Adjusted prevalence difference and 95% confidence interval (95% CI),* and adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR and 95% CI),* of employment and working conditions, psychosocial exposure, health characteristics and drug consumption in women versus men, according to employment (frontline/non-frontline)
| Frontline workers | Non-frontline workers | |||
| Prevalence difference (95% CI)† | aPR (95% CI)‡ | Prevalence difference (95% CI)† | aPR (95% CI)‡ | |
| Employment conditions | ||||
| Temporary contract | 12.9 (9.9 to 16.0) | 1.83 (1.56 to 2.14) | 7.3 (4.7 to 9.9) | 1.44 (1.25 to 1.65) |
| Salary sometimes, only once or never covers basic needs | 15.0 (11.5 to 18.4) | 1.59 (1.42 to 1.79) | 9.5 (7.0 to 12.0) | 1.50 (1.33 to 1.68) |
| Psychosocial exposure | ||||
| Exposed to high emotional demands | 12.8 (8.8 to 16.8) | 1.22 (1.14 to 1.30) | 0.9 (-1.9 to 3.8) | 1.01 (0.97 to 1.06) |
| Exposed to low social support | 2.8 (−1.2 to 6.8) | 1.07 (0.97 to 1.17) | 4.8 (1.4 to 8.2) | 1.13 (1.03 to 1.23) |
| Exposed to high job insecurity | −4.3 (−7.9 to −0.7) | 0.86 (0.77 to 0.97) | −0.7 (−3.7 to 2.3) | 0.98 (0.91 to 1.06) |
| Exposed to high work–family conflict | 4.8 (−3.6 to 4.6) | 1.01 (0.93 to 1.10) | 1.9 (−1.3 to 5.1) | 1.04 (0.98 to 1.10) |
| Exposed to high strain | 13.0 (9.0 to 17.0) | 1.34 (1.21 to 1.47) | 6.2 (3.0 to 9.3) | 1.17 (1.08 to 1.27) |
| Health characteristics and drug consumption | ||||
| Worse general health than before the state of alarm | 16.3 (12.7 to 19.9) | 1.56 (1.40 to 1.74) | 7.1 (4.0 to 10.1) | 1.21 (1.11 to 1.32) |
| At high risk of suffering poor mental health: | 22.1 (18.3 to 25.9) | 1.48 (1.37 to 1.59) | 17.3 (14.2 to 20.4) | 1.39 (1.310 to 1.48) |
| Increased tranquiliser consumption among those who were taking them before state of alarm | 12.3 (1.7 to 22.9) | 1.45 (1.02 to 2.05) | 11.7 (3.3 to 20.1) | 1.39 (1.07 to 1.82) |
| Started to consume tranquilisers during the state of alarm | 10.8 (8.1 to 13.5) | 2.10 (1.69 to 2.60) | 6.8 (4.9 to 8.7) | 1.78 (1.49 to 2.12) |
| Increased painkiller (opioid) consumption among those who were taking them before the state of alarm | 9.8 (−2.2 to21.8) | 1.44 (0.86 to 2.40) | 10.9 (2.7 to 19.1) | 1.65 (1.07 to 2.57) |
| Started to consume painkillers (opioids) during the state of alarm | 6.2 (3.8 to 8.5) | 1.67 (1.35 to 2.08) | 2.6 (0.9 to 4.3) | 1.32 (1.09 to 1.60) |
*Adjusted by age and occupational social class.
†(Prevalence among women – prevalence among men).
‡Reference category: men.