Does covid-19 pandemic tell us something about time and space to meet our being, belonging and becoming needs?

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the participants.

Variables	n (%)		n (%)
Gender		Covid19. myself
Female	1168 (71.9)	Yes	22 (1.4)
Male	456 (28.1)	No	1571 (96.7)
Age		Suspicion	31 (1.9)
<25	318 (19.6)	Covid19. Family
25-35	444 (27.3)	Yes	29 (1.8)
35-45	417 (25.7)	No	1576 (97.0)
>45	445 (27.4)	Suspicion	19 (1.2)
Elders in Family
Yes	322 (27.6)	Person with disability at home
No	846 (72.4)	Yes	124 (7.6)
		Job
Living Status		Professor	81 (5.0)
Alone	77 (4.7)	Retired	95 (5.8)
With Spouse &   Children	557 (34.3)	Unemployed	49 (3.0)
With Spouse &   Children & others	721 (44.4)	Housewife	296 (18.2)
With Spouse & Children &  Loved one	47 (2.9)	Student	275 (16.9)
Single with Family	222 (13.7)	Employee	410 (25.2)
Number of Children		Teacher	209 (12.9)
None	613 (37.7)	Persons
One	363 (22.4)	1	329 (20.3)
Two	456 (28.1)	2	451 (27.8)
>Three	192 (10.8)	3	540 (33.0)
		4	304 (18.7)

Table 2. Summary of one sample t-test for comparing Being, Belonging and Becoming.

Variable	Expected value	Observed Mean	SD	T
Being	22	24.9	8.6	14.1**
Belonging	14	15.9	15.9	11.3**
Becoming	16	15.9	6.0	.494
Total	54	56.8	19.6	5.93**

** p<.01.

Table 3. The comparison of the perceived sense of Being, Belonging and Becoming based on the participants’ demographic characteristics.

	Sense of Being			Sense of Becoming			Sense of Belonging
Variables	M	SD	t/F	M	SD	t/F	M	SD	t/F
Gender:
Male	24.6	8.7	1.29	16.1	6.0	−.44	16.1	6.5	−.34
Female	25.3	8.6		15.9	6.0		16.0	6.6
Living Status:
Alone	24.8	9.6	1.14	15.2	6.7	.42	15.3	6.6	4.4*
With Spouse & Children	24.7	8.1		16.1	5.7		15.0	6.4
With Spouse, Children &Loved one	27.9	7.1		16.9	6.5		18.7	6.3
Single with Family	25.8	9.0		16.1	6.0		16.2	6.7
Number of Children:
None	25.0	8.2	.24	16.0	5.8	.08	15.4	6.4	2.04
One	25.1	8.7		15.8	5.8		16.2	6.6
Two	24.7	8.8		15.9	6.2		16.2	6.8
>Three	25.2	8.8		15.8	6.4		16.3	6.8

*p < .05.