Effects of COVID-19 lockdown on university students’ anxiety disorder in Italy

Genus

Journal of Population Sciences

Table 5 Composition of the sample by trait and state anxiety

Trait	State score ≥ Trait score			State score < Trait score
Trait	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	High
State	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Low
State	(n = 347)	(n = 625)	(n = 1600)	(n = 597)	(n = 221)	(n = 100)
Sex
Female	0.70	0.68	0.74	0.71	0.56	0.58
Male	0.30	0.32	0.26	0.29	0.44	0.42
Age
18–21	0.39	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.40	0.40
22–25	0.40	0.40	0.39	0.40	0.39	0.34
26–30	0.15	0.12	0.14	0.13	0.16	0.13
> 30	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.13
University
Messina	0.31	0.32	0.37	0.35	0.29	0.18
Marche	0.36	0.39	0.36	0.38	0.45	0.42
Udine	0.33	0.29	0.27	0.28	0.27	0.40
Degree
Master’s degree	0.24	0.21	0.22	0.17	0.17	0.16
Single-cycle master program	0.13	0.16	0.13	0.13	0.20	0.15
Bachelor’s degree	0.60	0.61	0.65	0.69	0.63	0.67
Specializing master or specialization degree	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.01
PhD	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.01
Area of Study
Economics and law	0.17	0.19	0.21	0.14	0.13	0.09
Medicine	0.18	0.16	0.18	0.17	0.20	0.20
Sciences	0.45	0.46	0.40	0.49	0.51	0.54
Humanities and education	0.20	0.18	0.22	0.20	0.16	0.17