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Coronavirus (COVID-19): mental health tracker study - wave 1 report
Findings of wave 1 of the Scottish COVID-19 (SCOVID) Mental Health Tracker Study based on questionnaire data collected between 28 May and 21 June 2020 (a period which coincided with the Phase 1 easing of lockdown measures).
Annex 6. Support network
| Group | Family % | Friends % | Colleagues % | Community % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not connected (n=816) | Connected (n= 1699) | Not connected (n= 1402) | Connected (n= 1113) | Not connected (n= 1924) | Connected (n= 590) | Not connected (n= 2043) | Connected (n= 472) | |
| Age groups | ||||||||
| 18-29 | 30.6 | 69.4 | 46.4 | 53.6 | 75.2 | 24.8 | 82.5 | 17.5 |
| 30-59 | 35.3 | 64.7 | 59.1 | 40.9 | 68.2 | 31.8 | 80.2 | 19.8 |
| 60+ | 29.3 | 70.7 | 57.7 | 42.3 | 90.7 | 9.3 | 81.9 | 18.1 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 29.9 | 70.1 | 52.2 | 47.8 | 76.6 | 20.4 | 82.0 | 18.0 |
| Male | 34.9 | 65.1 | 59.7 | 40.3 | 73.3 | 26.7 | 80.3 | 19.7 |
| Socio-economic group | ||||||||
| Low | 34.4 | 65.6 | 58.4 | 41.6 | 82.4 | 17.6 | 83.3 | 16.7 |
| High | 31.2 | 68.8 | 54.0 | 46.0 | 72.8 | 27.2 | 79.9 | 20.1 |
| Carers | ||||||||
| Not a carer/ <5hours | 32.5 | 67.5 | 55.4 | 44.6 | 76.7 | 23.3 | 81.6 | 18.4 |
| Carer 5hrs+ | 31.0 | 69.0 | 58.1 | 41.9 | 75.4 | 24.6 | 78.4 | 21.6 |
| Households | ||||||||
| No under 16 | 34.8 | 65.2 | 56.4 | 43.6 | 79.3 | 20.7 | 82.9 | 17.1 |
| Under 16 | 25.2 | 74.8 | 53.6 | 46.4 | 68.3 | 31.7 | 76.2 | 23.8 |
| Live with others | 29.3 | 70.7 | 56.0 | 44.0 | 75.4 | 24.6 | 81.7 | 18.3 |
| Living alone | 43.1 | 56.9 | 54.9 | 45.1 | 80.6 | 19.4 | 79.9 | 20.1 |
| Key workers | ||||||||
| No | 31.9 | 68.1 | 56.1 | 43.9 | 83.9 | 16.1 | 82.7 | 17.3 |
| Yes | 34.7 | 65.3 | 54.3 | 45.7 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 75.4 | 24.6 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| White | 32.8 | 67.2 | 56.2 | 43.8 | 76.7 | 23.3 | 81.5 | 18.5 |
| BAME | 26.0 | 74.0 | 47.2 | 52.8 | 73.8 | 26.2 | 76.4 | 23.6 |
| Residential area | ||||||||
| Rural | 33.1 | 66.9 | 57.9 | 42.1 | 80.3 | 19.7 | 79.9 | 20.1 |
| Urban | 32.3 | 67.7 | 55.1 | 44.9 | 75.5 | 24.5 | 81.6 | 18.4 |
| Pre-existing mental health condition | ||||||||
| No MH | 30.1 | 69.9 | 53.4 | 46.6 | 74.8 | 25.2 | 79.9 | 20.1 |
| Yes MH | 47.9 | 52.1 | 71.2 | 28.8 | 88.2 | 11.8 | 89.7 | 10.3 |
| Shielding or high risk | ||||||||
| Not shielding | 32.6 | 67.4 | 55.9 | 44.1 | 76.4 | 23.6 | 81.5 | 18.5 |
| Shielding | 29.1 | 70.9 | 52.7 | 47.3 | 77.4 | 22.6 | 76.4 | 23.6 |
| Not High risk | 33.6 | 66.4 | 56.0 | 44.0 | 73.3 | 26.7 | 81.3 | 18.7 |
| High risk | 28.2 | 71.8 | 54.8 | 45.2 | 88.4 | 11.6 | 81.0 | 19.0 |
| Working status | ||||||||
| No change | 34.4 | 65.6 | 58.5 | 41.5 | 84.4 | 15.6 | 83.8 | 16.2 |
| Change | 30.4 | 69.6 | 52.9 | 47.1 | 68.2 | 31.8 | 78.6 | 21.4 |
* note, there was no 'not applicable option' which could impact the proportion of people who feel unconnected to colleagues in cases where the individual isn't working (e.g. the 60+ group and those who are unemployed). The sample size was 2514 for all these measures.
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