Figures & data
Table 1. Sample characteristics of young adults (age 19) who participated in the CLS COVID-19 survey Wave 1, during the first COVID-19 lockdown.
Figure 1. Mean Shortened Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale scores (SWEMWBS, top) and Kessler 6 Question Psychological Distress Scale scores (K6, bottom) pre-pandemic (age 17) and during the first lockdown (May 2020, age 19), by COVID-19 family living arrangements and gender.
Note: Weighted mean and 95% confidence interval error bar. Mean mental health scores (i.e. SWEMWBS and K6) were collected during Wave 7 of the mainstage survey and Wave 1 of the CLS COVID-19 survey (May 2020) during the first lockdown. Missing values in the sample (N = 2,578) were filled using multiple imputation of chained equations.
Table 2. Estimated association between family living arrangements and young adult mental health during the first COVID-19 lockdown, interacting living arrangements with gender.
Table 3. Estimated association between family living arrangements, sibling factors, and young adult mental health during the first COVID-19 lockdown, interacting living arrangements with gender, on a sample of only siblings
Table 4. Estimated association between family living arrangements and young adult mental health during three periods of COVID-19, interacting living arrangements with gender.