5.21	Wave 1: 5.92
	Wave 2: 19.85	Wave 2: 5.58	Wave 2: 5.32	Wave 2: 5.11
	Wave 3: 18.85	Wave 3: 5.45	Wave 3: 5.45	Wave 3: 5.37
	Wave 4: 18.44	Wave 4: 5.50	Wave 4: 6.39	Wave 4: 6.55
Women 30-59	Wave 1: 21.21	Wave 1: 5.14	Wave 1: 4.63	Wave 1: 4.16
	Wave 2: 21.38	Wave 2: 4.78	Wave 2: 4.36	Wave 2: 3.82
	Wave 3: 20.8	Wave 3: 4.88	Wave 3: 4.74	Wave 3: 4.29
	Wave 4: 21.48	Wave 4: 4.98	Wave 4: 4.71	Wave 4: 4.22
Women 60+	Wave 1: 23.53	Wave 1: 4.75	Wave 1: 2.80	Wave 1: 2.20
	Wave 2: 23.29	Wave 2: 4.40	Wave 2: 2.92	Wave 2: 2.22
	Wave 3: 22.82	Wave 3: 4.64	Wave 3: 3.01	Wave 3: 2.39
	Wave 4: 23.55	Wave 4: 4.80	Wave 4: 2.83	Wave 4: 2.27
Men 18-29	Wave 1: 22.15	Wave 1: 4.67	Wave 1: 4.44	Wave 1: 3.72
	Wave 2: 21.17	Wave 2: 3.89	Wave 2: 3.89	Wave 2: 4.17
	Wave 3: 21.43	Wave 3: 4.22	Wave 3: 3.61	Wave 3: 4.33
	Wave 4: 22.77	Wave 4: 3.94	Wave 4: 3.33	Wave 4: 3.61
Men 30-59	Wave 1: 22.11	Wave 1: 4.72	Wave 1: 3.07	Wave 1: 2.88
	Wave 2: 21.98	Wave 2: 4.51	Wave 2: 3.23	Wave 2: 2.98
	Wave 3: 21.99	Wave 3: 4.59	Wave 3: 3.17	Wave 3: 2.91
	Wave 4: 22.39	Wave 4: 4.82	Wave 4: 3.58	Wave 4: 3.31
Men 60+	Wave 1: 23.88	Wave 1: 4.36	Wave 1: 2.07	Wave 1: 1.75
	Wave 2: 24.27	Wave 2: 4.09	Wave 2: 1.91	Wave 2: 1.77
	Wave 3: 23.80	Wave 3: 4.13	Wave 3: 2.17	Wave 3: 1.70
	Wave 4: 24.13	Wave 4: 4.34	Wave 4: 2.32	Wave 4: 1.80
Mental health condition
No	Wave 1: 23.17	Wave 1: 4.59	Wave 1: 2.64	Wave 1: 2.30
	Wave 2: 23.26	Wave 2: 4.30	Wave 2: 2.64	Wave 2: 2.27
	Wave 3: 22.81	Wave 3: 4.41	Wave 3: 2.79	Wave 3: 2.35
	Wave 4: 23.28	Wave 4: 4.58	Wave 4: 2.96	Wave 4: 2.49
Yes	Wave 1: 16.92	Wave 1: 6.37	Wave 1: 8.41	Wave 1: 8.02
	Wave 2: 17.01	Wave 2: 5.88	Wave 2: 7.83	Wave 2: 7.54
	Wave 3: 17.12	Wave 3: 5.87	Wave 3: 8.15	Wave 3: 8.02
	Wave 4: 17.76	Wave 4: 6.04	Wave 4: 7.95	Wave 4: 7.97

Table I2 continued: Weights off means for primary mental health and wellbeing variables for each subgroup for Wave 1 to Wave 4
Characteristic	Wellbeing	Loneliness	Defeat	Entrapment
SEG
High	Wave 1: 23.01	Wave 1: 4.67	Wave 1: 3.02	Wave 1: 2.70
	Wave 2: 23.05	Wave 2: 4.35	Wave 2: 2.92	Wave 2: 2.54
	Wave 3: 22.65	Wave 3: 4.46	Wave 3: 3.18	Wave 3: 2.81
	Wave 4: 23.16	Wave 4: 4.61	Wave 4: 3.28	Wave 4: 2.88
Low	Wave 1: 21.39	Wave 1: 5.03	Wave 1: 3.75	Wave 1: 3.33
	Wave 2: 21.58	Wave 2: 4.74	Wave 2: 3.77	Wave 2: 3.48
	Wave 3: 21.21	Wave 3: 4.80	Wave 3: 3.74	Wave 3: 3.25
	Wave 4: 21.68	Wave 4: 5.02	Wave 4: 3.94	Wave 4: 3.48
Rural v urban
Rural	Wave 1: 22.97	Wave 1: 4.77	Wave 1: 3.16	Wave 1: 2.85
	Wave 2: 22.96	Wave 2: 4.50	Wave 2: 3.06	Wave 2: 2.6
	Wave 3: 22.41	Wave 3: 4.58	Wave 3: 3.35	Wave 3: 3.00
	Wave 4: 22.80	Wave 4: 4.70	Wave 4: 3.27	Wave 4: 2.89
Urban	Wave 1: 22.36	Wave 1: 4.78	Wave 1: 3.27	Wave 1: 2.91
	Wave 2: 22.48	Wave 2: 4.46	Wave 2: 3.22	Wave 2: 2.90
	Wave 3: 22.15	Wave 3: 4.56	Wave 3: 3.35	Wave 3: 2.93
	Wave 4: 22.67	Wave 4: 4.74	Wave 4: 3.55	Wave 4: 3.12
Physical health Condition
No	Wave 1: 22.80	Wave 1: 4.65	Wave 1: 3.02	Wave 1: 2.66
	Wave 2: 22.91	Wave 2: 4.35	Wave 2: 2.92	Wave 2: 2.48
	Wave 3: 22.47	Wave 3: 4.44	Wave 3: 3.08	Wave 3: 2.66
	Wave 4: 22.92	Wave 4: 4.59	Wave 4: 3.19	Wave 4: 2.76
Yes	Wave 1: 21.51	Wave 1: 5.24	Wave 1: 4.03	Wave 1: 3.73
	Wave 2: 21.52	Wave 2: 4.9	Wave 2: 4.11	Wave 2: 4.02
	Wave 3: 21.29	Wave 3: 5.00	Wave 3: 4.30	Wave 3: 3.95
	Wave 4: 21.96	Wave 4: 5.23	Wave 4: 4.49	Wave 4: 4.15
Carer
Not a carer	Wave 1: 22.67	Wave 1: 4.80	Wave 1: 3.12	Wave 1: 2.79
	Wave 2: 22.65	Wave 2: 4.51	Wave 2: 3.06	Wave 2: 2.74
	Wave 3: 22.31	Wave 3: 4.61	Wave 3: 3.24	Wave 3: 2.88
	Wave 4: 22.85	Wave 4: 4.74	Wave 4: 3.3	Wave 4: 2.94
Carer	Wave 1: 21.90	Wave 1: 4.66	Wave 1: 3.87	Wave 1: 3.46
	Wave 2: 22.33	Wave 2: 4.29	Wave 2: 3.82	Wave 2: 3.27
	Wave 3: 21.76	Wave 3: 4.41	Wave 3: 3.98	Wave 3: 3.32
	Wave 4: 22.12	Wave 4: 4.76	Wave 4: 4.48	Wave 4: 3.77

Table I2 continued: Weights off means for primary mental health and wellbeing variables for each subgroup for Wave 1 to Wave 4
Characteristic	Wellbeing	Loneliness	Defeat	Entrapment
Key worker
Not a key worker	Wave 1: 22.77	Wave 1: 4.75	Wave 1: 3.17	Wave 1: 2.74
	Wave 2: 22.84	Wave 2: 4.41	Wave 2: 3.07	Wave 2: 2.74
	Wave 3: 22.42	Wave 3: 4.55	Wave 3: 3.21	Wave 3: 2.84
	Wave 4: 23.02	Wave 4: 4.69	Wave 4: 3.25	Wave 4: 2.90
Key worker	Wave 1: 21.40	Wave 1: 4.90	Wave 1: 3.57	Wave 1: 3.55
	Wave 2: 21.58	Wave 2: 4.71	Wave 2: 3.65	Wave 2: 3.20
	Wave 3: 21.31	Wave 3: 4.63	Wave 3: 3.97	Wave 3: 3.40
	Wave 4: 21.34	Wave 4: 4.92	Wave 4: 4.45	Wave 4: 3.80
Live alone
Don't live alone	Wave 1: 22.63	Wave 1: 4.59	Wave 1: 3.14	Wave 1: 2.84
	Wave 2: 22.77	Wave 2: 4.27	Wave 2: 3.11	Wave 2: 2.75
	Wave 3: 22.35	Wave 3: 4.38	Wave 3: 3.24	Wave 3: 2.84
	Wave 4: 22.88	Wave 4: 4.55	Wave 4: 3.41	Wave 4: 3.07
Live alone	Wave 1: 22.13	Wave 1: 5.39	Wave 1: 3.56	Wave 1: 3.06
	Wave 2: 22.07	Wave 2: 5.09	Wave 2: 3.42	Wave 2: 3.07
	Wave 3: 21.79	Wave 3: 5.15	Wave 3: 3.70	Wave 3: 3.27
	Wave 4: 22.15	Wave 4: 5.32	Wave 4: 3.70	Wave 4: 3.04
Dependents
No dependents <16	Wave 1: 22.73	Wave 1: 4.79	Wave 1: 3.12	Wave 1: 2.76
	Wave 2: 22.78	Wave 2: 4.46	Wave 2: 3.08	Wave 2: 2.67
	Wave 3: 22.45	Wave 3: 4.55	Wave 3: 3.24	Wave 3: 2.80
	Wave 4: 22.93	Wave 4: 4.69	Wave 4: 3.31	Wave 4: 2.86
Dependents <16	Wave 1: 21.62	Wave 1: 4.74	Wave 1: 3.72	Wave 1: 3.47
	Wave 2: 21.89	Wave 2: 4.53	Wave 2: 3.58	Wave 2: 3.45
	Wave 3: 21.26	Wave 3: 4.62	Wave 3: 3.79	Wave 3: 3.55
	Wave 4: 21.79	Wave 4: 4.93	Wave 4: 4.17	Wave 4: 3.92

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