Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T33 |
0-10 |
Sentence |
denotes |
2 Methods |
T34 |
11-145 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Our data came from two nationally representative surveys of individuals living in China before versus during the coronavirus outbreak. |
T35 |
146-296 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Both surveys were administered by the Data Intelligence and National Development Lab of Peking University using the same nationwide participant panel. |
T36 |
297-525 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The first survey (N = 11,131; from 32 provincial regions; 48% women; average age of 37.78; 66% married) was administered at the end of December 2019 (immediately before the coronavirus outbreak was publically reported in China). |
T37 |
526-686 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The second survey (N = 3,000; from 30 provincial regions; 50% women; average age of 34.7; 69% married) was conducted in mid-February 2020 (during the outbreak). |
T38 |
687-801 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Participants in both surveys completed an established measure of emotional well-being (Kahneman and Deaton, 2010). |
T39 |
802-992 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Specifically, they indicated whether they smiled or laughed a lot yesterday, and whether they experienced a lot of enjoyment/happiness/anger/sadness/stress/worry yesterday (1 = yes, 0 = no). |
T40 |
993-1135 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Participants in both surveys also responded to demographic measures: age, sex, marital status, monthly household income, and residence region. |
T41 |
1136-1265 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Participants in the second survey responded to additional measures pertaining to perceived knowledge about coronavirus infection. |
T42 |
1266-1477 |
Sentence |
denotes |
They indicated how much knowledge they had about how the coronavirus spreads from person to person, as well as how much knowledge they had about preventing coronavirus infection (1 = very little, 5 = very much). |
T43 |
1478-1572 |
Sentence |
denotes |
They also completed measures regarding their sense of control during the coronavirus outbreak. |
T44 |
1573-1874 |
Sentence |
denotes |
They indicated the extent to which they had control over the circumstances they were facing (1 = very much lack control, 5 = very much have control) and the extent to which they were confident that they could manage not to be infected by the coronavirus (1 = not confident at all, 5 = very confident). |
T45 |
1875-2085 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Finally, they completed five multiple-choice questions (adapted from the information officially released by China's CDC) that assessed their actual level of knowledge regarding preventing coronavirus infection. |
T46 |
2086-2236 |
Sentence |
denotes |
These questions covered effective handwashing, disinfectant usage, mask usage, avoidance of mouth/eye/nose touching, and prevention of droplet spread. |
T47 |
2237-2546 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Following an established approach (Diener et al., 2010), we constructed an index of emotional well-being by subtracting the average of the negative affect measures (anger, sadness, stress, and worry; α = .769) from the average of the positive affect measures (smile/laugh, enjoyment, and happiness; α = .691). |
T48 |
2547-2615 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This overall index served as the dependent variable in our analyses. |
T49 |
2616-2721 |
Sentence |
denotes |
We coded whether participants were residing in Hubei Province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. |
T50 |
2722-2887 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Because the monthly household income measures used in the two surveys differed in the number of income brackets offered, we transformed them for use in our analyses. |
T51 |
2888-3230 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Specifically, due to the ordinal nature of the scale items (e.g., 5,000-7,999 RMB; 8,000-11,999 RMB; … 50,000 RMB or higher), we, following an established approach (Hout, 2004), recoded each response by taking the midpoint (e.g., 6,499 RMB) of the respective income interval when a fixed-range scale item was selected (e.g., 5,000-7,999 RMB). |
T52 |
3231-3361 |
Sentence |
denotes |
When an open-range item was chosen (e.g., 50,000 RMB or higher), we recoded the response using the lower bound (e.g., 50,000 RMB). |
T53 |
3362-3496 |
Sentence |
denotes |
We then linearly transformed the value by dividing it by 1,000 so that the monthly household income is measured in units of 1,000 RMB. |
T54 |
3497-3636 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Furthermore, we averaged the items for perceived knowledge (r = .595) and sense of control (r = .579), respectively, into a single measure. |
T55 |
3637-3780 |
Sentence |
denotes |
We also counted the number of objective knowledge questions each participant answered correctly, which served as a measure of actual knowledge. |