Effect of commuting on the risk of COVID-19 and COVID-19-induced anxiety in Japan, December 2020

Table 1 Participant baseline characteristics, Japan, nationwide-Internet-based health survey in workers, December 2020

Items	COVID-19		Close contact		Anxiety of infection		Anxiety about infection due to commuting
Items	Y	N	Y	N	Y	N	Y	N
Using public transportation
Y	37	3639	55	3621	2958	718	2719	957
N	27	10,335	81	10,281	7669	2693	1583	8779
Commuting time
Almost never	16	6256	46	6226	4693	1579	1854	4418
< 30 min	13	2020	24	2009	1571	462	627	1406
< 1 h	16	2272	27	2261	1776	512	730	1558
< 2 h	12	2183	21	2174	1664	531	697	1498
≥ 2 h	7	1243	18	1232	923	327	394	856
Commuting distance
≤ 3 km	25	4132	46	4111	3149	1008	971	3186
≤ 6 km	12	3035	26	3021	2296	751	818	2229
≤ 15 km	15	4097	37	4075	3133	979	1300	2812
> 15 km	12	2710	27	2695	2049	673	1213	1509
Sex
Male	36	6639	75	6600	4778	1897	1843	4832
Female	28	7335	61	7302	5849	1514	2459	4904
Age
20–29 yr	11	1045	16	1040	802	254	380	676
30–39 yr	9	2729	31	2707	2117	621	945	1793
40–49 yr	17	4346	35	4328	3211	1152	1293	3070
50–59 yr	21	4395	37	4379	3360	1056	1256	3160
≥ 60 yr	6	1459	17	1448	1137	328	428	1037
Education
Junior or senior high school	16	4017	27	4006	3004	1029	1023	3010
Junior college or vocational school	14	3558	39	3533	2787	785	1132	2440
University or graduate school	34	6399	70	6363	4836	1597	2147	4286
Occupation
Regular employees	32	7368	59	7341	5524	1876	2324	5076
Managers	10	1328	11	1327	1007	331	401	937
Executives	2	329	4	327	253	78	84	247
Public service workers	9	1670	19	1660	1279	400	409	1270
Temporary workers	1	1673	13	1661	1274	400	640	1034
Freelancers or professionals	8	1425	26	1407	1144	289	388	1045
Others	2	181	4	179	146	37	56	127

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