Table 1.  Sample characteristics and descriptive statistics for study variables at baseline and at 1 week follow-up
Variable  Australia sample  U.S. sample
Baseline  Follow-up  Baseline  Follow-up
Participants  495  365  701  440
Age, M years (SD)  47.09 (17.11)  49.78 (16.89)  45.55 (17.40)  51.77 (16.26)
Gender, n (%)a
 Female  252 (51.1)  182 (50.1)  352 (48.9)  205 (46.6)
 Male  241 (48.9)  181 (49.9)  341 (50.5)  231 (52.5)
 Not specified/prefer not to answer  0 (0.0)  0 (0.0)  4 (0.6)  4 (0.9)
Employment status, n (%)b
 Currently unemployed/full-time caregiver  231 (46.7)  180 (49.3)  330 (47.3)  216 (49.5)
 Part-time/casual employed  97 (19.6)  65 (17.8)  106 (15.2)  60 (13.8)
 Currently employed full time  140 (28.3)  104 (28.5)  233 (33.4)  147 (33.7)
 Leave without pay/furloughed  27 (5.5)  16 (4.4)  28 (4.0)  13 (3.0)
Marital status, n (%)c
 Married  184 (37.2)  146 (40.0)  300 (43.0)  224 (51.4)
 Widowed  8 (1.6)  7 (1.9)  22 (3.2)  18 (4.1)
 Separated/divorced  53 (10.7)  39 (10.7)  69 (9.9)  47 (10.8)
 Never married  160 (32.3)  103 (28.2)  255 (36.6)  126(28.9)
 Married de facto  90 (18.2)  70 (19.2)  51 (7.3)  21 (4.8)
Ethnicity, n (%)d
 Black  3 (0.6)  1 (0.3)  52 (7.5)  26 (6.0)
 Caucasian/White  392 (79.2)  304 (83.3)  566 (81.2)  376 (86.2)
 Asian (South-East Asia/South Asia)  71 (14.3)  43 (11.8)  39 (5.6)  24 (5.5)
 Middle-Eastern  6 (1.2)  3 (0.8)  1 (0.1)  0 (0.0)
 Other  13 (2.6)  6 (1.6)  27 (3.9)  8 (1.8)
 Prefer not to answer  10 (2.0)  8 (2.2)  12 (1.7)  2 (0.5)
Income, n (%)e
 Zero income  8 (1.7)  4 (1.2)  31 (4.4)  19 (4.4)
 $1–$199 ($1–$10,399)  9 (2.0)  6 (1.8)  40 (5.7)  24 (5.5)
 $200–$299 ($10,400–$15,599)  12 (2.6)  8 (2.4)  34 (4.9)  23 (5.3)
 $300–$399 ($15,600–$20,799)  19 (4.1)  12 (3.6)  38 (5.5)  23 (5.3)
 $400–$599 ($20,800–$31,199)  42 (9.2)  33 (9.9)  62 (8.9)  33 (7.6)
 $600–$799 ($31,200–$41,599)  57 (12.4)  42 (12.6)  61 (8.8)  39 (8.9)
 $800–$999 ($41,600–$51,999)  45 (9.8)  31 (9.3)  68 (9.8)  46 (10.6)
 $1,000–$1,249 ($52,000–$64,999)  39 (8.5)  32 (9.6)  48 (6.9)  38 (8.7)
 $1,250–$1,499 ($65,000–$77,999)  28 (6.1)  22 (6.6)  59 (8.5)  41 (9.4)
 $1,500–$1,999 ($78,000–$103,999)  72 (15.7)  50 (15.0)  72 (10.3)  48 (11.0)
 $2,000 or more ($104,000 or more)  81 (17.6)  62 (18.6)  108 (15.5)  74 (17.0)
 Prefer not to answer  47 (10.2)  32 (9.6)  76 (10.9)  28 (6.4)
Education level, n (%)
 Completed junior/lower/primary school  18 (3.6)  17 (4.7)  6 (0.9)  0 (0.0)
 Completed senior/high/secondary school  133 (26.9)  98 (26.8)  265 (37.8)  132 (30.0)
 Postschool vocational qualification/diploma  147 (29.7)  111 (30.4)  138 (19.7)  94 (21.4)
 Undergraduate university degree  131 (26.5)  93 (25.5)  214 (30.5)  159 (36.1)
 Postgraduate university degree  66 (13.3)  46 (12.6)  78 (11.1)  55 (12.5)
SD standard deviation.
aTwo participants in the Australian sample did not report their gender and four participants in the U.S. sample did not report their gender.
bFour participants in the U.S. sample did not report their employment status.
cFour participants in the U.S. sample did not report their marital status.
dFour participants in the U.S. sample did not report their ethnicity.
eThirty-one participants in the Australian sample did not report their income and four participants in the U.S. sample did not report their income.