Table 1 Descriptive statistics for males and females in intervention and control sample
| Â | Males | Â | Females | Â |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Exposed to COVID-19 (Intervention) N = 3,724 | Not exposed to COVID-19 (Placebo Control) N = 5,199 | Exposed to COVID-19 (Intervention) N = 4,616 | Not exposed to COVID-19 (Placebo Control) N = 6,670 |
Variables | Mean (SD)/% | Mean (SD)/% | Mean (SD)/% | Mean (SD)/% |
Element Variable | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 High-Inc | 16.03% | 14.00% | 13.52% | 11.08% |
 Reg.Inc | 55.75% | 61.51% | 52.58% | 52.01% |
 Low-Income | 11.04% | 10.02% | 9.06% | 10.49% |
 Unemployed | 17.19% | 14.46% | 24.85% | 26.42% |
Sequence Variable (Predictor) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 S1-High HH-EI | 6.44% | 7.96% | 10.75% | 11.69% |
 S2-Regular HH-EI | 40.74% | 43.72% | 32.84% | 30.91% |
 S3-Fluctuating I HH-EI | 22.80% | 19.98% | 25.78% | 25.85% |
 S4-Fluctuating II HH-EI | 9.10% | 7.73% | 11.27% | 11.41% |
 S5-Low HH-EI | 10.23% | 7.62% | 14.95% | 15.47% |
 S6-Unemployment | 10.69% | 12.98% | 4.42% | 4.66% |
Outcome | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Mental Health (MCS) | 51.3 (9.51) | 51.4 (9.0) | 49.4 (10.2) | 49 (9.92) |
 Covariates |  |  |  |  |
 Physical Health (PCS) | 52.4 (8.7) | 52.2 (8.73) | 50.8 (9.55) | 51.3 (9.33) |
 Net-Equivalence-HH-Income | 1985 (1,222) | 1,812 (1,171) | 1,919 (1,208) | 1,695(1,016) |
 ISEI (Socioeconimc Status) | 48.4 (21.4) | 46.3 (21.5) | 48.7 (19.3) | 45.7 (19.6) |
 Age | 43.1 (11.7) | 42.2 (11.4) | 42.3 (11.3) | 41.4 (10.8) |
 Number of Children | 0.73 (1.08) | 0.78 (1.07) | 0.714 (0.99) | 0.814 (1.05) |
CASMIN-Classification | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Low | 26.10% | 31.41% | 20.69% | 24.21% |
 Middle | 41.00% | 41.95% | 50.37% | 50.84% |
 High | 32.89% | 26.64% | 28.94% | 24.95% |
 German Citizenship | 82.60% | 90.25% | 87.95% | 88.98% |
 Married | 59.85% | 62.72% | 55.91% | 59.22% |
 Partnership | 19.87% | 17.85% | 23.14% | 19.78% |
 No Partnership | 17.45% | 16.00% | 12.09% | 12.11% |
 Divorced/Widowed | 2.82% | 3.42% | 8.86% | 8.89% |
 Change in Job | 13.72% | 11.18% | 14.06% | 13.67% |