Table 1 Characteristics of on-site and remote workers (n = 1211)
Characteristics | On-site (n = 314; 25.9%) | Remote (n = 897; 74.1%) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | 0.89 | |||
Male | 152 (48.4) | 430 (47.9) | ||
Female | 162 (51.6) | 467 (52.1) | ||
Marital status | 0.06 | |||
Single | 136 (43.3) | 339 (37.8) | ||
Married | 155 (49.4) | 508 (56.6) | ||
Widower | 3 (1.0) | 2 (0.2) | ||
Divorced | 20 (6.4) | 48 (5.4) | ||
Children at home | 137 (43.6) | 389 (43.4) | 0.94 | |
Race | 0.40 | |||
White | 96 (65.3) | 345 (71.0) | ||
Black/brown/indigenous | 46 (31.3) | 125 (25.7) | ||
Other | 5 (3.4) | 16 (3.3) | ||
Educational level | < 0.01 | |||
Non-University | 116 (36.9) | 88 (9.8) | ||
University | 198 (63.1) | 809 (90.2) | ||
Income | < 0.01 | |||
1 to 6 × MMW | 227 (74.2) | 333 (39.4) | ||
> 6 × MMW | 79 (25.8) | 512 (60.6) | ||
Job seniority (years) | < 0.01 | |||
Less than 1 | 8 (2.8) | 9 (1.1) | ||
1 to 5 | 102 (35.4) | 245 (29.4) | ||
6 to 10 | 84 (29.2) | 212 (25.4) | ||
11 to 15 | 44 (15.3) | 138 (16.5) | ||
16 or more | 50 (17.4) | 230 (27.6) | ||
Work sector | < 0.01 | |||
Education | 13 (4.1) | 437 (48.7) | ||
Health | 125 (39.8) | 94 (10.5) | ||
Industry | 33 (10.5) | 49 (5.5) | ||
Information technology | 7 (2.2) | 70 (7.8) | ||
Other | 136 (43.4) | 247 (27.5) | ||
Work contract | < 0.01 | |||
Public servant | 86 (27.4) | 410 (45.8) | ||
Self-employed | 44 (14.0) | 116 (12.9) | ||
Private sector | 178 (56.7) | 355 (39.6) | ||
Informal | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Outsourced | 2 (0.6) | 8 (0.9) | ||
Owner | 2 (0.6) | 7 (0.8) | ||
Workload | < 0.01 | |||
Decreased | 69 (22.0) | 160 (17.8) | ||
Maintained | 208 (66.2) | 468 (52.2) | ||
Increased | 37 (11.8) | 269 (30.0) | ||
Income reduction | 76 (24.2) | 240 (26.8) | 0.38 | |
Fear of becoming sick | 234 (74.5) | 640 (71.3) | 0.28 | |
Fear of unemployment | 161 (51.3) | 407 (45.4) | 0.07 | |
COVID-19 infection during follow-up | 53 (16.9) | 101 (11.3) | < 0.01 |