1 Data Quality Checks

We only included participants with a gc score of 1. Those with a gc value equal to 1 designate the Good Completes on the filter supplied by Qualtrics.

For the VA version that is currently 1060 participants.

gc	n
	133
1	1060

For the non-VA version that is currently 1025 participants.

gc	n
	346
1	1025

We will filter out all except the good completes so our final sample is 1060 for VA version and 1025 for Non-VA version.

data <-  data %>%filter(gc == "1")
dataNVA <-  dataNVA %>%filter(gc == "1")

Names of all variables included.

##  [1] "veteranstatus"          "current.behaviors_1"    "current.behaviors_2"   
##  [4] "current.behaviors_3"    "current.behaviors_4"    "current.behaviors_5"   
##  [7] "current.behaviors_6"    "current.behaviors_7"    "current.behaviors_8"   
## [10] "distancenow"            "distancewhynow_1"       "distancewhynow_2"      
## [13] "distancewhynow_3"       "distancewhynow_4"       "distancewhynow_5"      
## [16] "distancewhynow_6"       "distancewhynow_7"       "distancewhynow_8"      
## [19] "distancewhynow_9"       "distancewhynow_10"      "distancewhynow_11"     
## [22] "distancewhynow_12"      "distancewhynow_13"      "distancewhynow_14"     
## [25] "distancewhynow_15"      "distancewhynow_15_TEXT" "distancecontinue"      
## [28] "workathome"             "workathomewhy"          "workathomesick"        
## [31] "workathomesick_2_TEXT"  "workathomeInternet"     "FriendFamHelp"         
## [34] "distanceInteract"       "groceryDeliver"         "distancedifficult"     
## [37] "distanceEasy"           "vax1"                   "vax2ipsos"             
## [40] "vax3"                   "wherevax"               "wherevax_5_TEXT"       
## [43] "whyvax"                 "whynotvax"              "whynotvax_12_TEXT"     
## [46] "Group"                  "GroupFCT"

2 Distancing questions

2.1 Current distancing (risk items)

How much, if at all, are you currently doing the following things?

Going to gatherings of 10 or more people (1)
Going on optional shopping trips (2)
Going on optional travel (3)
Having optional social visits (4)
Eating inside restaurants, bars and food courts (5)

Descriptives for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

Overall descriptives for each of the risky current behaviors.

##                     vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew
## current.behaviors_1    1 2084 1.81 1.27      1    1.54 0.00   1   6     5 1.62
## current.behaviors_2    2 2084 2.83 1.46      3    2.75 1.48   1   6     5 0.25
## current.behaviors_3    3 2085 1.87 1.33      1    1.61 0.00   1   6     5 1.44
## current.behaviors_4    4 2085 2.13 1.34      2    1.93 1.48   1   6     5 1.07
## current.behaviors_5    5 2085 2.22 1.50      2    1.99 1.48   1   6     5 0.95
##                     kurtosis   se
## current.behaviors_1     1.82 0.03
## current.behaviors_2    -1.05 0.03
## current.behaviors_3     1.09 0.03
## current.behaviors_4     0.27 0.03
## current.behaviors_5    -0.30 0.03

The reliability of these items is good. Cronbach’s Alpha is .88.

##  raw_alpha std.alpha   G6(smc) average_r      S/N         ase     mean       sd
##  0.8753999 0.8776332 0.8551247 0.5892263 7.172153 0.004325097 2.172854 1.127592
##   median_r
##  0.6135159

Overall descriptives for risky current behaviors as a scale.

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 2085 2.17 1.13    1.8    2.01 0.89   1   6     5  1.2        1 0.02

For the NON-VA and VA groups separately

Overall means and reliability for the risky current behaviors.

## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## group: Non-veteran
##                     vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew
## current.behaviors_1    1 1024 1.96 1.43      1    1.68 0.00   1   6     5 1.41
## current.behaviors_2    2 1024 2.90 1.50      3    2.82 1.48   1   6     5 0.22
## current.behaviors_3    3 1025 1.98 1.45      1    1.69 0.00   1   6     5 1.33
## current.behaviors_4    4 1025 2.28 1.46      2    2.07 1.48   1   6     5 0.94
## current.behaviors_5    5 1025 2.33 1.59      2    2.09 1.48   1   6     5 0.88
##                     kurtosis   se
## current.behaviors_1     0.91 0.04
## current.behaviors_2    -1.09 0.05
## current.behaviors_3     0.60 0.05
## current.behaviors_4    -0.16 0.05
## current.behaviors_5    -0.48 0.05
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Veteran
##                     vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew
## current.behaviors_1    1 1060 1.65 1.08      1    1.41 0.00   1   6     5 1.75
## current.behaviors_2    2 1060 2.77 1.41      3    2.68 1.48   1   6     5 0.26
## current.behaviors_3    3 1060 1.77 1.19      1    1.53 0.00   1   6     5 1.49
## current.behaviors_4    4 1060 1.98 1.19      2    1.80 1.48   1   6     5 1.13
## current.behaviors_5    5 1060 2.12 1.39      1    1.91 0.00   1   6     5 0.98
##                     kurtosis   se
## current.behaviors_1     2.49 0.03
## current.behaviors_2    -1.04 0.04
## current.behaviors_3     1.37 0.04
## current.behaviors_4     0.52 0.04
## current.behaviors_5    -0.23 0.04

## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## group: Non-veteran
##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1025 2.29 1.25      2    2.11 1.19   1   6     5 1.08     0.47 0.04
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Veteran
##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1060 2.06 0.98    1.8    1.92 0.89   1   6     5  1.2     1.17 0.03

For non-veterans the reliability of these items is good. Cronbach’s Alpha is .90.

##  raw_alpha std.alpha   G6(smc) average_r      S/N         ase     mean       sd
##  0.8970382 0.8978048 0.8787519 0.6372919 8.785192 0.005096357 2.291317 1.250608
##   median_r
##  0.6622719

For veterans the reliability of these items is good. Cronbach’s Alpha is .84.

##  raw_alpha std.alpha   G6(smc) average_r      S/N         ase     mean
##  0.8385633 0.8440791 0.8170316 0.5198545 5.413509 0.007820696 2.058302
##         sd  median_r
##  0.9813545 0.5358034

2.1.1 t-test (with risk scale)

Comparing average current risky behavior scores between the Non-VA and VA groups

## Warning in independentSamplesTTest(formula = RiskBehav_Avg ~ Group, data =
## df_Comb): group variable is not a factor

## 
##    Welch's independent samples t-test 
## 
## Outcome variable:   RiskBehav_Avg 
## Grouping variable:  Group 
## 
## Descriptive statistics: 
##             Non-veteran Veteran
##    mean           2.291   2.058
##    std dev.       1.251   0.981
## 
## Hypotheses: 
##    null:        population means equal for both groups
##    alternative: different population means in each group
## 
## Test results: 
##    t-statistic:  4.723 
##    degrees of freedom:  1941.051 
##    p-value:  <.001 
## 
## Other information: 
##    two-sided 95% confidence interval:  [0.136, 0.33] 
##    estimated effect size (Cohen's d):  0.207

2.1.2 Gatherings10+

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$current.behaviors_1, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 49.588, df = 5, p-value = 0.000000001683

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1542552

Chi square plot (Red cases means that the observed frequencies are smaller than the expected frequencies, whereas the blue cases means that the observed frequencies are larger than the expected frequencies)

Gatheringsof10plus	Never	Very rarely	Rarely	Occassionally	Frequently	Very frequently
non-VA only: n (%)	606 (59.1%)	144 (14.0%)	106 (10.3%)	84 (8.2%)	42 (4.1%)	42 (4.1%)
VA only: n (%)	685 (64.6%)	193 (18.2%)	79 (7.5%)	79 (7.5%)	15 (1.4%)	9 (0.8%)
Gatheringsof10plus	Never	Very rarely	Rarely	Occassionally	Frequently	Very frequently
Overall: n (%)	1291 (61.9%)	337 (16.2%)	185 (8.9%)	163 (7.8%)	57 (2.7%)	51 (2.4%)

2.1.3 Optional shopping

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$current.behaviors_2, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 11.692, df = 5, p-value = 0.03927

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.07490081

OptionalShopping
non-VA only: n (%)	254 (24.8%)	210 (20.5%)	142 (13.9%)	263 (25.7%)	112 (10.9%)	43 (4.2%)
VA only: n (%)	263 (24.8%)	248 (23.4%)	158 (14.9%)	277 (26.1%)	90 (8.5%)	24 (2.3%)
OptionalShopping
Overall: n (%)	517 (24.8%)	458 (22.0%)	300 (14.4%)	540 (25.9%)	202 (9.7%)	67 (3.2%)

2.1.4 Optional travel

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$current.behaviors_3, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 34.026, df = 5, p-value = 0.000002353

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1277468

OptionalTravel
non-VA only: n (%)	619 (60.4%)	115 (11.2%)	113 (11.0%)	89 (8.7%)	52 (5.1%)	37 (3.6%)
VA only: n (%)	662 (62.5%)	158 (14.9%)	108 (10.2%)	99 (9.3%)	20 (1.9%)	13 (1.2%)
OptionalTravel
Overall: n (%)	1281 (61.4%)	273 (13.1%)	221 (10.6%)	188 (9.0%)	72 (3.5%)	50 (2.4%)

2.1.5 Optional social

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$current.behaviors_4, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 44.44, df = 5, p-value = 0.00000001885

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1459937

OptionalSocial
non-VA only: n (%)	435 (42.4%)	235 (22.9%)	117 (11.4%)	145 (14.1%)	52 (5.1%)	41 (4.0%)
VA only: n (%)	505 (47.6%)	273 (25.8%)	119 (11.2%)	136 (12.8%)	13 (1.2%)	14 (1.3%)
OptionalSocial
Overall: n (%)	940 (45.1%)	508 (24.4%)	236 (11.3%)	281 (13.5%)	65 (3.1%)	55 (2.6%)

2.1.6 Restaraunt(dining-in)

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$current.behaviors_5, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 25.929, df = 5, p-value = 0.00009211

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1115167

RestaurantDining
non-VA only: n (%)	492 (48.0%)	150 (14.6%)	109 (10.6%)	158 (15.4%)	57 (5.6%)	59 (5.8%)
VA only: n (%)	536 (50.6%)	190 (17.9%)	100 (9.4%)	162 (15.3%)	52 (4.9%)	20 (1.9%)
RestaurantDining
Overall: n (%)	1028 (49.3%)	340 (16.3%)	209 (10.0%)	320 (15.3%)	109 (5.2%)	79 (3.8%)

2.2 Current distancing (protect)

How much, if at all, are you currently doing the following things?

Practicing good hygiene such as washing your hands, especially after touching frequently used items or surfaces (6)
Wearing a mask over your nose and mouth when you are in a public place (e.g., a store) (7)
Wearing a mask over your nose and mouth when you are outdoors (8)

Overall descriptives for each of the protective current behaviors.

##                     vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew
## current.behaviors_6    1 2085 5.28 1.11      6    5.53 0.00   1   6     5 -2.12
## current.behaviors_7    2 2085 5.56 1.04      6    5.85 0.00   1   6     5 -2.85
## current.behaviors_8    3 2085 4.30 1.72      5    4.50 1.48   1   6     5 -0.67
##                     kurtosis   se
## current.behaviors_6     4.64 0.02
## current.behaviors_7     7.96 0.02
## current.behaviors_8    -0.82 0.04

The reliability of these items is okay Cronbach’s Alpha is .66.

##  raw_alpha std.alpha   G6(smc) average_r      S/N        ase     mean       sd
##   0.664678 0.7120412 0.6412615 0.4518264 2.472719 0.01245299 5.047162 1.026033
##   median_r
##  0.4199425

Overall descriptives for the protective current behaviors scale.

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 2085 5.05 1.03   5.33    5.22 0.99   1   6     5 -1.52      2.7 0.02

For the NON-VA and VA groups separately

Overall means and reliability for the risky current behaviors.

## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## group: Non-veteran
##                     vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew
## current.behaviors_6    1 1025 5.20 1.26      6    5.50 0.00   1   6     5 -1.91
## current.behaviors_7    2 1025 5.40 1.24      6    5.73 0.00   1   6     5 -2.24
## current.behaviors_8    3 1025 4.41 1.72      5    4.63 1.48   1   6     5 -0.77
##                     kurtosis   se
## current.behaviors_6     3.11 0.04
## current.behaviors_7     4.21 0.04
## current.behaviors_8    -0.70 0.05
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Veteran
##                     vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew
## current.behaviors_6    1 1060 5.37 0.94      6    5.56 0.00   1   6     5 -2.23
## current.behaviors_7    2 1060 5.72 0.79      6    5.91 0.00   1   6     5 -3.82
## current.behaviors_8    3 1060 4.19 1.71      4    4.37 2.97   1   6     5 -0.58
##                     kurtosis   se
## current.behaviors_6     6.38 0.03
## current.behaviors_7    16.76 0.02
## current.behaviors_8    -0.90 0.05

For non-veterans the reliability of these items is good. Cronbach’s Alpha is .72.

##  raw_alpha std.alpha   G6(smc) average_r      S/N        ase     mean       sd
##  0.7235328 0.7494576 0.6910145 0.4992774 2.991341 0.01515976 5.001626 1.143035
##   median_r
##  0.4773852

For non-veterans the reliability of these items is okay. Cronbach’s Alpha is .59.

##  raw_alpha std.alpha   G6(smc) average_r      S/N        ase     mean       sd
##  0.5859171 0.6656245 0.5754836 0.3988758 1.990649 0.01941123 5.091195 0.896879
##   median_r
##  0.3968576

Overall descriptives for the protective behaviors scale split by group

## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## group: Non-veteran
##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1025    5 1.14   5.33    5.21 0.99   1   6     5 -1.52     2.22 0.04
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Veteran
##    vars    n mean  sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1060 5.09 0.9   5.33    5.22 0.99   1   6     5 -1.35      2.5 0.03

2.2.1 t-test

Comparing average current protective behavior scores between the Non-VA and VA groups

## Warning in independentSamplesTTest(formula = ProtectBehav_Avg ~ Group, data =
## df_Comb): group variable is not a factor

## 
##    Welch's independent samples t-test 
## 
## Outcome variable:   ProtectBehav_Avg 
## Grouping variable:  Group 
## 
## Descriptive statistics: 
##             Non-veteran Veteran
##    mean           5.002   5.091
##    std dev.       1.143   0.897
## 
## Hypotheses: 
##    null:        population means equal for both groups
##    alternative: different population means in each group
## 
## Test results: 
##    t-statistic:  -1.986 
##    degrees of freedom:  1940.987 
##    p-value:  0.047 
## 
## Other information: 
##    two-sided 95% confidence interval:  [-0.178, -0.001] 
##    estimated effect size (Cohen's d):  0.087

2.2.2 Good hygeine

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$current.behaviors_6, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 38.47, df = 5, p-value = 0.0000003036

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1358336

GoodHygeine	Never	Very rarely	Rarely	Occassionally	Frequently	Very frequently
non-VA only: n (%)	36 (3.5%)	34 (3.3%)	29 (2.8%)	82 (8.0%)	253 (24.7%)	591 (57.7%)
VA only: n (%)	15 (1.4%)	11 (1.0%)	20 (1.9%)	71 (6.7%)	352 (33.2%)	591 (55.8%)
GoodHygeine	Never	Very rarely	Rarely	Occassionally	Frequently	Very frequently
Overall: n (%)	51 (2.4%)	45 (2.2%)	49 (2.4%)	153 (7.3%)	605 (29.0%)	1182 (56.7%)

2.2.3 Mask public

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$current.behaviors_7, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 57.129, df = 5, p-value = 0.00000000004757

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1655292

MaskinPublic
non-VA only: n (%)	32 (3.1%)	28 (2.7%)	37 (3.6%)	61 (6.0%)	112 (10.9%)	755 (73.7%)
VA only: n (%)	12 (1.1%)	6 (0.6%)	11 (1.0%)	30 (2.8%)	124 (11.7%)	877 (82.7%)
MaskinPublic
Overall: n (%)	44 (2.1%)	34 (1.6%)	48 (2.3%)	91 (4.4%)	236 (11.3%)	1632 (78.3%)

2.2.4 Mask outdoors

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$current.behaviors_8, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 16.348, df = 5, p-value = 0.005918

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.08854738

MaskOutdoors
non-VA only: n (%)	114 (11.1%)	70 (6.8%)	90 (8.8%)	173 (16.9%)	167 (16.3%)	411 (40.1%)
VA only: n (%)	124 (11.7%)	86 (8.1%)	117 (11.0%)	206 (19.4%)	189 (17.8%)	338 (31.9%)
MaskOutdoors
Overall: n (%)	238 (11.4%)	156 (7.5%)	207 (9.9%)	379 (18.2%)	356 (17.1%)	749 (35.9%)

2.3 Distance now?

Which option below reflects your CURRENT approach to social distancing? I am currently distancing myself from people who do not live in my house…

Descriptives for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

None of the time (1) — All of the time (6)

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 2085 4.94 1.26      5    5.16 1.48   1   6     5 -1.3     1.21 0.03

For the NON-VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1025 4.83 1.37      5    5.06 1.48   1   6     5 -1.16     0.56 0.04

Descriptives for both the VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1060 5.05 1.14      5    5.26 1.48   1   6     5 -1.41     1.91 0.03

Frequencies for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

distancenow	Overall: n (%)
None of the time	55 (2.6%)
Rarely	73 (3.5%)
Some of the time	140 (6.7%)
Most of the time	311 (14.9%)
Almost all of the time	596 (28.6%)
All of the time	910 (43.6%)

Frequencies for both the NON-VA (first column) and VA (second column) groups separately

distancenow	non-VA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
None of the time	37 (3.6%)	18 (1.7%)
Rarely	46 (4.5%)	27 (2.5%)
Some of the time	87 (8.5%)	53 (5.0%)
Most of the time	153 (14.9%)	158 (14.9%)
Almost all of the time	265 (25.9%)	331 (31.2%)
All of the time	437 (42.6%)	473 (44.6%)

2.3.1 t-test

## Warning in independentSamplesTTest(formula = distancenow ~ Group, data =
## df_Comb): group variable is not a factor

## 
##    Welch's independent samples t-test 
## 
## Outcome variable:   distancenow 
## Grouping variable:  Group 
## 
## Descriptive statistics: 
##             Non-veteran Veteran
##    mean           4.828   5.053
##    std dev.       1.367   1.138
## 
## Hypotheses: 
##    null:        population means equal for both groups
##    alternative: different population means in each group
## 
## Test results: 
##    t-statistic:  -4.069 
##    degrees of freedom:  1991.342 
##    p-value:  <.001 
## 
## Other information: 
##    two-sided 95% confidence interval:  [-0.333, -0.116] 
##    estimated effect size (Cohen's d):  0.179

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1158839

2.4 Distance whynot?

You said that you are not always distancing yourself from others. How often does each of the following currently cause you to have contact with others?

Work (1)
Child care responsibilities (2)
Need to provide care for family (besides children) or other loved ones (3)
Getting medical care (go to doctor or hospital) (4)
Getting food (5)
Going to the pharmacy (6)
Walking a pet (7)
Getting exercise (8)
Seeing friends in person (9)
Going to church (or other religious worship) (10)
Seeing family in person (11)
Boredom or getting tired of being inside the house (12)
Exercising my freedom to do what I want (13)
I did not think it is important to distance myself from others (14)
Other reason: Please explain (15)

##                   vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew
## distancewhynow_1     1 1168 1.50 0.75      1    1.38 0.00   1   3     2  1.09
## distancewhynow_2     2 1168 1.32 0.62      1    1.18 0.00   1   3     2  1.74
## distancewhynow_3     3 1171 1.39 0.65      1    1.24 0.00   1   3     2  1.43
## distancewhynow_4     4 1173 1.87 0.61      2    1.84 0.00   1   3     2  0.07
## distancewhynow_5     5 1170 2.15 0.59      2    2.19 0.00   1   3     2 -0.04
## distancewhynow_6     6 1175 1.86 0.64      2    1.83 0.00   1   3     2  0.13
## distancewhynow_7     7 1171 1.36 0.64      1    1.21 0.00   1   3     2  1.58
## distancewhynow_8     8 1170 1.67 0.72      2    1.59 1.48   1   3     2  0.59
## distancewhynow_9     9 1174 1.85 0.61      2    1.81 0.00   1   3     2  0.09
## distancewhynow_10   10 1112 1.46 0.68      1    1.32 0.00   1   3     2  1.18
## distancewhynow_11   11 1174 1.97 0.64      2    1.96 0.00   1   3     2  0.03
## distancewhynow_12   12 1172 1.73 0.70      2    1.67 1.48   1   3     2  0.42
## distancewhynow_13   13 1172 1.63 0.73      1    1.54 0.00   1   3     2  0.69
## distancewhynow_14   14 1170 1.41 0.66      1    1.27 0.00   1   3     2  1.32
## distancewhynow_15   15  705 1.36 0.65      1    1.21 0.00   1   3     2  1.56
##                   kurtosis   se
## distancewhynow_1     -0.35 0.02
## distancewhynow_2      1.75 0.02
## distancewhynow_3      0.73 0.02
## distancewhynow_4     -0.37 0.02
## distancewhynow_5     -0.28 0.02
## distancewhynow_6     -0.61 0.02
## distancewhynow_7      1.16 0.02
## distancewhynow_8     -0.90 0.02
## distancewhynow_9     -0.42 0.02
## distancewhynow_10     0.07 0.02
## distancewhynow_11    -0.54 0.02
## distancewhynow_12    -0.92 0.02
## distancewhynow_13    -0.82 0.02
## distancewhynow_14     0.45 0.02
## distancewhynow_15     1.06 0.02

## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## group: Non-veteran
##                   vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew
## distancewhynow_1     1 586 1.70 0.80      1    1.63 0.00   1   3     2  0.59
## distancewhynow_2     2 585 1.47 0.70      1    1.34 0.00   1   3     2  1.15
## distancewhynow_3     3 588 1.55 0.72      1    1.44 0.00   1   3     2  0.90
## distancewhynow_4     4 587 1.85 0.65      2    1.81 0.00   1   3     2  0.16
## distancewhynow_5     5 587 2.15 0.63      2    2.19 0.00   1   3     2 -0.13
## distancewhynow_6     6 588 1.92 0.68      2    1.90 0.00   1   3     2  0.10
## distancewhynow_7     7 586 1.49 0.69      1    1.36 0.00   1   3     2  1.08
## distancewhynow_8     8 587 1.72 0.71      2    1.65 1.48   1   3     2  0.47
## distancewhynow_9     9 588 1.85 0.64      2    1.81 0.00   1   3     2  0.14
## distancewhynow_10   10 557 1.49 0.69      1    1.37 0.00   1   3     2  1.05
## distancewhynow_11   11 587 1.99 0.64      2    1.99 0.00   1   3     2  0.00
## distancewhynow_12   12 588 1.80 0.71      2    1.75 1.48   1   3     2  0.31
## distancewhynow_13   13 585 1.68 0.73      2    1.60 1.48   1   3     2  0.57
## distancewhynow_14   14 586 1.49 0.69      1    1.37 0.00   1   3     2  1.06
## distancewhynow_15   15 379 1.44 0.69      1    1.31 0.00   1   3     2  1.25
##                   kurtosis   se
## distancewhynow_1     -1.19 0.03
## distancewhynow_2     -0.08 0.03
## distancewhynow_3     -0.54 0.03
## distancewhynow_4     -0.69 0.03
## distancewhynow_5     -0.57 0.03
## distancewhynow_6     -0.86 0.03
## distancewhynow_7     -0.17 0.03
## distancewhynow_8     -0.94 0.03
## distancewhynow_9     -0.61 0.03
## distancewhynow_10    -0.19 0.03
## distancewhynow_11    -0.57 0.03
## distancewhynow_12    -1.01 0.03
## distancewhynow_13    -0.94 0.03
## distancewhynow_14    -0.19 0.03
## distancewhynow_15     0.16 0.04
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Veteran
##                   vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew
## distancewhynow_1     1 582 1.31 0.63      1    1.14 0.00   1   3     2  1.86
## distancewhynow_2     2 583 1.17 0.46      1    1.04 0.00   1   3     2  2.83
## distancewhynow_3     3 583 1.22 0.53      1    1.09 0.00   1   3     2  2.32
## distancewhynow_4     4 586 1.89 0.56      2    1.87 0.00   1   3     2 -0.04
## distancewhynow_5     5 583 2.15 0.54      2    2.17 0.00   1   3     2  0.10
## distancewhynow_6     6 587 1.80 0.58      2    1.76 0.00   1   3     2  0.06
## distancewhynow_7     7 585 1.23 0.56      1    1.07 0.00   1   3     2  2.38
## distancewhynow_8     8 583 1.62 0.73      1    1.53 0.00   1   3     2  0.73
## distancewhynow_9     9 586 1.85 0.58      2    1.81 0.00   1   3     2  0.02
## distancewhynow_10   10 555 1.42 0.68      1    1.28 0.00   1   3     2  1.32
## distancewhynow_11   11 587 1.95 0.63      2    1.93 0.00   1   3     2  0.04
## distancewhynow_12   12 584 1.66 0.69      2    1.58 1.48   1   3     2  0.54
## distancewhynow_13   13 587 1.58 0.72      1    1.47 0.00   1   3     2  0.83
## distancewhynow_14   14 584 1.34 0.62      1    1.20 0.00   1   3     2  1.64
## distancewhynow_15   15 326 1.27 0.59      1    1.12 0.00   1   3     2  2.05
##                   kurtosis   se
## distancewhynow_1      2.03 0.03
## distancewhynow_2      7.24 0.02
## distancewhynow_3      4.28 0.02
## distancewhynow_4      0.09 0.02
## distancewhynow_5      0.09 0.02
## distancewhynow_6     -0.37 0.02
## distancewhynow_7      4.31 0.02
## distancewhynow_8     -0.82 0.03
## distancewhynow_9     -0.22 0.02
## distancewhynow_10     0.39 0.03
## distancewhynow_11    -0.51 0.03
## distancewhynow_12    -0.80 0.03
## distancewhynow_13    -0.65 0.03
## distancewhynow_14     1.44 0.03
## distancewhynow_15     2.86 0.03

## Loading required package: ggridges

## Picking joint bandwidth of 0.164

## Warning: Removed 14230 rows containing non-finite values (stat_density_ridges).

2.4.1 Work

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distancewhynow_1, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 94.596, df = 2, p-value < 2.2e-16

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.2845867

Work	Never	Sometimes	Often
non-VA only: n (%)	301 (51.4%)	160 (27.3%)	125 (21.3%)
VA only: n (%)	457 (78.5%)	72 (12.4%)	53 (9.1%)
Work	Never	Sometimes	Often
Overall: n (%)	758 (64.9%)	232 (19.9%)	178 (15.2%)

2.4.2 Childcare

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distancewhynow_2, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 79.452, df = 2, p-value < 2.2e-16

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.2608134

Childcare	Never	Sometimes	Often
non-VA only: n (%)	380 (65.0%)	133 (22.7%)	72 (12.3%)
VA only: n (%)	508 (87.1%)	53 (9.1%)	22 (3.8%)
Childcare	Never	Sometimes	Often
Overall: n (%)	888 (76.0%)	186 (15.9%)	94 (8.0%)

2.4.3 FamilyCare

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distancewhynow_3, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 88.088, df = 2, p-value < 2.2e-16

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.2742711

Familycare	Never	Sometimes	Often
non-VA only: n (%)	341 (58.0%)	169 (28.7%)	78 (13.3%)
VA only: n (%)	484 (83.0%)	67 (11.5%)	32 (5.5%)
Familycare	Never	Sometimes	Often
Overall: n (%)	825 (70.5%)	236 (20.2%)	110 (9.4%)

2.4.4 MedicalCare

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distancewhynow_4, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 19.043, df = 2, p-value = 0.00007326

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1274146

MedicalCare	Never	Sometimes	Often
non-VA only: n (%)	175 (29.8%)	326 (55.5%)	86 (14.7%)
VA only: n (%)	125 (21.3%)	398 (67.9%)	63 (10.8%)
MedicalCare	Never	Sometimes	Often
Overall: n (%)	300 (25.6%)	724 (61.7%)	149 (12.7%)

2.4.5 GetFood

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distancewhynow_5, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 15.975, df = 2, p-value = 0.0003397

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1168487

GetFood	Never	Sometimes	Often
non-VA only: n (%)	79 (13.5%)	340 (57.9%)	168 (28.6%)
VA only: n (%)	47 (8.1%)	399 (68.4%)	137 (23.5%)
GetFood	Never	Sometimes	Often
Overall: n (%)	126 (10.8%)	739 (63.2%)	305 (26.1%)

2.4.6 Pharmacy

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distancewhynow_6, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 27.797, df = 2, p-value = 0.0000009202

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1538096

non-VA only: n (%)	161 (27.4%)	311 (52.9%)	116 (19.7%)
VA only: n (%)	171 (29.1%)	363 (61.8%)	53 (9.0%)
Overall: n (%)	332 (28.3%)	674 (57.4%)	169 (14.4%)

2.4.7 WalkPet

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distancewhynow_7, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 76.496, df = 2, p-value < 2.2e-16

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.2555887

non-VA only: n (%)	367 (62.6%)	152 (25.9%)	67 (11.4%)
VA only: n (%)	494 (84.4%)	50 (8.5%)	41 (7.0%)
Overall: n (%)	861 (73.5%)	202 (17.3%)	108 (9.2%)

2.4.8 Exercise

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distancewhynow_8, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 12.98, df = 2, p-value = 0.001519

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1053279

non-VA only: n (%)	255 (43.4%)	244 (41.6%)	88 (15.0%)
VA only: n (%)	309 (53.0%)	186 (31.9%)	88 (15.1%)
Overall: n (%)	564 (48.2%)	430 (36.8%)	176 (15.0%)

2.4.9 SeeFriends

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distancewhynow_9, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 6.9023, df = 2, p-value = 0.03171

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.07667635

non-VA only: n (%)	170 (28.9%)	336 (57.1%)	82 (13.9%)
VA only: n (%)	150 (25.6%)	376 (64.2%)	60 (10.2%)
Overall: n (%)	320 (27.3%)	712 (60.6%)	142 (12.1%)

2.4.10 Religious

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distancewhynow_10, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 7.0454, df = 2, p-value = 0.02952

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.07959755

non-VA only: n (%)	344 (61.8%)	152 (27.3%)	61 (11.0%)
VA only: n (%)	381 (68.6%)	115 (20.7%)	59 (10.6%)
Overall: n (%)	725 (65.2%)	267 (24.0%)	120 (10.8%)

2.4.11 SeeFamily

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distancewhynow_11, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 1.9061, df = 2, p-value = 0.3856

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.04029343

non-VA only: n (%)	122 (20.8%)	346 (58.9%)	119 (20.3%)
VA only: n (%)	134 (22.8%)	351 (59.8%)	102 (17.4%)
Overall: n (%)	256 (21.8%)	697 (59.4%)	221 (18.8%)

2.4.12 Boredom

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distancewhynow_12, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 11.124, df = 2, p-value = 0.003841

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.09742548

non-VA only: n (%)	219 (37.2%)	267 (45.4%)	102 (17.3%)
VA only: n (%)	268 (45.9%)	244 (41.8%)	72 (12.3%)
Overall: n (%)	487 (41.6%)	511 (43.6%)	174 (14.8%)

2.4.13 Freedom

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distancewhynow_13, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 9.101, df = 2, p-value = 0.01056

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.08812112

non-VA only: n (%)	277 (47.4%)	217 (37.1%)	91 (15.6%)
VA only: n (%)	329 (56.0%)	177 (30.2%)	81 (13.8%)
Overall: n (%)	606 (51.7%)	394 (33.6%)	172 (14.7%)

2.4.14 NotImportant

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distancewhynow_14, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 20.177, df = 2, p-value = 0.00004155

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1313221

non-VA only: n (%)	364 (62.1%)	156 (26.6%)	66 (11.3%)
VA only: n (%)	434 (74.3%)	103 (17.6%)	47 (8.0%)
Overall: n (%)	798 (68.2%)	259 (22.1%)	113 (9.7%)

2.4.15 Other

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distancewhynow_15, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 16.413, df = 2, p-value = 0.0002729

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1525804

non-VA only: n (%)	255 (67.3%)	80 (21.1%)	44 (11.6%)
VA only: n (%)	263 (80.7%)	38 (11.7%)	25 (7.7%)
Overall: n (%)	518 (73.5%)	118 (16.7%)	69 (9.8%)

2.5 Distance why not (other text)

For the question: You said that you are not always distancing yourself from others. Please explain.

Below are the text responses for the non-VA sample

Nothing	Various
none	??
dsfghj	na
Jcjccchfufufufufufufufuf	None
duh	None
non	none
Yoga	Great
masks	None
None	none
Boom	None
N/A	no reason
Adidad	none
none	None
When I’m forced to answer questions	Nothing
none	Nothing
none	Na
N/A	easy
Just because	None
none	None
nothing	na
Time with only our daughter and her family	None
No other reason	none
Volunteering	mask not available
none	fresh air
none	none
It is important	never
None	nothing
Df	none of the above
Some	eq
Helping	None
None	Seeing boyfriend
Na	Uber Driver passengers in back seat
Staying home	Stay home as much as possible
No other reason	None
Going to the gas station	Nah
Good	Et ut excepteur dolo
I have to work	None
Nothing	dfsdf
Sport	Bored
Nobe	None
N/A	None
None	📺
N/a	None
NA	Ete
Going to the school	Get gas
NA	Good night and I
No	None
Nothing	none
x	Other
Family	N/a
It’s not all the tryth	Directions
None	In a gym
Nothing	None
none	None
work	Nothing
Nothing	na
None	Na
None	None
none	Nothing
Na	Sleep
None	Good morning
Bowling	Use public transport
none	n one
because i work with animals	Nothing
None	See family
none	It’s not real

And here are the text responses for the VA sample

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masks don’t work!!!!	Church
having intimate relations	haircut
N/A	none
n/a	working around the house
Laws are unconstitional!	Not necessary
na	None of your business
common sense	None
pure bs	Bike riding
none	NA
None	none
none	never leave someone need help
None	nothing
nothing	none
NONE	virus hyped by media
none	none
I meet with a small group of friends who practice the same social distancing/mask wearing habits as I do.	none
Tired	none
none	Volunteer Work
None	na
When there is a crowd at the entrance to he building where I live	wife keeps shopping
no need	fake pandemic
None	nothing
nonfr	nothing
all family members live thousands of miles away	none
Not interested	N/A
accidentally encounter	None
none	No real science behind it. Conflicting studies.
N/A	none
none	no other reason
RETIRED	none
I social distance every chance I can	Don’t have one
Public Transprotation	none
none	none
outside	Eating out
Never	Forget
none	none
It’s a lie	Large groups of any kind.
n/a	N/A
None	n/a
to visit a dying friend	NO OTHER

Safety

none

None

none

Car repairs

n/a

Masks are not used properly so they are not effective

none

America

none

hair , nails ect

None

golf

waliking

volunteer USO

Anything

None

When having packaged delivered

none

Retire

Shopping

deliveries, pest control, home preventive maintenance

None

there is no other reason

shopping during senior hours

none

FAKE VIRUS

N/A

Shopping

none

w/family

None

none

None

none

at gas station

masks don’t work!!!!

2.6 Distance continue

How much longer can you keep your current level of physical distancing?

Descriptives for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

Cant bear it anymore (1) — More than 6 months (6)

##    vars    n mean  sd median trimmed mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 2085 5.11 1.4      6    5.42   0   1   6     5 -1.62     1.73 0.03

For the NON-VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1025 4.86 1.55      6    5.16   0   1   6     5 -1.22     0.34 0.05

Descriptives for both the VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1060 5.36 1.19      6    5.64   0   1   6     5 -2.17     4.41 0.04

Frequencies for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

distancecontinue	Overall: n (%)
Can’t bear it anymore (not even for a few days)	104 (5.0%)
Up to 1 week	50 (2.4%)
Up to 1 month	121 (5.8%)
Up to 3 months	240 (11.5%)
Up to 6 months	284 (13.6%)
More than 6 months	1286 (61.7%)

Frequencies for both the NON-VA (first column) and VA (second column) groups separately

distancecontinue	non-VA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
Can’t bear it anymore (not even for a few days)	69 (6.7%)	35 (3.3%)
Up to 1 week	36 (3.5%)	14 (1.3%)
Up to 1 month	91 (8.9%)	30 (2.8%)
Up to 3 months	135 (13.2%)	105 (9.9%)
Up to 6 months	132 (12.9%)	152 (14.3%)
More than 6 months	562 (54.8%)	724 (68.3%)

2.6.1 t-test

## Warning in independentSamplesTTest(formula = distancecontinue ~ Group, data =
## df_Comb): group variable is not a factor

## 
##    Welch's independent samples t-test 
## 
## Outcome variable:   distancecontinue 
## Grouping variable:  Group 
## 
## Descriptive statistics: 
##             Non-veteran Veteran
##    mean           4.864   5.356
##    std dev.       1.553   1.191
## 
## Hypotheses: 
##    null:        population means equal for both groups
##    alternative: different population means in each group
## 
## Test results: 
##    t-statistic:  -8.087 
##    degrees of freedom:  1919.1 
##    p-value:  <.001 
## 
## Other information: 
##    two-sided 95% confidence interval:  [-0.61, -0.372] 
##    estimated effect size (Cohen's d):  0.355

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1916074

2.7 Work at home

Since COVID-19 began, have you been able to work from home?

Descriptives for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

None of the time (1) — All of the time (5)

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 2075 2.72 1.84      2    2.65 1.48   1   5     4 0.27    -1.79 0.04

For the NON-VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1024  2.8 1.78      2    2.75 1.48   1   5     4 0.18    -1.76 0.06

Descriptives for both the VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1051 2.64 1.88      1    2.56   0   1   5     4 0.36     -1.8 0.06

Frequencies for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

workathome	Overall: n (%)
None of the time	1016 (48.7%)
A little bit of the time	107 (5.1%)
About half the time	101 (4.8%)
Most of the time	143 (6.9%)
All of the time	708 (34.0%)
NA	10 (0.5%)

Frequencies for both the NON-VA (first column) and VA (second column) groups separately

workathome	non-VA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
None of the time	449 (43.8%)	567 (53.5%)
A little bit of the time	67 (6.5%)	40 (3.8%)
About half the time	82 (8.0%)	19 (1.8%)
Most of the time	93 (9.1%)	50 (4.7%)
All of the time	333 (32.5%)	375 (35.4%)
NA	1 (0.1%)	9 (0.8%)

2.7.1 t-test

## Warning in independentSamplesTTest(formula = workathome ~ Group, data =
## df_Comb): group variable is not a factor

## Warning in independentSamplesTTest(formula = workathome ~ Group, data =
## df_Comb): 10 case(s) removed due to missingness

## 
##    Welch's independent samples t-test 
## 
## Outcome variable:   workathome 
## Grouping variable:  Group 
## 
## Descriptive statistics: 
##             Non-veteran Veteran
##    mean           2.799   2.644
##    std dev.       1.781   1.883
## 
## Hypotheses: 
##    null:        population means equal for both groups
##    alternative: different population means in each group
## 
## Test results: 
##    t-statistic:  1.922 
##    degrees of freedom:  2071.181 
##    p-value:  0.055 
## 
## Other information: 
##    two-sided 95% confidence interval:  [-0.003, 0.312] 
##    estimated effect size (Cohen's d):  0.084

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1899877

2.8 Work at home why

For the question: Please tell us about your job and what about it requires you to leave your home

Below are the text responses for the non-VA sample

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essential worker
I work at a theme park
i have a solo office so it is not a big deal
need to go to work
Retired
a teacher for special needs children
Retired
I’m retired
Hairdresser in a nursing home .
retired
not working - retired
I don’t work I’m retired
i work in retail,can’t work at home
retired
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The state and city is shut down by government
I am a spa coordinator / licensed nail technician. I am required to be at the spa; as my home is not set-up for spa services.
Hcjxhdhxhxjshssgdhsusysysyxhhxbzxbxzggsyzygzgzg
Retired
retired
I need to use tools and equipment that are located in a clean room.
No requirements
HE IDIA EARRINGS
Retired
I do not have a job, I am retired
motor coach operator…self-explanatory
teacher
Physical therapist, I treat patients in the clinic
Retired
no
boss wants us in office
Real estate
I do deliveries
Retired
work in an office
i have to meet with clients in the office. cannot do this from home or through things like skype.
new pojects implementation
no job
not sure
unemployed
retired
Pharmacist
Retired
Bloop
Only working from right now
I am an essential health care worker whose job requires me to leave home for work on site.
manager
Most is remote being the CIO however there are days the networks need me in the officen
I’m retired
retired
retired
I do not work; I am not employed at this time.
Retired
retired
Retired
retired
I am retired, and do not work.
No job - retired.
I don’t work at all. I am retired
home health aid
School transportation in private business
Services
I’m retired and don’t work
Nothing at this time
I’m retired
I am retired but that was not an option choice in the survey question.
I am retired
No job
Insurance agent
I am currently retired
I currently don’t have a job because of covid I needed to quite
work at a school and prefer to go in to use landline to call parents
education for special needs
I manage IT Technology and were essential to the operation of the company
do volunteer work that occasionally puts me near people
I have no job! I’ve been furloughed!
hospice volunteer
I am retired
I am now retired
I working a casino. Working in the gift shop
need to be available to meet with customers and clients
I am an educator in a public school. We sometimes have to work remotely.
Consulting on energy related issues which I can do by phone or texting.
I am retired
I am teaching a class where we can not do on line.
none, retired
retired
I do not have a job
Sales in a guitar store.
Retired
work at a skilled nursing home as a housekeeper
I am a retail manager and need to work at my store
I dont work im on disability
Retired
I’m currently retired
job require4s office
none i am retired
Great day
none retired
I am retired
Self-employed online business, it doesn’t
I’m retired no job
I am a teacher in a private school. We have a hybrid schedule of classes. Students can come to school or select to learn remotely. I have most of the equipment to teach the students in my room as well as those “zooming” in from home. It is very time consuming keeping up with posted material for those learning remotely and those who are learning live.
I’m working in logistics
Our Director requires it.
Work for a central office school system so I can work from home
I do not work - retired
i do not work
retired
Child Care
I am retired
it’s called retirement and I go where I want, when I want.
Educate
Very likely
Supply chain management, occasionally during negotiations
Retired
do not work
I am not working. When I leave the house it’s for medical appointments or necessary shopping trips. I usually go at the least busy times.
Retired
I am retired
I don’t work - retired
i am a general contractor, i require to leave of my home
non-profit
I dont work
Retired
I am a cashier and am required to be in the store. Because of COVID I am currently on furlough
Homemaker
work as personal executive assistant; have to go the his work space but only when he is not present
None I am retired
I’m disabled
Retired
I run an in person corporate concierge service that requires my presence
Do not eork. Retired.
I am a dealership salesperson and if I am to make any money I have to physically show up at work.
I am retired.
I am a dog walker/ sitter, but the majority of the time i am home.
i do not work
retired
retired
No job. I am retired.
Retired don’t work
I’m not employed, I have been retired since before the covid
Direct contact helping customers
Custodian
Retired
nothing
Cleaner- hospitals and clinics
I’m retired
Retired
I work form home 100% of the time and have for 13 years
beverage container recycling done on site
Retired
I am retired so I do not work at all
Retiref
Retired
I do not work
I am retired
I do shipping and receiving in an office
do not work
it dosen’t
First job- I’m a Social Worker I have to go to new clients homes to investigate cases of abuse, neglect and dependency. Second job- I’m a supervisor at a homeless shelter. I cannot work at home.
i am a stay home mom
Nothing I don’t work I am unemployed
None
I am a phlebotomy so my job consists of me taking care of sick covid patients at their bedside
Lots job due to covid
Teacher. In person. Occasionally online only.
I don’t have a job
none of the above
Yessir is a wonderful guy I know
restaurant
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In operations in information technology
Changing tires and oil changes
I do not work I was laid off
I am not able to do my work from home
I am retired
Nothing i stay home
None
Unemployed
I don’t need to leave my home. I’ve been working from home throughout the pandemic.
delivery to customers
Don’t have a job
I work in construction and have no choice but to leave my home to work
I clean houses. House sit most of the time
Unemployed
I am the president of my company. I take most of the decision with my company.So some of time i need to leave.
I work on an IT institution which requires me to go to office to work
office space hotel drive to work
I’m not working
I’m a homemaker and I don’t work outside of my home
Install siding and do roofing
Line cook/ prep
Disabled can’t work
I work in a house full of mentally disabled people that’s my job I can’t work from home and give them the proper care.
I am a stay at home mom since pandemic started
Stay at home mom
I dont work
I work as an attendant at a assisted living facility for the elderly
Good
Check customer out
I work for the city so I leave 5 days a week to work
construction
I don’t work
I don’t work
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I work at a daycare
I’m an official court reporter, and I only have to go into the courthouse if the judge is on the bench
I dont work
i teach
Dislike
I work in an aircraft maintenance shop I receive and ship out parts
Not working now
.
I work retail
I’m a hair stylist and it requires me to work from my shop
Unemployed
I do not work
I work in a nursing home i am a first responder
Nah
To got the hardware store for supplies
Disabled do not work
Lunchroom worker, the kids have to eat every day
Good
I’m a disabled homemaker I don’t go out much anyway
I don’t work
retail
I don’t work
I don’t work
this is very pendemic time in usa.
Great
Data analysis and some time I may be in need of some file for data visualization so I need to visit the office
I teach so schools were closed
I’m a painter
Tecnologia e informacion
What I want to do is like work in forests and go on adventures.
When I have to go to the production phase of something I got to supervise the whole process which requires me going to the workshop
Many things
No iob
I do not work
I am a high school teacher. I couldn’t answer the last question asked very well because there was not an option that was applicable to me. From March until the end of the school year I thought from home. But since the end of August well the beginning of September I have been teaching at school with students. I have no option or ability to be able to teach from home.
None
Prior to COVID-19 I was working full-time in my office setting. Now I spend 70% of my time working from home in 30% working with others. It requires some travel by car
Unemployed
go to office
Teaching when schools reopened.
I work in a factory so i have to be there to do my job
Idk
Specialized field of work with special equipment, chemicals, and hazards.
I’m not too sure really
Stay at home
Nothing
Health care I must go to the facility and take care of residents
not sure
The job is front desk hotel. Can’t do that from home.
I work in fast food
Don’t work
i work in healthcare and can’t lwork from home
Everything
I am on Disability and do not work
My job doesn’t require me to leave home
Janitorial I have to go clean government offices
I work at a restaurant and I can’t do that at my home
I dont have a job
fast food
I don’t work
Mechanic
Manager at a bank
I do not work
i am disabled
Petrochemical engineer, I get to leave my home to work on the oil fields.
Don’t have a job
The IT department of the natural components of the same quality as well as the registered owner of the best services at all
managing personal workers
My job requires going to office everyday by doing social distancing and wear my mask always
IT and office assistant
Not working
It’s a physical job that involves selling of food to consumers.
I work at a grocery store. Impossible to run a cash register from home.
I work in Healthcare and have been assisting with COVID-19 testing.
I manage social projects and occasionally have to go out to print documents and participate in socially distanced, outdoors activities (project visits / delivery). I also run a professional consumer services business with multiple locations. So I go at least once a week to the bank to deposit cash in the bank and ensure supplies in the offices.
I don’t have a job anymore because of covid but I was a butcher so it’s kind of hard to butcher meat st home it can’t be done
Being a model
construction
I own a construction company with my husband and we have to work outside our home but hardely are actually in contact with a lot of people.
Delivery
I don’t know
Don’t know
As an IT director,I sometimes choose to work from
I would work mostly on weekends because there’s not as many people
i volunteers for a hospital and u cannot treat patients wirelessly
shipt, delivering groceries
YES MAN FOR VERY GOOD
I work in retail and have to go to the store
Non-profit organization working with people with disabilities
I am a teacher. My state is allowing schools decide whether they are in person or not.
I work at a KOA at the desk. That’s a campground. Always open.
Getting supplies
I work at wawa we are considered essential
Making deliveries of orders customers made.
I am a teacher and I have had to go in person for the initial meetings.
I am currently unemployed and have to go out snd abkut for applications and interviews
None
Somewhat impact
none
i like it
very good
Physical security
make labels cant do it from home
I work for dynata but sometimes I have to skateboard
I dont have a job
Unemployed
I work at a retail store where I interact with customers
I’m a travel agent and I do calls and schedule things for people form home.
Director, office based work
i have been heping with food distribution
Food service
I work for a manufacturing company the supplies medical manufacturing
NO PREFERENCE
My job is an It and and u obersee ak It sectors in the organisation
I have teams of teammates that are essential
I don’t ha e a job at the moment
Deliveries
Welder but out of work
Owner of my company
Unemployed
Nothing going outside
I work in events. I have been able to do something that are virtual
Desire to take on more responsibility
teach .music
Teaching in the classroom
well also and too much well
I need to see the process and coordinate
I work in information technology, I stayed at the office and never worked from home
don’tt know
none
i am currently unemployed
I work at resterrauant
Doing surveys
none
it’s outside

Nope

I don’t work

essential worker

I’m retired and no longer in the workforce

retired

I am retired don’t work

I am retired

i am retired so i don’t work at all

retired

I don’t work, I’m retired

retired

I don’t work. I am retired

work in a retail store

Retired

I am a student.

I go to school and it had required me to leave my house.

Not sure

I don’t have a job.

It’s a retail setting

I am currently unemployed.

Retired

i work in a restaurnt so yes i ahve to leave my house to go to work

None

none

I do fire restoration so we go into houses that have had fires to clean them.

I am retired.

Social distancing and wearing the mask

not working as I am retired

I’m retired

retired

How

retired

DO NOT WORK

I have performed online. Sometimes there are opportunities to act in person.

Must sit on a computer at the company office

retired

n/a

classified info. must go to work.

I do pet care

Sales. Need product

I DEAL WITH MONEY

I am not working

I don’t work. I’m retired and can stay home all the time.

Teaching students in hybrid

retired

tax preparer

Retired

I am retired.

I’m an “essential worker” (water/sewer maintenance contractor) so I have had to work every day.

I am disabled

I’m on disability not working at all

I am retired

Visual merchandising for major dept store

hard work

retired

retired, no job

Education job

I am unemployed - was let go after 32 1/2 years.

Work and n healthcare

Retired

sale

IM RETIRED

Retired, do not work

Homemaker ….do not work

Supply order

I work at a research lab

I don’t work

nurse at long term care facility

retired

I’m retired.

homemaker

I work at Job Corps. There is absolutely no reason why I need to be in my office.

retired

I am retired, there was no choice in the previous question for that option

retired

RETIRED DONT WORK

teacher

I am a volunteer music teacher

computer work

Retail

Retired

easy

My job requires me to manage my company servers and day to day infrastructure basically

Customer service in sales.

I work in Law enforcement and you can’t do that from home.

I am an accoutnant. I work in the office 4 days per week to interface with company owners

Retired

hospital

retired and homemaker

I am retired and do not have to leave home for work.

I am retired.

is a caregiver. go to people’s home and help them out

i work in retqail and sales and i need to weear a mask

retired

I am retired

I am taking care of my mother who is 99 and lives 20 miles away. I have to take her food, groceries, medicines, supplies, etc.

do not work

I am retired.

retired, I have to go to the ATM to get spending currency.

none

I provide face to face customer service regarding federal taxes.

I am a nurse working in a hospital. There is no way that I can work from home

disabled

do not work

I am retired.

I am retired

I dont work

I’m retired

I am retired

do not work retired

Security guard only leave my home for is twice a week

I work in IT in a healthcare facility

Retired do not need toworry

I retired from teaching school on August 31st, 2020. I did not have a regular classroom of students. My job was to help teach the teachers. I would go part time to the actual school and work part time from my computer at home.

i am assembler of parts and sometimes run a machine

I’m retired.

im an essential worker and take care of the vulnerable

I’m retired, so I don’t have a job. I am staying at home

teacher’s assistant currently laid off

I am retired, so just involved in volunteering at a hospital

i do not work

retired

Assembly electric power lines

reitred

i work from home as an insurance specialist sometimes if the internet cuts out or if i am needed in the office . i will have to go in.

I don’t work

just recently retired; no longer employed

I’m a Court Security Officer and have not worked since March 17, 2020 because of the virus. Court activities are being conducted via Zoom.

I work with technology

I cook for others at a mental health center.

i do not have a job

I am retired

Volunteer committee work

I am not currently unemployed

Retired

I do not have a job. I am retired

No job. I am retired

Child care

I am retired

run machines that are in the office

Courier driver

Nothing

n/a (I am retired)

I am retired

I am a nurse anesthetist. I wear mask all day

i teach high school English to ESL students

Unemployed

i am retired

retired

recently got laid off, but i had been working remote mostly prior to COVID-19

retired

Retired

I do in store food demos

I have been retired for 11 years. If I was still working, I would not be able to do the job function at home.

homes for sale

retired

I work not everytime.

i am an executive of a construction company and currently i work from a computer at home

I own a hair company, and go into the office once a week to handle necessary business in the office.

nothing

Not employed

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I work at a thing that has stuff and people work there too

Hjdj

it is really

no comment

Corona

Employees

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I don’t know

Work with people with disabilities. I have to go to work everyday

Im a bank worker

I don’t work.

Apparently due to security reasons the work can’t be performed from home. Truth is the company doesn’t want to invest in lap tops and servers to make work from home possible.

Disabled

Now I randomly sell online when I can I don’t have a regular job

we had to return to work for the fall semester.

no leave home

Do not work, I’m a housewife.

Food

Inventory specialists requires travel to count inventory at different businesses

i prefer not to say

I am an Administrative Assistant for a rather large church. My employer has deemed us “essential” and requires me to work from my office as there is currently no provisions made (technology wise) for me to work from home. Most other employees do have the capability and are working from home at least part of the time. Also while access to our building is limited due to covid19, my employer refuses to official close the building so someone (me) has to be here to answer the phone and the door.

unemployed… disabled

It is about configuring Rogers and switches and if I have to do an installment in a company I do need to go out and do it

Educational assistant working with middle schoolers

i am in marketing as well as the resident liaison for a retirement home.

Accounting. Help mom do work.

Automotive repair

I don’t work

I work in retail. So that cannot be done from home

I am not employed at this time

Fired for being sick

I don’t work

Gift shop volunteer must go to shop to sell products

I have to assist the police department of the city I work for with some paperwork that can’t be done remotely.

It was a data entry job but I no longer have

Cook

Idk

I don’t work

I work as an Uber Driver or Instacart Shopper and Delivery.

Merchandiser for a grocery chain store

I have to take care of animals

Case Manager

I work in a factory setting

Construction home builder if I don’t leave the home for it I have no job no food no home then I’d sure the state for stopping my abilities to work to provide for myself

I am unemployed because of COVID.

Don’t work

I’m a caregiver it requires me to go to my clients home to do things for them they can’t or have difficulties doing on their own

Supplies and food

I am a hairdresser I need to do people’s hair that means I need to touch that person’s buy so no contact

Nothing

Going and gathering information.

Its at a place

I work in customer service for a company that is a whole sale distributor of Corian and quartz.

I mange stock and inventory for a website. I help with fulfillment of orders as well.

I work in a fast food restaurant

I work at factory job so they need me there

Don’t work

Patient representative

Because very good

I work at corporate and have to go in sometimes

Do not work

I work at a library.

I work as a manager in a large corporate retail establishment that has been deemed essential. Part of my job is overseeing and being available for, personal. I have to be there physically.

An accountant in a work office and where I have to communicate with employees.

I am unemployed

legal

I don’t currently work for pay, I am a stay at home parent.

I am an Administrative Assistant and I work for a private staffing firm. Some of my clerical duties include answering the phone, faxing, proficient in G-suite tools for work productivity, coordinating staff meetings, generate staffing reports, and prepare and monitor client invoices.

creating new art

I don’t work.

I don’t work

Half MMC bro jack jack

It’s awesome

my job is about IT

none at all

I have to go sometimes into the office

Bartender

I am a licensed practical nurse at a nursing home taking care of elderly who cannot take care of themselves and need medical treatment

I don’t have an actual job. I am a stay at home mom.

No job

It to u go for

Sales - so I work in the office and from home too.

Sss

Nothing really

Manufacturing you can’t do at home

Nkk

I work in banking

I am disabled and unable to work.

I dont work

It’s at a physical location I have to move product from a warehouse floor to a trailer for it to be shipapes

I don’t leave my home for work I’m a homemaker

no comment

Have to drive to work in Retail store that sells clothing and household items.

I babysit sometimes in others homes.

I am a 911 dispatcher so I have to go in a secure building

Im a PCA and that means taking care of people that need assistance grocery shopping doctors appointments etc

Manager at and IT COMPANY A BUT WORKING REMOTELY BECAUSE OF THE COVID 19

I work on site few day in a week

I was a child care provider and worked at a center

not

Check on office

Banking/Finance in which I need to attend to customer service

Everything.

Nah

Doesnt requires much

Selling internet

You were going through this and it is James and you were not able and we were able and I can get a good feel like that for the next two years but I’m finna to get

It work as IT engineer in my company, if sometimes our servers go down we need to fix it physically by going to office

I’m an IT Director in my organization.

None

I am an engineer at a medical device manufacturing facility. It is considered essential and I need to physically be at work most of the time to support production.

none

I am a Paralegal. We have been using Zoom when we need to talk with Clients and doing there Doc’s the only time we have them come in is when the Doc’s need to be signed in front of witnesses and we have enough ways to social distance from the people who need to sign the doc’s and have it marked where the client needs to sign

IT senior manager. no, i’m currently working from home

I don’t know work and this been since pre COVID-19

Told to leave to go to location

I dont have to leave hone because i care for household.

Not currently employed but last was customer service

Going on to my head baby

I work in a call center and we can’t work from home. Requires me to work in our office.

i dont idea

N/A

i work at a spa salon

care for other people health care

Not sure yet

Good

I work in a nursing home cleaning rooms

I deliver food

Food worker considered essential.

I work at Walmart

Work in warehouse where i pick customer orders

Retail

Nothing

I work in a costume shop and the work requires me to be there in person

I can do computer work, schedule pts

I don’t have a job outside the home. I’m a stay at home parent

I work in the dietary dept. Of a long term care fac

I don’t have one

I am a manager

I work as a teacher

I’m customer service I pay people’s bills online

I’m a registered nurse

Nothing it was a server job

N/A

It’s boring and racist

I am a case worker i work with homeless families in a shelter environment

n/a

i dont know

unemployed currently

Iam a housekeeper, this job requires me to work outside the home

I do not work

I dont work I’m a stay at home mom

I am a student and i work with clinic patients

Growing up/puberty not easy

i lioke to work from home

Yes

guck it

Life goes on

I educate people

I wear a mask

Not sure

construction

Court guarding

its a good reason for me

Now I am little bit worried about my jobs,and go working in my home

I need to fix the servers at the office. And it’s is a physical job that needs to be done at the office

I groom and board dogs with my family to help out around the house

I am not currently working and haven’t worked in several years

No reason

It is good.

Non profit, no need.

I’m retired

i don’t work

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i am retired	I am retired
Retired	Retired
Work requires me to be there	I’m retired. I don’t work from home or anywhere else.
XXXXXXX	i am retired
I am retired	don’t work - retired
dont work	do not have a full-time job; do photography on request
i don’t work	I am retired.
Retired	retired
I am totally retired and have no work at home or otherwise .	I am retired but that was not an option
retired	I am retired and do not have a job
do not work retired	retired
consultant	housekeeping supervisor in a hotel
essential worker	Retired
Service industry	work in a warehose with inventory
protest adjudicator	essential worker, as I am an airline maintenance technician
retired so no appropriate answer choice provided	retired
retired	i dont work, laid off
I’m retired. I was interning for awhile and needed to be in the office	retired
Retail clerk	retired
I interview people at their homes and was furloughed in March	critical infrastructure energy
retired	retired
No job	I am a Registered Nurse in an acute care hospital administering direct patient care.
retired	I am currently not working, do what I can from my home, using my computer.
none	No Job. I’m retired
Retired	retired
I am retired	Retired
retired	i work in education. I could do my job from home, but administration has made it mandatory for staff to work in the office.
I do not have a job.	work venues with large crowds
replenish shelfs at a retail store.	Retired
i am retired	I’m retired
Why do you assume I work? In fact, I am retired.	I am retired so don’t work.
retired	I work in a warehouse and have to drive there daily.
T am retired and do not have a job,	retired
I am retired and do not work	I AM RETIRED
I am retired	I do not work
I am working from home and will not venture into any situations that violate masking and social distancing. I have stopped talking to my neighbors and they have stopped talking to me.	I am retired. However, I am a volunteer for a couple of organizations. The emergency disaster services of the Salvation Army work can only be accomplished onsite. My work with the Boy Scouts of America sometimes require in person, socially distanced meetings.
I am retired	retired
Retired	i am looking for a job right now, my last one they reduced my hours to practically nothing
I only volunteer, and I can do that on ZOOM	I have to physically be at work. I am a Security Coordinator for a School district
does not require leaving home	I am a small aircraft broker and appraiser; I have on several occasions had to go onsite since March to appraise an airplane or secure a listing on an airplane which requires flying the airplane briefly with the owner and talking with him, etc. Then I have had to pick up a buyer at the airport and deal with him while he inspected and flew the airplane on a test/demo flight. This also entails mixing with mechanics, owners and others necessary to culminating in a sale.
I sell beer at sports and entertainment events, can’t do this from home–haven’t worled since March 2020.	retired
Retired	Was teaching/consulting but less opportunity now - Zoom
retired	I do not have a job. I am retired.
retired	construction. i must go to work at job site
retired	Retired
I fix airplanes, can’t do that from home. I only do paperwork at home sometimes. .	retired
I do not work, I am retired.	I’m retired and do not work.
I have no job. I am retired. I remain in my home all day.	retired but work part time as substitute teaher
retired	Insurance adjuster and car inspector
I am currently unemployed	Printing and mailing documents.
I am currently retired	not working retired
retired	I’m in the wholesale aftermarket sector
Retired, don’t leave home for work	I am currently furloughed from my job as business is down. Also, I have diabetes so I try to stay away from people as much as possible.
I am retired	I am an entry level manager in a state prison
I am retired	Retired, Do not work
i work on a federal reservation with lots of security concerns and they don’t like me working from home on a computer because of that	I am retired
I do not work	retired
I do not work I am retired	retired
I manage an African American neighborhood nonprofit that require my personal interaction with residents as well as political, other government officials, business operators and other stakeholders that provide services and other resources that improves the neighborhood quality of life especially during these most difficult times of basic living needs.	unemployed
I don’t work.	I do not work. I am retired
retiired	Im a financial analyst….I use zoom but many clients want to meet in person
retired do not work	I am the Vice President of operations with in charge of scheduling and shipping
Retired and don’t work from home	Don’t have a job
ATC work airplanes	Process all new solders into the Army
direct contact with patients	I Am retired
i do not have a job	not employed
I am retired	I am retired
Work on aircraft	none
Retired	Retired
cashier	retired
I’m retired	Essential workers
I do no work	dhtstrterwywwthtwth
I am retired and therefore this is not applicable to me	I dont work. I m retired.
I don’t work.	I am permanently retired, not looking for work.
N/A	I’m retired
front line worker at airport as customs officer	I am retired
I work as a Federal Officer with DHS. (no working from home)	IAM CITY LEGISLATOR AND I HAVE TO PLAVE AND SEE PEOPLE AND TALK TO THEM
N/A	Disabled
Group manager. Currently not operating/working until….?	OS developer requiring physical access to new hardware products for development and testing. Hands-on work is required to build and configure systems. Hand-on on work is required to stress system (board insertions and removes, heat tests, other).
school security	N/A RETIRED
I am retired.	i am retired, so this doesn’t apply to me
Retired	i am retired
I manage/take care of a Private Estate	I am retired and do not work. This option was not given.
I am retired	Retired
no job	retired
I am retired but I no longer volunteer in my comunity.	Chief Procurement Officer managing the products for our client/customers.
I’m retired	I am retired. Ido not work!!!
retired	Im retired
N/A, retired	a substitute teacher for local public school
im retired and not employeed so this won’t apply to me at this time	I am retired and do not work.
essential security officer	I am retired
RETIRED	Driver for rental car company. Cars are located at airports only.
retired	am retired but do some free lance writinh
retired	I lost my job because of the virus.
I am a teacher, I teach at a school.	retired don’t have a job
I am retired	Retired
Contract delivery service	Retired. Do not work.
I do not work	Retired
nothing	I am retired. I don’t work
retired	Retired
not working retired	Retired
none, I am retired	i am retired
retired	not working
none i retired so no job	NA-retired
n/a	Retired
retired	I am retired and do not work
Retired	i am retired
I am retired	census bureau
Computer systems	I work construction
Classified government work.	Nothing
I AM RETIRED FROM MY FORMER POSITION	retired
Retired	I am retired
I am retired	i deliver for a company that sells slot machine parts and also repairs slot machines
retired	I am retired, however I used to volunteer with the police department as a senior volunteer. We were out in the public in patrol cars visiting seniors who were alone, checking on vacation homes, public shopping areas, helping at accident sites, issuing handicap parking tickets and interacting with the public as needed. We haven’t been able since March.
No job	M retired
we advise a high school theater group and cannot meet in person yet. we seldom go to school and never when students are there.	Accession medicine. I am required to interview and physically assess applicants.
retired	retired
retiree. No job	I am retired and do not work.
retired	Retired not able to work
administration	Retired
Dont have one	I am retired
RETIRED	retired
i am retired	I lost my four part time jobs. I am afraid to get another job. I worked at sport stadiums and convention centers. Until all sports are back with full crowds I will not have a job.
retired	i am retired and do not not work.
I’m retired. I don’t work at all. The question didn’t provide an acceptable answer.	I am Retired.
Retired	Patient care in rehabilitation
driver	retired
volunteer at church	Transportation security manager working at airport. When people fly i work
I am retired	I don’t work.
Have to handle money that flows into my employer	Retired
I am Retired. I have no job.	retired
Retired	I am retired and do not work
Retired	I work as a flagger for a tree ctrimming scompany
I am retired.	home depot- sales associate
retired	I am retired do not work
Manager of union workers	retired
I am retired and not working.	Nothing…I am retired
Security advisor on call	no job
I’m retired and have no job	retired and volunteer for feeding the homeless or ones that need assistance.
DO NOT presume that a survey respondent has a job. I DO NOT have one, yet your answer choices did not provide a response like that. E.g.: Question: “Since COVID-19 began, have you been able to work from home?” There needed to be an answer choice of “n/a” or “do not work.” I had to “lie” with an inapplicable answer to continue with survey.	I retired in 2013. I do not work.
manager service which requires hands on work	Work in a manufacturing facility as a quality assurance technician. I can’t test manufactured products at home.
Job is currently keeping safe and healthy	retired
I am retired.	I’m retired.
no job – retired	I am a semi-retired pharmacist working vacation relief shifts at an inpatient behavioral health hospital. The hospital does not treat Covid-19 patients.
Real estate. Must show houses.	Retired
Dispatcher for a State Police agency. This task/job must be done at a place where all the technical and support services are in place. This is a job that cannot be done from home.	retired NYPD have no job
retired	I am retired
retired	no job, retired
Nada	no comment
I officiate horse shows, there are national and international protocols enforced through national sanctioning bodied that currently do not permit spectators, require masking and social distancing and no one approaches judges and other officials. Failure to comply and show management can have the offenders escorted off the grounds. As long a I’m not sharing temporary housing I’m “ok” with that. It’s an in person job – really hard to judge a performance you can’t see	Retired
I am retired. Do not work.	Retired
I do not work I am retired.	I am retired and do go out to do essential errands and visit who live near to me.
retired	Retired
Retired	i am retired
Retired	retired
I’m retired, so nothing requires my leaving home	Shop in the house , prep the job before starting the job
Retired	retired
I am unemployed, therefore, do not go to work or leave my home.	no job, retired
retired	I don’t work. I am retired.
jobless	Retired
retired	Sales Associate at a store
Retired	mostly now working as a basketball high school official and have to go to gyms to officiate games
currently unemployed except for short two week or less contract jobs.	I’m retired. No job.
i work in an elementary school and sometime i am required to go to the school to pick up material from the school	I PERSONALLY SEE AND TOUCH THE MERCHANDISE WE RESELL. THIS CAN’T AND WILL NOT BE DONE FROM HOME. I DON’T TRUST SEEING ITEMS ON COMPUTER AND I DO NOT TRUST PHONES
I don’t have a job. I am retired	I am retired
I am a travel professional who writes about travel and takes small groups on exotic travel destinations.	I am completely retired and no longer work.
retired	Health operations
Martial art instructor	Own vacation property that must be maintained often
Dvm, vet	I AM RETIRED
As I mentioned earlier that I am retired	RETIRED - NOT WORKING
retired	I sell auto and truck parts, do not have parts at home.
retired	New job requires that I leave every day - school maintenance
I am retired and do not leave my home for paid employment purposes. I do belong to a couple of civic clubs and meet using ZOOM. There are several charities that I have been volunteering with for a number of years, but have now limited that function to two boards that I serve on and we also meet using ZOOM.	I am retired
Dog show superintendent	I do not work I am retired
retired	I don’t work
Retired	I am Retired!
Retired	I am retired
Retired No Job Not required to leave home	Must meet with clients
do not have a job. I’m retired	I am retired
I am retired and do not work	Retired-not employed
MIS Administrator for government agency	Retired - no job
Golf	retired
no job, retired	retired
I am a mentor direct care worker for a developmentally disabled adult. She has cerebral palsy and needs care throughout the day including school work by zoom.	Retired
I’m retired. U need to ask some different questions	bookkeeper
I’m retired-I don’twork	I’m retired and don’t work
I am retired	retired-
Retired	i am retired
unemployed	I am retired
no	Im a retired veteran i got shot in the arm so i kindnt profits
RETIRED	I am 99% retired. I do some advising and sometimes I have to meet with people in person - usually in a restaurant
I’m retired	Unemployed
I am retired and do not have a job that would require me to leave home.	Retired but previous question did not give me an option to state.
I’m retired	I am a physical therapist and work in a rehab hospital
it support	I am a Buyer/Purchasing Agent for a chain of Grocery Stores. I have to be at my job to physically check Inventory Levels and order accordingly.
FOOD AND GAS.	accountant
retired	tax preparer
I am retired	Retired
lawyer	i do not work
Retired	Retired
drive for lyft	I am retried and do not work.
laid off permanently	Retired
not working	I’m disabled an unable to work.
Nothing about my job requires me to leave my home. I am retired and do not work.	DO NOT WORK-retired no need to leave home for a job
I am retired	I’m retired
Volunteer on Midway Museum, we’ve been open from July 1st. thru Dec. 7th. We wear masks & practice social distancing. I was going down 1-3 times per week.	I work as a loan officer. I was laid off during the time they closed everything down.
Am not working	I am retired, so I don’t have to leave home to work
I work in a warehouse and help stock trucks, put away products, do receiving of merchandise on the computer, take care of warranties	supervisor doing mostly payroll
consultant, clients	I work outdoors which I have to leave the house
I am a transportation officer. I have to drive all of the time.	I’m retired
I am a hospital pharmacist and must be available on site to do my job.	I am retired
Retired	Retired, not working
don’t go to work	I sell Medical Textbooks but I am now selling them online from home.
Field Supervisor - Provide in person training, direct contact with subordinates.	I work remotely only and nothing requires me to leave home
Retired	I am in education. When virtual learning occurs, I work from home
I’M RETIRED	i have no job retired
COMMENT	I am retired
Don`t work	I am retired not working at all
Not employed	I WORK IN A NETWORK CENTER THAT YOU HAVE TO BE ONSITE TO MAINTAIN AND TROUBLESHOOT IT.
I am retired	I don’t work aim retired
No comment	Reference materials and resources needed for the job are at work facility
Office Automation. Required to return to workplace by employer.	I am retired
Disabled	Retired
I’m retired	Retired
I work in retail doing on-line orders for people to pick up.	Retired
i am retired	i am retired
I’m retired	I am retired. I do not work.

retired

Retired

retired

I am retired

Retired

I am retired not working

Retired

I am retired and don’t work.

Retired

retired not working

RETIRED

retired

COORDINATING GRANTS AND FINANCES FOR NON PROFIT

don’t work/retired

I am retired.

I am retired. You should have asked that question in the first place

Staff accountant for a CPA firm doing auditing and income taxes.

I am not currently employed. I am retired.

do not work

Deploy for emergency work

I am retired after working since I was 12 years old.

I am retired

Retired

nothing, I am retired

Retired don’t leave home for it

i’m retired

Retired

Maintenance for resort rental property

retired, I don’t work

My wife and I are retired and have been locked down In a retirement home since 13 March. Some of your questions do not apply

retired

It’s a motel. I’m not bringing guests home yet.

I am retired

janitor

Shopping and small social gatherings

I am retired.

i am not working

I am retired

I supervise volunteer ushers at the theater. Right now the theaters are closed so I can’t work at all.

work in agriculture

I’m retired.

Director of Research and Development. I can utilize Skype and Zoom to accomplish my daily work goals

retired, do not work

Retired, but occasionally need to go to courthouse

retired

I am retired.

I am a lineman for the power company. I cant fix customer power issues from home.

I am retired so I do not have an issue with employment.

I am retired so I do not work any more

i am retired question does not apply

retired

I’m a bank teller who has to do transactions in person

i deal with classified information which requires me to be on site at least once a week

I am retired and not working

I am retired I do not work

I am Retired

retired

I own a home business, Exporter, in my business, I do not have any need to leave my home

VP at a factory manufacturing Ventilators for COVID / Ford / GE

USAF syllabus writing and execution through management of contract instruction.

I am retired.

retired

I currently am supervisor of school nutrition services but am out on sick leave due to surgery. The last time I worked I visited some schools and worked out of my work office.

I’m retired now, but when I was working I was a security screener at the airport

I am a school bus driver, which requires me to leave home and go to a bus yard to retrieve my bus to provide the service.

have to be in person

I am retired

at work in food service

retired

I’m not employed

I don’t work

no job

City bus driver, this is self explanatory. I have to go to work in order to do this!!!

retired

No job, I am a 100% disabled veteran.

retired

retired, some consulting

retired

I am retired,

I am retired.

no job - retired

Don’t work

grocerys

I’m retired but you did not consider this when you asked an illogical question

I am retired

retired

I am retired - no job

not working retired

Retired

I am retired

I’m retired, don’t have a job

I am retired; no job.

retired

N/A - I am retired

Volunteer at USO Midway lounge. Work 2-3 days/week & take public transportation most days. Have contact w/vets & families from all over US, every time I work. No remote working.

Retired, do not work outside of the home.

I’m retired.

retired

I don’t work

Retired

I am retired and none of the options were appropriate for that.

I’m Retired and not working

retired

Buying groceries for my family

I don’t work

retired

RETIRED AND DO NOT NEED TO LEAVE HOME TO WORK

attorney that doesn’t leave home

retired

no job-retired

I am retired not working

outdoor work construction

Retired

I am retired.

retired

nothing

Retired

I am retired; ;don’t work

i am retired

do not work, retired

I don’t work, am retired

I’m retired

Retired

No job I am retired

retired

Retired and not working

I am retired

Employed full-time at a big box retailer. No options whatsoever to work from home

Retired therefore no job

I’m retired. I don’t have a job.

I am retired.

No.It’s none of your business.

It is in retail and must be done at the store

retired, no job

I am retired, so I do not work.

i am retired

retired

Driver truck parts

Ian retired

retired

I have no job; I m retired.

i do not work

I am retired

I am retired and do not work

retired

Work part time outside at a golf course as a starter.

N/A - retired

not working

I don’t work.

retired

Essential Worker at defense contractor

I am an IT Systems Support Manager and I have to go into work on ocassion.

Retired

Am a state scientist working on environmental programs and policy, mostly I go in to the office to print documents and make use of the T1 connection.

It requires a physical presence

need to be on-site to perform certain functions

no job

retired

I’m retired

Retired

I am retired. I do not leave my home except for necessary trips to pick up groceries ( which we order online pull up to the store, and they put it in the trunk of the car.)

I work for an airline. So I work at an international Airport. So can’t do my job from home at all.

Retired

I am retired and don’t work.

I volunteer at a Habitat Restore one day a week and at a construction site one day a week

I am retired and have no job responsibilities

government auditor and boredom

I am retired so I don’t have a job. I have operated during the pandemic as I did before the pandemic. I did not work from home or anywhere else then and I do not work from home or anywhere else now.

Fetired

Retired

retired

WE DELIVER TO RESTAURANTS SCHOOLS HOSPITAL& BUISNESSES

Djdjd

I am retired

Retired

retired

It is still a bit shy and we will definitely be in touch with the process and

I am not

Retired

I don’t have a job. I’m a disabled Veteran. Retired. I put that in one of the first questions asked at the start of the survey.

I am retired.

retired - do not work

I’m retired, don’t have to work

N/A. I’m retired.

retired

Retired

I have no job - I’m retired

Consultant

worked part time at a hardware store. Have choosen not to continue working under the covid-19 restrictions.

retired, not working

Funeral Services Associate. Working at funeral homes, doing visitations and funeral services

No job retried.

Retired do not work

i am retired

I.m retired

Home maker

Worked on the 2020 Census in an office environment

I am a Registered Nurse at an acute care hospital

Retired

I’m retired. Have been for years

I work for the government and recently changed jobs. This involved a move from overseas. I have not been asked to telework and have a private office with few contacts since majority of building is teleworking.

I’m retired!

retired

There is no job to leave home for; that’s the reason for my answer. I’m retired.

I am retired.

Retired

Must be in person

I have to report to the office twice a week

retired

sdminastrative in a hotel setting

I don’t work

Process mail and packages all night long

i work for the airport as a custodian

i am retired

2.9 Work at home sick

Do you have to leave your home to go to work even if you feel sick?

Descriptives for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

No (1) — Yes (2)

##    vars    n mean  sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1364  1.1 0.3      1       1   0   1   2     1  2.7     5.28 0.01

For the NON-VA group only

##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 689 1.13 0.34      1    1.04   0   1   2     1 2.15     2.63 0.01

Descriptives for both the VA group only

##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 675 1.06 0.24      1       1   0   1   2     1 3.62     11.1 0.01

Frequencies for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

workathomesick	Overall: n (%)
No	1230 (90.2%)
Yes	134 (9.8%)

Frequencies for both the NON-VA (first column) and VA (second column) groups separately

workathomesick	non-VA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
No	597 (86.6%)	633 (93.8%)
Yes	92 (13.4%)	42 (6.2%)

2.9.1 chi-square

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test with Yates' continuity correction
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$workathomesick, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 18.772, df = 1, p-value = 0.00001473

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1173139

2.10 Work at home sick why

For the question: Please tell us why you have to go to work if you feel sick.

Below are the text responses for the non-VA sample

retired	Vcjcucuduxhxucjfufifdjfk
I don’t have a job.	retired
or else i will ge tfired	Mother
well…dimensionally, the motor coach will not fit through my entry door	N/A
Great	At times, I’m the only one in the office.
Amazing surge	Reliability
N/A	If I don’t work I don’t have income
I do t want miss a day of work	rely
This is not applicable because I do not have a job.	hospital
I am responsible for my mother	retired
Not sick	I work at a college.
Because I wouldn’t get paid.	Answered no
Cant go if feeling sick	I have not worked since COVID
Ud	No
Yessir	hvj m
I work at a bank	Because I have nobody in the household that will help
Usually have to at least drive by to make sure the houses are ok but I don’t go inside	Because its almost impossible to get unemployment back. Also I cant pay bills and rent and take care of my 15 yr old daughter on $88 a week. Cant survive on that.
i prefer not to say	It is ok
I don’t have to	Cause its not covid
Responsibilities	Disabled
Money	Good
yes bc they don’t accept Dr notes	I work and need the money and rarely am I sick
Dndbrbrbvevv	because pay isn’t enough and I have to have all my hours to make it paycheck to paycheck
They don’t excuse any absence	If I feel sick I’m supposed to stay home work protocal since vivid started
Dislike	Don’t
Because all of my equipment is at my shop and that’s where most of my clients comes to	Go get supplies
I dont	Not enough CNAs
We’re short-staffed and it’s the holidays. We’d be thrown too far behind if I wasn’t present.	I just want to because I can just where a face mask 😷
None	Cause I have to do my job I can’t have no money
Boss says so. Patients need diagnoses.	K
Work says do not show up	Because the bills won’t pay themselves
Someone still has to pay bills	I don’t have to go if I’m sick
i have no idea	need money to support family
We are required to quarantine if having any cold/flu-like symptoms until receiving a negative COVID test.	I’m not working anymore st the moment due to covid when I couldn’t go back like my boss wanted me to and asked me to
Not sure yet	Have to work
They expect me to always be there	Nothing
None	Nobody else to work so short staffed
Attractive	good
Chxfucugcgicjgcgu	If I am sick I don’t go to work
NO PREFERENCE	hdhn
I wear a mask	when I feel sick I say my home
because of the pandemic	to reduce the spread of the virus
Kcckkcmf	retired

And here are the text responses for the VA sample

Table continues below
XXXXXXXXXXX	the answer was NO
n/a	N/A
my position is essential	Not applicable.
both home and at the factory	Minimum staffing
to a resturaunt	N/A
n/a	doctor
Retired	need the money
only if not really sick	I don’t go to when sick
retired	I am retired and not working.
Retired	does not apply
Someone will help me if needed	Need me
Do not work	At this time there is no other workers to work with her and her family
I am retired	None
need the money	XXXXXXXXXXX

But I don’t work if I’m sick.

Retired

none

I am retired

retired

don’t work

retired not working

Retired

Again, I DO NOT have a job!!! That applies to all the following questions, too. Geez! My computer system is basic; doesn’t have any of those stupid technological video gadgets. NOR do I have a cell phone; wouldn’t do texting even if I did.

Retired

I am retired

Dndjd

retired

the answer was NO

2.11 Work at home internet

Is your Internet connection good enough that you can work from home or to do video calls with family and friends?

Descriptives for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

No (1) — Yes (2)

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 2074 1.83 0.38      2    1.91   0   1   2     1 -1.74     1.01 0.01

For the NON-VA group only

##    vars    n mean  sd median trimmed mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1020  1.8 0.4      2    1.88   0   1   2     1 -1.54     0.36 0.01

Descriptives for both the VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1054 1.85 0.36      2    1.94   0   1   2     1 -1.96     1.84 0.01

Frequencies for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

workathomeInternet	Overall: n (%)
No	357 (17.1%)
Yes	1717 (82.4%)
NA	11 (0.5%)

Frequencies for both the NON-VA (first column) and VA (second column) groups separately

workathomeInternet	non-VA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
No	199 (19.4%)	158 (14.9%)
Yes	821 (80.1%)	896 (84.5%)
NA	5 (0.5%)	6 (0.6%)

2.11.1 chi-square

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test with Yates' continuity correction
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$workathomeInternet, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 7.1156, df = 1, p-value = 0.007642

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.05857358

2.12 Friend Fam Help

Do you have friends or family members who have helped you during COVID-19 so you do not have to go out in public?

Descriptives for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

No (1) — Yes, I get a lot of help (3)

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 2082 1.45 0.67      1    1.32   0   1   3     2 1.18      0.1 0.01

For the NON-VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1024 1.49 0.69      1    1.36   0   1   3     2 1.06    -0.17 0.02

Descriptives for both the VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1058 1.42 0.65      1    1.28   0   1   3     2 1.29     0.42 0.02

Frequencies for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

FriendFamHelp	Overall: n (%)
No	1349 (64.7%)
Yes, I get a little	523 (25.1%)
Yes, I get a lot of help	210 (10.1%)
NA	3 (0.1%)

Frequencies for both the NON-VA (first column) and VA (second column) groups separately

FriendFamHelp	non-VA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
No	636 (62.0%)	713 (67.3%)
Yes, I get a little	274 (26.7%)	249 (23.5%)
Yes, I get a lot of help	114 (11.1%)	96 (9.1%)
NA	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)

2.12.1 chi-square

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$FriendFamHelp, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 6.5795, df = 2, p-value = 0.03726

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.05621555

##    [1] 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
##   [38] 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2
##   [75] 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2
##  [112] 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1
##  [149] 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2
##  [186] 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2
##  [223] 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1
##  [260] 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
##  [297] 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
##  [334] 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2
##  [371] 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2
##  [408] 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
##  [445] 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
##  [482] 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2
##  [519] 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2
##  [556] 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2
##  [593] 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
##  [630] 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2
##  [667] 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2
##  [704] 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2
##  [741] 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
##  [778] 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2
##  [815] 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1
##  [852] 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2
##  [889] 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
##  [926] 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
##  [963] 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
## [1000] 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2
## [1037] 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
## [1074] 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
## [1111] 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2
## [1148] 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2
## [1185] 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
## [1222] 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2
## [1259] 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2
## [1296] 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
## [1333] 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2
## [1370] 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2
## [1407] 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
## [1444] 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2
## [1481] 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
## [1518] 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
## [1555] 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1
## [1592] 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
## [1629] 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
## [1666] 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
## [1703] 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2
## [1740] 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2
## [1777] 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
## [1814] 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
## [1851] 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
## [1888] 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2
## [1925] 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2
## [1962] 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
## [1999] 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2
## [2036] 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2
## [2073] 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1

2.13 DistanceInteract

Since COVID-19 began, have you been able to interact with friends while distancing (e.g., driveway or yard get-togethers, 6 feet apart)?

Descriptives for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

No (1) — Yes (2)

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 2085 1.74 0.44      2     1.8   0   1   2     1 -1.08    -0.83 0.01

For the NON-VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1025  1.7 0.46      2    1.75   0   1   2     1 -0.85    -1.27 0.01

Descriptives for both the VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1060 1.78 0.42      2    1.85   0   1   2     1 -1.33    -0.23 0.01

Frequencies for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

distanceInteract	Overall: n (%)
No	547 (26.2%)
Yes	1538 (73.8%)

Frequencies for both the NON-VA (first column) and VA (second column) groups separately

distanceInteract	non-VA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
No	311 (30.3%)	236 (22.3%)
Yes	714 (69.7%)	824 (77.7%)

2.13.1 chi-square

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test with Yates' continuity correction
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$distanceInteract, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 17.153, df = 1, p-value = 0.00003448

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.09070267

2.14 GroceryDeliver

Do you order groceries or other necessities for delivery?

Descriptives for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

Never, I can’t afford to (1) — Yes, I do all of the time (2)

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 2085 3.57 1.51      3     3.5   0   1   7     6 0.53    -0.13 0.03

For the NON-VA group only

##    vars    n mean  sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1025 3.68 1.7      3    3.63 1.48   1   7     6 0.29    -0.68 0.05

Descriptives for both the VA group only

##    vars    n mean  sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1060 3.46 1.3      3    3.38   0   1   7     6 0.84     0.76 0.04

Frequencies for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

groceryDeliver	Overall: n (%)
Never, I can’t afford to	188 (9.0%)
Never, it’s not available where I live	105 (5.0%)
Never, I prefer to shop in person	1101 (52.8%)
Never, I have friends or family who do it for me	68 (3.3%)
Yes, I do sometimes	386 (18.5%)
Yes, I do most of the time	117 (5.6%)
Yes, I do all of the time	120 (5.8%)

Frequencies for both the NON-VA (first column) and VA (second column) groups separately

groceryDeliver	non-VA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
Never, I can’t afford to	128 (12.5%)	60 (5.7%)
Never, it’s not available where I live	59 (5.8%)	46 (4.3%)
Never, I prefer to shop in person	431 (42.0%)	670 (63.2%)
Never, I have friends or family who do it for me	32 (3.1%)	36 (3.4%)
Yes, I do sometimes	224 (21.9%)	162 (15.3%)
Yes, I do most of the time	69 (6.7%)	48 (4.5%)
Yes, I do all of the time	82 (8.0%)	38 (3.6%)

2.14.1 chi-square

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$groceryDeliver, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 107.63, df = 6, p-value < 2.2e-16

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.227198

2.15 Most difficult

For the question: What has been the most difficult part of social distancing?

Below are the text responses for the non-VA sample

The lonliness	nothing
It gets boring	not seeing family
Social dimishment	Nothing, I was doing it already
I have no comment on this topic	nothing
Just the boredom of not being able to do things like normal.	not seeing family
None	not sure
Wondering how long this will go on for.	Not seeing family
Visiting	BEING AROUND OTHER PEOPLE
interaction with people	Nothing
feeling isolated from others	My inability to hug or shake hands
no interaction	Seeing the signs in stores for social distancing keeps 6 ft apart
not seeing friends out	Nothing
beats me	other people crowding me
Nothing	Staying away from family and friends. I have not seen them since last year.
Not being able to hug my daughter and grandson	Net interacting with my grandchildren
staying apart	not seeing family
not being able to hug friends and family	Everything .
none	not socializing
being afraid of catching virus an spreading it to family	Not being able to hug friends
not having social interaction	Being able to hug my family members
Remembering when walking down an aisle and meeting another person	awareness
Nothing I don’t anymore	Not applicable, I don’t do it
Don’t think it helps	not being able to see my sisters.
all good	not being able to see some people
Keeping 6 feet apart	Not being able to fellowship with church friends.
Missing the gym	DSDFGHL/K;
lonliness missing family	being away from the public
missing my boyfriend	not being able to leave
Vue.js	I don’t do it
not being able to go out for entertainment or dining	not being able to socialize with my friends.
nothing	Dealing with people who are covidiots
other folks being ignorant and refusing to follow the rules	Its annoying
Bcxbzgshdfcjxxjchfxhhfududhfhfucjxuduxhhx	People not adhering to it.
Not seeing friends and family	Being consistent about it
Nothing	boredom
Not socializing with friends!!!!	Not being able to meet and talk with friends are restaurants and bars.
Being in lockdown by our Dictatorof a Governor Newscum.	All of it
50 % capacity at work so i make half the money	HE IDIA EARRINGS
staying away from my friends and family	with friends
Many	Not being able to go out to eat.
I just moved and have no friends	none
not seeing my friends or being in social situations	Just being away from family members that don’t live with me.
inability to access elderly friends and family	The uncertainty and all of the deaths that the pandemic has caused.
staying home	No difficulties
Not being able to touch one another	It is very difficult to maintain
not travelling to see grandchildren	Not visiting my friends
none but other people need to observe it	loneliness
Rfrfrf rfrf r&r	Being unable to go out to dinner.
nothing	isolation
pain in the A$$	Keeping people you do not know far enough away from you.
Great	It’s okay
nothing	Everything really about it
Not seeing friends	NONE I LIKE IT
Not having family members in the house.	isolation
nothing	nothing
missing my friends	Not being able to keep up close relationships
forgetting	nothing
Remembering to do it in stores	keeping others from wanting to get closer.
nothing	the contact
n/a	Solitude
not seeing family	nothing whatsoever
not seeing family	staying home
nothing	Not being able to see my kids
Thanks for the update and for the update and	Not being able to do my volunteer work.
Friendly interactions like hugs and handshakes	I miss my friends and work colleagues
Im not much on people so I’m rather enjoying it	tired of not being able to work do to high health risk.
Not seeing family and friends	not being able to ive hugs
watching so other people social distance also	WEARING A MASK
not being with friends	Not being with my family, especially when my dad was so sick
Not seeing family and friend	Just not being able to get close to people like how I would like
Avoiding it altogether.	Boom
Not seeing friends	Being at home all the time
nothing	Getting others around me to keep their distance and wear masks
nothing	being less social
keeping others away	Trips
no difficulty, we have handled everything very well	isolation
I am scared to get covid	Not getting or giving hugs.
Loneliness and boredom. Other people around me at the gym or grocery store NOT social distancing.	just not being able to talk to people
having a conversation with someone	dealing with my husband’s anxiety
having to constantly think about how far I’m standing from people	Not enough time to spend with family and friends
Not being able to hug my elderly mother,	The loss of connection
family	Shortages of food items we buy and missing get together with friends and family
I have little contact with people; that has been difficult. Normal daily interactions simply do not exist at this time.	not being able to have my children over inside my home and not being able to hug them
Not traveling	No hugs
nothing	Not seeing all of the family
Remembering	none
being told what to do	Not being with grandkids
had to cancel a lot of oversea rips and made only 1	hugging
not being able to socialize and see my family	The people who don’t respect that rule in grocery stores, and just stands right by you.
Social distance	Not holding my grandchildren.
family and sports	Just that - being apart from friends and family.
None	The most difficult part is when I have to go to a grocery store for essential items and other shoppers aren’t considerate about staying 6 feet apart or wearing masks
Boredom	no restaurants
being close to family and not hugging	No travel
Hugging	Family time
l	none
People compliance	THE ENTIRE THING IS NUTS
nothing	Shopping and grocery stores
not seeing family	entertaining
nothing really I don’t like people all up in my face anyway	Not being able to socialize with family and friends especially during the Holidays
Lack of social interaction	Not being able to travel….eat in a restaurant….what I have always done
ban on travel	Missing social contact in person
the face mask	not hugging loved ones
not being able to visit with friends	not being able to see my family & friends
No being able to hug family	Not being able to hug my friends
When going into a store or public building and others do not obwy the rules.	Nothing
keeping social distance	nothing at all
not being about to see groups of friends	Not hugging
Not difficult	not seeing family as often as i want
Not being able to go cross country to visit my grandchildren	Nothing
having others who have travelled realkize they must stay home	not seeing family
No difficulty at all.	Not being able to see family and friends
nothing	Remembering to do it
Not being able to travel. Attend concerts and enjoy eating out. Not going to fitness club.	not being able to be with my kids and grandkids
Not going to restaurants with friends.	Not interacting
not being able to get together with people	being respectful of other people’s attitudes and practices
nothing	frustration with why people won’t wear masks and social distance for the benefit of all as well as working from home 100% versus having access to office for limited periods
becomes boring and monotance	Not seeing our kids and grandkids
the feeling of being cut off from people	not going to restaurants or movies, etc
6 feet apart!!!	NOT SEEING MY GRANDSON
Into stores	complacency
all of it	I really not being able to hug my mom. She is 90 years old so I want to be extra cautious around her. She is healthy and I want to keep her that way. We live next door to each other so I do get to see her but I miss mom hugs.
None - an introvert’s dream	Not hugging
Missing out on seeing friends and family, making memories together	not seeing the smiles
limiting to certain people	Not being able to travel to see family
not being able to getogether with my family - or exercise in a gym	Not getting blowjobs from my girlfriend
Try keep be safe	Other people staying 6 ft apart
Cannot visit friends.	Missing the physical touch of my friends and family.
not being able to visit with family and friends	Remembering to wear a mask
Remembering to keep distance with fruends	its been easy
ot spending time with friends and not being able to eat in a restaurant	not seeing my friends and not being able to hug.
Not being able to celebrateThanksgiving with my family	Inability to travel and meet with friends
easy	not seeing friends and family as often
not being able to see family	not being able to travel to see family out of state
Not seeing friends and family	Not being able to communicate effectively
Not being able to see my mother	not being able to see more family
Getting lonely at home.	Not being able to have family get togetherdnothing
not shaking hands with others or giving hugs	Clearly it is not working. CA has the strictest rules and yet the highest number of cases.
entertament going to concerts	Missing my sons college graduation
6 feet	not seeing everyone
Not being able to spend time with my children and my grandchildren	Not being able to travel and spend time with family
It’s ridiculous and we need to open up, lost two family members and can’t have funerals	Nothing is difficult about it
Going to movies, dinner, ballgames, socializing and travelling.	restaurants, travel
Nothing	Not eeing my family and friends . And not going to the gym.
The lack of hugs	not seeing my family as much
Not going places	Not being able to travel and visit friends.
Not being able to see my son for any holidays.	Not being Leto spend time and holidays with my parents who are in their 70’s
Being isolated at home.	Not seeing family more
can’t get together with friends and family	not getting see other people with that you associate with
Not seeing/being with my family	Being away from family
Not seeing family and friends	Not being able to physically interact with grandkids
Nothing really	Not socializing
Nothing, it has been pretty easy.	missing family
nothing	NA
nothing	Not being able to be sociable with friends and family
nothing	not being able to be with friends
not going to events. can’t hug loved ones	thing cancelled bingo
Not getting a hug. I miss a friend or relative hugging me. I miss the physical touch factor.	nothing
School	Not spending the time imwant with family and friends
Other people dont adher to it	Having others respecting my space.
Greeting people	Not being able to go to social gathering with my family
How	Not being with friends during birthdays, holidays, or just having fun with
not socializing	Being able to entertain friends
not be able to hug or touch a loved one	ridiculous government mandates
tring to talk to people	When we were prohibited from attending church. I did watch remotely during that time when it came available
A lot of people don’t obey the rule.	nothing
Not knowing the directions when in stores	Not seeing friends; no travel.
It’s worthless and annoying	kowtowing to the government bureaucrats.
none	Missing my family.
Not being able to meet my family and friends for social events.	Missing hugging and touching others
Nothing.	Not being able to eat inside restaurants
Losing income and communication	Isolation from friends/family.
I work in a small nurse’s station. Almost impossible to maintain social distancing in that area.	College kids home one graduated virtually and now started grad school virtually the other in school virtually full time
Not being able to see family out of state.	nothing I stay alone
Not seeing family and friends	getting together with clubs
Not being able to hug and close physical contact. Not being able to see the full face of someone w/o a mask	no issue
Keeping others 6 feet away from me in grocery stores.	now that its gotten colder - not being able to be with family
Not seeing family	I am a hugger toward my family and friends. I live alone so I miss all the close contact.
Bob	Npt huging my family
not seeing or visiting family	Stating away from my grandchildren
Shopping	Nothing. I don’t do it
unable to high five and give hugs	nothing at all
not being able to hug loved ones	Not being able to go to restaurants.
NOT BEING ABLE TO TRAVEL	Nothing
nothing	Somewhat difficulety
Not being able to hug	Not seeing family
not getting together with friends	being isolated and not seeing my friends
Missing the grand children	Not seeing family in nursing home
worry about family	Too many people to social distance, or other people don’t social distance.
Not being able to see family members and not being able to travel.	staying away from friends and family
not being able to be with my kids as much and when my son got Covid I could not help him with taking care of the grandkids	Not seeing my family in person.
nothing.	Not able to visit any family or friends
staying away from each other	others in store who don’t practice religiously
grocery shopping	not being able to go out to dinner or take the grand children out.
Missing the contact & interaction with friends & family	None
Not being able to get together with all our friends on a regular basis.	Non consenting others
nothing	not working
lonely	working at home and not being able to see some of my relatives
Not being able to get together on Thanksgiving as a large family	none to mind
I haven’t been able to play cards or chess with my friends.	Not being close to people
nothing	no activities to attend
keeping others away	staying away from family
Not seeing grandchildren	Going to work
Miss seeing family.	not seeing my grand children
not going to church	being away from friends and not being able to go to social events like concerts and vacationing.
Isolation	Not being able to hug friends or attend religious meetings in person.
I HAVE ONLY BEEN OUT OF THE HOUSE TWICE SINCE JAN. 29, LIVE ALONE, ENFORCE 15’ NOT 6 FOR WORKMEN WHO HAVE HAD TO COME TO THE HOUSE. MISS GOING TO FAVORITE RESTAURANTS AND CANCELED ALL MY DOCTOR APPTS WHICH MAKES ME WORRY, I NEED A FLU AND A PNEUMONIA SHOT AND SOME TESTS FOR THYROID, PLUS A CHECKUP ON MY GLAUCOMA.	I like to meet new people
Missing family and friends	Trying to do just that when others don’t follow through.
talking in person with friends	Not being able to sing in the choir or at church
Not seeing my friends	Other people who do not do it and do not have on a mask
Nothing	i cant go to sport events
Not seeing all of your friends.	democrats
Not being able to go to fairs, car shows, etc.	no interaction with people
not being able to feel comfortable by being so far apart	Not traveling
Not talking to people	Missing out on things
the sheer monotony	Nothing.
Not being able to spend time with family & friends. Trying to keep distance from people who do not seem to gollow social distancing guidelines.	not seeing my children and grand children
No problem from myself but I have to sometimes tell people to stay 6-8 fett away from me. And I have done it several times.	not hugging or shaking hands
not seeing my children and grand children	Not hugging my grandchildren and children
Not going to restaurants/bars/clubs	Not hugging family members
Nothing	keeping in touch with people
not seeing friends and family	Not being able to spend time with my Mother over the holidays
Loss of bust contact	Wearing mask and having my glasses fog up
Watching many others who don’t properly wear masks or distance themselves from others. It’s very frustrating.	Not hugging love ones
being with family	nothing
NOT SEEING FAMILY AND FRIENDS	Not being able to visit our son’s family in another state.
Not being able to see and hold my grandchildren	forgetting to social distance. social distancing with loved ones.
not being able to get my workouts done	family gatherings
Not socializing directly with people	Observing others and seeing that they are also doing this and not being distracted by something and someone else gets to close.
The mask is annoying but I wear it	No hugd
Nothing	I live alone and have been working from home since March 17th. It is harder to work from home for it takes a while to contact coworkers for answers in order to get my job dine. I wind up working long hours till 9 or 10 at night. I get very lonely with no human contact. I really have no relatives no siblings where I live. I am depressed most of the time.
nothing	Not getting together with my family on a regular schedule
nothing in particular	But seeing friends & family & not working or shopping
no hugs	See family
I’m an extrovert and I’m beginning to feel very lonely.	no hugs with family
Not being able to be with children and grand children up close -no hugs!	It’s hard sometimes when the stores I’m in are crowded and it’s hard to keep at least 6 feet apart. I was in Costco this morning and it was crowded and the check-out lines were very long, so it was hard to social distance as much as I’d like.
Seeing other that believe non doctor advise	Depression
one-way aisles in supermarkets, which force customers to spend more time in the store when they should be trying to spend less time in store	nothing
holiays	People don’t listen to the sign “6ft apart”
doctor visits	Other people forgetting to do it
Not seeing friends, lunch dates, moving around the supermarket, shopping at the mall	I need to require my son, who lives separate from me and doesn’t practice strict social distancing, to wear a mask inside my home and sit at least six feet away from me while we are dining.
Miss daughter	No problems
wearing the stupid masks when talking	Not much interaction with others
Others not taking COVID seriously	staying 6 feet apart in a store
not seeing my family	there have been no problems
nothing i was born for this.	Not seeing family
Can’t travel to Europe.	staying away from those who do not cooperate by stay out of reach
The most difficult is not being able to hold the baby that was born during this time.	understanding someone speaking with a mask on
not seeing friends	Not being with family
Not being with ALL my grandkids at Thanksgiving, missing family birthdays	Nohing
nothing	Fear of getting the virus
not being with grandchildren	The other people who are disrespectful and don’t wear masks. Also, public bathrooms are closed all over the place.
Not seeing family	None
Working collaboration	Not being able to visit friends.
seeing friends	Not getting together with family
not traveling to see my son	When other people do not abide the social distancing guidelines.
others not doing so	kissing
Not being able to hug our grandchildren	Others do not care and stay their distance
Queuing outside for long and using the mask not to hear the person talking to you	Having anxiety and depression.
staying away from people not waring mask	missing family and friends
long lines	noting
I’m used to hosting fir all of the holiday events. Because of COVID, I can’t host or see my family. The worst part is that my cousin died alone in the hospital. She had COVID. We couldn’t visit her because of Covid.	The hardest part of social distancing has been not being able to celebrate the holidays with family and friends.
i miss my normal life, shopping eating out life without a dying fear of corona virus	for kids to have social distancing
Not being able to see my dad while he was still healthy to know who I was	not sure
It by itself	Being around family all the time
Not being able to interact with people. I am a huger and that is how I contact with people especially at church. I am being careful because my mother is 83 and my grandmother is 101. I don’t want to go outside the home and bring something back to them. My mother is a breast cancer survivor of 9 years and I just don’t want to take the chance.	being distant from famiy
None	Feeling normal and just enjoying being outside, shopping, eating
N9ne	not being able to be with family. And kids unable to go to school and get hands on teaching or be with friends. Very depressing
I have been missing my friends and family.	Not having a job not being able to provide for myself and family or pay bills
Ffgg	What?
Not hugging family members	Just won’t be able to connect and feel love ones emotionally
it was really good	The anxiety of getting covid
staying like that	NONE
none of the above	none
No	Yessir is the best game I have played in my iPod and iPhone for iPhone
not seeing friends/family as much	sitting mostly in home
Nothing	no Difficulties
none	hcjvvi
Some people always stay nearer than 6’. I don’t like it.	Yes sometimes
Interacting with peopel	Avoiding people
I miss my extended family during the holidays	Nothing
Not able to gave hug each other	Need to interact with neighbors and friends by seeing each other and running errands to shop to restock materials due to delayed deliveries
mgjh	Store are packed during the holidays
I don’t know	Not interacting with family and friends
My kids not going to school	None
Not seeing my friends much	Not
Nothing.	Not being able to go out
Nothing, all my friends and family are in other countries	none
Not being around other ppl	Nothing
Not normal	Lonely
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Not that hard. People are annoying.	not being able to see grand parents.
no concerts	good
Not seeing family and friends	Trying to make sure my husband stays safe and well because he’s very high risk
Not seeing older family members	None
Not seeing my family	The mental health of my children and lack of work
people save from corona to follow social distancing	Work
i prefer not to say	Not hanging out with friends
No difficulties is facing	The most difficult part of social distancing is that I’ve not been able to visit my young adult daughter in Canada.
maintaining distance	feeling isolated & constantly bored
after having many and staying away from them.	not being able to travel
It is normal for me	Nothing
Not interacting with family as much	feeling lonely
not seeing family	I don’t have an issue with it. I like it
Not being able to hug	Stay at least 6 feet (about 2 arms’ length) from other people. Keeping distance from others is especially important for people who are at higher risk of getting very sick.
Being careful	Nothing
Work	Not seeing my family and friends
Having to wear a mask	I like to give my friends hugs and stuff.
The most difficult part of social distancing for me has been the feeling of isolation	Everything is hard
Talking to people who don’t talk loud	Crowded stores
Not being able to hug my parents or niece and nephews.	Nothing
Not being able to hold my nephew	Missing family time
Personal contact - hugs	Not being able to hug my parents
Nothing.I enjoy social distancing.	My kids not being able to get to do more things
Feeling lonely	Good
Really just the lack of freedom of movement.	Missing everyone
Afraid of getting a job outside of home	Wearing masks
Nothing I do what I want	no idea
Idk	No difficulties
The stores and restaurants being closed	Mask
Work Availability is down.	Jrhrbrbfb
giving people hugs	I miss my family
Not seeing family	Not seeing family
Time	Having to wear masks and not being able to have both parents go in for my sons doctors appointment
Isolation	Nothing much
no	Nothing
Not meeting friends and family in person and only seeing and talking to them on video calls which are so impersonal	Like
Not seeing my boyfriend since February.	My kids not being able to do hang out with their friends
Jobs	Not seeing family for celebrations
No friends	Nothing
Not being able to do so many things	Missing out on my children and grandchildren
No contact with important people	Not seeing family and friends. Just getting out and going
Nothing	I can’t embrace my family and friends we have to stay far
Not being able to be around my family like I really would like to be	Not seeing family
isolation	Not been close with someone and talk to them
Not seeing the people I’m use to seeing, and not being able to go out & eat at places.	Afraid my family would catch covid.
Having to wear the mask everywhere.	None
My children makimg them understand. The long lines at the store	Family
The most diffiypart is not being able to get away even for a day trip to get a break from life’s stressors.	Not letting my child play at her friends house
Nah	No family visit
Trying to see your loved ones and friends while doing activities.	Nothing I hate people
Other people not social distancing	Just staying close to the people in my home and not anyone outside of it
Not being able to have parties and have people over	Wearing a mask
Wearing the mask	feel like you can’t do everything you want
Nothing	Businesses going out of business and politicians not caring
Good	Na
I’m fine with it I’m accomplishing things I never would have done	Because very good
Buying food	very unique and like good
Not being able to see friend	Don’t know
not seeing friends	quality
Not seeing people	Remembering to sanitize things before and after you touch them.
It’s sucks	I just got a call to say I have no idea
Nothing. It’s hard not seeing people but you have to do what you have to do	My social life is dead. I don’t go out to bars anymore and people are genuinely wary of eachother. It’s been much more lonely.
this is very safe to do social distancing.	Maintaining space between me and other customers is difficult to handle.
The other people not corporating.	Its great
Nothing	Been lonely and isolated which is not part of the usual living
staying home	The isolation
social distancing	Getting supplies
My mental health	Doesn’t bother me
The most difficult part of social distancing is that I’m not able to spend time with friends and family.	nothing, its great
none	It’s good
I lost my job and went to jail for 10 months. Fear of it being inside the jails was great.	ojikluj
being away from people	Missing events and celebrations and gatherings…not being able to travel…feeling like life is happening but I’m Not able to enjoy it in the way I knew how
nothin	Staying grounded to earth
Not hugging friends	Keeping the social distancing because most of the people don’t understand it
Dealing with other people not following rules	Nothing really
Nothing	like it
Many things	She’s son
Not being able to travel or go to the gym.	People not listening
It’s awesome	Nothing really
IS FRUSTANTIG	Not being able to see my family or friends.
none at all	None
wearing masks	I am an introvert, no issues form
Wearing a face mask has been my least favorite part of social distancing. It makes it difficult to breathe when working out and is very uncomfortable when I start to sweat.	Nothing, I have typically stated away from people in general
Can’t travel to see my family	Nothing
The most difficult part of social distancing is trying to take care of patients who are sick and cannot do social distancing	none
Not being able to hug family members.	Feeling lonely being a single mom
No money	Forgetting and having people be all weird towards u
It to u go for the u	Idk
Not bring able to see my nieces and nephews.	Infringement on freedom of association and right to assemble.
Wife	My siblings are getting bored.
Being away from people	Having to many people in same place at same time
Have a good time and	Not being g able to visit an elderly parent
Not interacting	Noo
Challenging for mindset	Other people respecting my personal space
Not getting covid-19	Staying away from friends and family and going to get needed items
Not going out when I want to	Not being able to be around anyone
not sure	Not being able to hug people.
Can’t see people’s smiles or really feel a part of something.	Being away from people you care about
Wearing masks	Stores being crowded
Getting stuff done	Nothing
Nothing	Not being able to go to birthday parties with and for my kids
nothing i am a okay with it. i do wish that I could go and pray with people like i use to.	Not seeing my coworkers, family and friends
none	Nothing
Being away from close friends and family.	I’m lonely
Not goon for restaurants	Depression can easily get worse.
None	Not being around people
My kids	Not being able to see family
I don’t have any difficulty with it	Being away from the people I care about
Not being able to see loved ones out of state	Distancing your self from your love once
Not seeing my friends	Nothing. I really dont mind.
No seeing family	Reduced interaction
nothing	Not being able to have big family gathering
Being stuck inside	nothing
It’s all just politicized bs	Not eating inside restaurants
Missing people	Mingling with friends
Inability to communicate and express one’s feelings thoroughly	When you go into a huge shopping center
Nothing.	Keeping distance because some people don’t listen
I am not very social, so I don’t have many issues with social distancing	staying away from family
being home so much	Noo
Not having to be close with loved ones	Connecting with people
Not too good really inconvenient	I’m not sure
nothing is difficult	not hugging
Not seeing my friends	The wsy to get back to the same person who is leave the house and the solution to the same quality
for the car back in my car back in my car back in my car and I can get a new car insurance to you were to get a fat guy to get a job in my life that was smoking and how much I love ya dig and then	uncomfortable
Seeing family	Staying far from friends, parents for a long time. Not being able to visit places for entertainment
I feel lonely sometimes because social distancing not acceptable but due to covid19 I need to adhere to it	For my kids interactions with people
None	Meeting up with people who I love
Nine	Bordem
I feel very anxious about this pandemic and I can’t wait to get back to normal life	Not exploring the new town I recently moved to. I’m also single and dating has been put on hold for the last year.
Not able to the normal human relationship with friends and family	none
Not seeing the people I care about; emotional health	i like to hug my friends and that is the hardest part
to keep suspicious all the time	Missing family members.
we can’t shake hand or hug each other	Nothing really. Technology allows me to talk to and maintain contact with everyone, as well as continue to work pretty much as normal.
Not being able to leave and do the things that u did before	Not being able to see family out of town
Being inside so much and not having things I need that I used to always have before covid	nothing, I like it
The mask is annoying to wear	Nothing. I haven’t had any problems.
Staying home	Not be able to go out with children
Not seeing family	Not seeing friends.
not sure	Some times forget how close you are
I get lonely	It’s completely impossible to do.
Good	Nothing
Seeing family	Not seeing my friends that are high risk
I don’t know	i dont idea
Don’t know	N/A
Not being able to leave my house	No getting along with people
not seeing my mo	Staying 6 feet away from other people
stayng away and talking	when there are cramped areas
Yes	yes
Postponement of businesses and delays in grocery deliveries	I don’t know
not being able to have fun	Good
YES MAN VERY DANGER	Stating home
Having to go to work still	Not being able to see people you would normally see frequently
not being with family	Nothing
not physically touching my loved ones	not see my friends
Nothing at all	Being bored.
Not seeing some people	Not being able to go more places
Not being able to attend events	Not having big gatherings
Nothing.	Trying to social distance in the grocery store where there are lots of people.
Missing friends getting bored	No
Talking to your wife over the fence.	Other people that forget it don’t care
The people it to be a joke.	Masks
I miss the way things used to be and not having to be scared	Dealing with people’s fear
None	Staying away
not being able to see friends	None
one	Likely
disappointing others	Nothing
The most difficult part of social distancing is having to see people wearing face masks and not breathing oxygen dying slowly lowering their immune system.Also people getting brainwashed believing the covid vaccine will help them not knowing it’s dangerous and will kill people more.	Isolated
none	Not being able to socialize with friends
i like it	Not going anywhere
Missing family	good
Nothing I love it because I don’t like being around people	Nothing
Missing people	Stating away from people
Not traveling.	kissing
Bobby	Many places being closed.
Intimacy	Girls
The most difficult part about social distancing is actually having the space to social distance.	I guess just not seeing and being in the norm
Hugging	Not being able to have friends over.
Traveling	Everything
can’t give hugs	N/A
It’s hard not being able to see any of my family. I miss being able to get together especially for the bigger holidays. It’s also hard to stay indoors all the time when I constantly see people going out.	Awesome
that we cant go when we want to the store	Lack of contact, hesitation
Personal contact with other beings is much colder than these winter temperatures approaching the pacific.	NOT SEE FRIENDS
Feeling low	not being able to see and spend time with my friend’s kids
lonliness	How to make a deposit on the streets in the morning
Nothing	No
Not seeing family as often	I miss seeing friends. In store shoppers are taking up all the space in the stores.
Being anxious able people getting to close and probably spreading germs	I havent had any issues I dont really care to be around people so it doesnt bother me.
NO PREFERENCE	Nothing
htyd	I dont thunk i can actually remember any stuff
Getting others to keep distant.	Not getting to travel
The lack of affection with family members	nothing
Growing up/puberty not easy	nothing
Just trying to remember to do it always	the distance
Frustrations	Nothing
whwn we go ouyside for our work it is bery diggicult	Other people not following this guild line
school	Go to the store
No hookers	Nothing
Stayong safe.	Staying away
nothing	Not seeing my friends, and just lack of freedom in general.
Nothing	Stay at least 6 feet (about 2 arms’ length) from other people. Keeping distance from others is especially important for people who are at higher risk of getting very sick
every thing	Missing family and friends.
no vacations	Missing my parents
Being bored	Missing friends
its very easy	Being with family during the Holidays
yes	Its need for safety
not being able to leave the house and see my father	Not getting to see my friends
-	the distance
in work	We may forget sometimes and not maintain the social distancing distance and there are some people who do not adhere to it and we may have to go to a crowded place
None	lack of communication with people. not being able to see friends that live farther away because they are in the communities that are getting hit harder than around where i live now.
don’t know	People not keeping their distance
none	Not seeing family
none	School
Not seeing my mom	Staying indoors
Closings	nothing really I was keeping my distance from people before the virus
not touching friends	none
nothing	not seeing any one
Ndmcmccmmgv	Being away from your family

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no friendliness	isolation
miss interaction with friends at meetings and house parties	Social distancing
none	loss of nearness
Not seeing friends	I have no problem with it. I am an introvert, so my preference is social distancing.
keeping other people away	It hasn’t been difficult
nothing at all	Nothing
CCCCCCCCCCC	having other people respect it
not being able to do things	Not seeing friends or relatives
not being to hug family	watching for others who are not following the “rules”
Remaining six feet apart of more	not having the freedom of choice in my actions and associations
nada	not being with friends and family
Remembering to social distance.	NO FAMILY GATHERINGS
It is asinine to keep 6’ SD apart when the average germ or bacteria can travel well past 50’! With a mask, what is the point of SDing? I do it onlyy because our drug addicted PA governor King Wolfie has issued a royal command to do all these silly anti-CV19 bullshit because he believe the liars on the news media and the fools who masquerade as medicos like Tony faucci the head moron!	none
remembering to take amask.	The most difficult part of social distancing is having to think about it all the time and adjust my movements.
home	Unknown
Staying away from family	Having to work from home and not being able to dine out anymore.
not seeing anyone- get dressed up in the morning and go sit in the living room	Not having friends over for meals nd conversation
Missing Hugging Grandkids and Sons and their spouses	not being able to see family and friends
nothing except getting bored	Not visiting family
wearing the mask inside	nothing
Not traveling	Elimination of travel
keeping away from people	Closures of businesses
NO COMMUNICATION	its been easy to social distance
none	not seeing my mother
THE STUPIDITY OF IT	being able to hug family
Not seeing friends and family indoors.	Remembering to socially distance
sense of helplessness because of disease and a President who doesn’t care.	nothing at all
not seeing friends and vacationing	not a thing
not seeing my immediate family (sons and their families)	staying home
nothing really	not being able to hug the grandchildren
Not being able to engage in activities that make me happy	not being able to travel
nothing	nothing
Missing my family and friends	hearing conversations
state and local offices being closed	not being to enjoy my friend visiting
private answer	Not being able to see children and grandchildren
Not being able to travel on vacation	alone a lot
friends	Not visiting family
going on vacations dining in	The unrealistic expectation that it actually makes a difference. get real.
no sex	shopping because there are so many people.
nothing	none
Traveling	I don’t do it
no close contact with my children	Not eating in restaurants
nothing	not knowing who may or may not be a danger to me, such as, my grandchildren
Other people don’t social distance	Family visits
eating out	Not seeing my daughter who lives in a different state.
It is based on total lies and laws against our constitution.	Nothing,
It has required me to cancel most of the trips, functions or occasions I intended to do in 2020 and look forward to continuing at least another 6 months until the vaccine is available to me.	I don’t do it.
not seeing family	Staying in small groups
Store closings and not able to get all of what you are shopping for.	missing family
nothing	Not being able to attend movies and shows.
those that do not do social distancing	not being able to be around my family members
doing it	other people do not do it
Not being able to hug friends and family	when shopping
Not a thing	Enjoying the company of family and friends in a large group
GETTNG BORED	nothing
isolation	showing more affection for loved ones
Lack of any spontaneity and the feeling is of loneliness	Not being in direct contact with friends.
Not being able to share holiday events with family members.	Can’t play basketball in the park
not sure	No comment
Friends and family	not seeing my children
it is hard to make new friends.	Not seeing family.
The lack of a physical connection and the fear of contagion	Missing my friends
Avoiding situations where there are people not wearing masks or practicing social distancing.	nothing
Interruption in normal day to day activities, wearing a mask, not being able to see facial expressions of others or their complete identity. Difficulty in heavy breathing while working out at the gym due to wearing the mask. Isolation!!!	Not seeing family members
Nothing, but miss the communication aspect	Restaurants with limited capacity or completely closed for dine-in, even to the point of only having drive-through, which is slow and inefficient.
no hugs	Lack of connection with people
The lack of social contact and inability to attend church.	not being able to be with family and friends. trying to avoid others while in stores as they don’t always distance themselves
nothing	Not a problem
n/a	nothing
Lack of human contact.	Nothing
none	Nothing
Trips have been cancelled	Losing time from physically seeing my kids and grandkids
people always breaking my 6 foot bubble	Missing life events
not being in close contact with people	The other person not respecting the social distancing protocol.
Other people that do not respect my space.	No family gatherings
Not traveling to visit family	Not being able to travel to see my daughter’s family in Texas, and our two grand daughters
Make other do it.	nothing
can’t cover all occasions 100%	Having to wear a mask
nothing, I generally not doing it unless the other person requires it	Maintaining at least 6ft separation from people.
going out to eat	Encountering people not wearing masks.
Not seeing family	things I can’t do
Being physically away from my Grandchildren	not sure
it is all bs	Remembering to put the mask on when leaving te home
wearing the mask	Ensuring that other people stay apart and give me my space
Missing my family and friends and doing social things together.	unable to get close to family members and friends
Making sure of distancing	Not being able to get together with family.
Explaining why you have to do it	nothing
Not able to use the exercise room in our club house.	not being able to go to family gatherings
Not seeing family in person	not seeing people and getting idiots to do the same in public
when shopping I have to occasionally have to wait for someone to move onrarely	i long to do my normal activities
I live in a retirement home and the dining room has been closed since mid March and we eat alone in our rooms and many activities are discontinued at present.	not seeing family members
Wearing a mask in public	No hugging or shaking hands.
fmily	The way some people react if & when you go near them
everything	Not being able to hug and kiss
lack of contact with friends	NOT BEING ABLE TO SHAKE HANDS OR HUG EACH OTHER
not touching close friends	being apart
it is difflcult not being able to socilize	none
Putting up with the exaggeration and the bs	Not being able to visit my granddaughters that live about 6 hours away
Not being with friends all the time and not being able to worship in person at church	Staying away from friends and shaking hands
Being able to interface from a distance	The most difficult part of social distancing is not being able to physically play with my grand kids.
getting outdoors in the winter	Other people who don’t think it applies to them
Not being able to see family	No problem at all
keep apart from loved ones	Getting close to the grand kids
Wearing a mask	government intrusion
it was never hard	none
not being able to eat in my favorite restaurants and having my hair done	EVERY ONE LOOKS ALIKE
not being able to see my grandkids	Not going out with family.
missing out on things	Fighting the temptation to shake hands or give hugs
No family get togethers	no sex
not seeing family members from out of town	nothing i do this all the time when we are out of the house
nothing	Other people
no hugging	nothing
Getting use to being social distances from friends and family.	Can’t make personal contact with friends and family members
sex	Other people who don’t social distance
Other people who are inconsiderate	No problems social distancing.
trumpalytes/anti-masker idiots who just don’t care about others. all the false bullshit being spread by the above assholes	Forgetting
General camaraderie	The most difficult part has been the total absence of live entertainment.
Not being able to eat out	Not seeing good friends and family
NOTHING IT’S OKAY WITH ME.	none
social media bs	Not being able to hug.
na	nothing
At work, with the general traveling public.	LOOK AFTER FAMILY MATTER AND FOR MYSELF DOING DR.VISIT IN PERSON
Not bring with my family	Not able to go to my favorite restaurants, my casinos here in Vegas,, not being able to fly back home to see family when we want.
NO SEX	Human contact is a human need
I am wearing a Mask and other individuals are not.	Not being able to hug and kiss hello or goodbye members of the opposite sex.
Lack of physical contact. You often feel remote and disconnected from people you’ve known a long time.	weird
nothing	no contact
boredom	Bars closing.
Remembering to not shake hands	nothing
wearing a mask period… I have COPD	The ability to dine outside the home, along with seeing some friends
Not seeing people.	not being with family for the holidays
None just do it	nothing
watching all the idiots that ignore the recomendations	not traveling
Not being able to interact with family and friends.	Keeping 6 ft apart
nothing	not being able to go to restaurants
I need to attend church and I no longer do this.	Wearing the Mask.!
not being able to hug my son and have him in my house or me in his	nothing no issue with me
Nothing	getting others to pay attention
No physical contact	nothing
having other do it too	just the not touching etc
at time haveing to stay in the house that the boredom after some time does start to bother you.	nothing
Cannot live life normally	not shaking hands
Being with family	not seeing family
nothing	hearing
Not hugging my kids and grandchildren	has not been difficult
Trying to stay apart from others	THEATER
the emotion of being unable to be with family and friends	Not being able to meet with family and friends
I have no problems with social distancing	no+ tgoing to the gym, church abd library
Not seeing family	nothing
The dam mask. We all look like bank robbers.	closeness of social contact ripped away for us by Governors and mayors violating our constitutional rights of freedom
having churches and restaurants closed	Grandkids
not seeing children/grand kids	No answer
At the grocery store	not hugging others
Not being with family members and celebrating birthdays and holidays together.Not	the stupidity of it all
None	Being distracted
Not being able to attend public functions such as church services and other rcommuity based activities.	Not being with grandkids.
nothing	Being unable to visit people who are more vulnerable than I am.
not going to bars	Interacting with relatives
no comment	Going to the Walmart store
Nothing	since I live by myself, it can get a little lonely at times
Not meeting friends for a social occasion	Family gate
being unable to attend shows, shopping	Other people are not always respectful for the need to wear a mask or social distance. Especially in grocery store.
not able to do things spontaneously	Not continuing in the activities I was involved in prior to covid-19.
nothing	Lack of social activity, which is imperative in human beings.
not getting together with family	i am alone all the time except for my pets and my wife works for a nursing home gone all the time
not being able to have contact with family	Not being able to hug and touch friends and family members.
Ability to plan day to day activities	nothing
not getting to be with friends and not traveling	while in aisles of large stores like Costco
Being separated from my family	Cancelling Thanksgiving and Xmas with family members. Not being able to see them in person. Also cancelled international trip to see adopted families.
shopping	Inability to travel
Ensuring that you keep your distance when out when others don’t practice distance tend to crowd you. Additionally, remembering to always keep distance between others when the line or activity moves.	Not being able to interact with my children
Being able to socialize more.	The most difficult part is being not being able to travel to visit my grandchildren.
too many people in box stores	Keeping people at a distance
isolation	attending worship assemblies
Not being able to connect live with family	Seeing a couple of neighbors that is a good friends of ours. Especially since the wife has serious health issurs.
missing friends	There’s been nothing difficult about social distancing.
Nothing	staying apart
Nothing other than remembering to have a mask	Were a tactile species…
entertaining with friends	Not seeing grandchildren
Not eating out much	Not seeing out of town family
Getting groceries in store when other people want to walk up yo you	being able to keep the space between at the 6 feet suggested. Also, I am a hugger and miss that personal touch when meeting a friend
?	trying to determine proper distancing
nothing	lonliness
PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WEAR MASKS IN PUBLIC	Inability to get with friends and associates, missing out on gatherings, inability to see friends that are hospitalized (non-Coved realted).
Not seeing family & friends	inability to interact with others
wearing mask	not touching family
Not being able to visit terminally ill relative who lives 1000 milers away	Avoiding hugs and touching.
hugging relatives	Going anywhere is a challenge
remembering to doit	Not being in physical contact with my family
Keeping mask on.	don’t know
I had to cancel my 2 month vacation to Alaska. Also, not being able to eat out.	for me there is no difficulty at all, I like being away from most people
BOREDOM	No problems social distancing
not able go to lot of places	na
Family gatherings	Doctor appointments cancelled. Fear of contacting Covid when grocery shopping, etc. Fear of family or friends or anyone getting Covid and suffering
fetting together with friends	unable to travel
nothing	missing the grandchildren
nothing	Not getting anything done. Been trying to clear out and sell my house.
avoiding crowd situations	Staying away from our close friends
seeing friends	Canceling travel; not being able to visit our son’s family
I miss going to the movies with my daughter. I miss going out to eat with my daughter. I miss going out to eat with my friend. I miss going downtown to the food trucks.	Not recognizing people
Isolation	When others do not.
Not mtg with family	friends
Not seeing my family; My Wednesday Eating Club has not eaten out since March	not being able to talk to strangers.
To watch out for others getting too close to me	Lack of social contact
Cannot travel except to shops	Lonliness
none	keeping others 6’ away
THE stupid democratic gov officials who dont know crap	Not being able to go to church
People that don’t	Nothing. I am adaptable.
No problem	Not leaving the house except for groceries
Clearly hearing someone talk through a mask	Wearing the mask
The shear stupidity of the process. Masks and social distance does prevent covid.19	not visiting with my family often enough
Not being able to go to most places because of closures.	not traveling as much as normal
Not always being able to stop others from getting close	remembering to do it
seeing friends and family	Desire of grandchildren to interact with strangers, their pets, and other children.
Actually keeping the distance - i.e. random passing of people on the street or in aisles, etc.	none
Not having the freedom to go out when I want to.	I don’t find it difficult, but sometimes other people tend to get too close.
forgetting to social distance	Missing contact with friends and neighbors
small social group	Not seeing family and traveling
Others not following protocol	Not being able to be with my friends or to eat out
Seeing idiots who believe that they will never die and insist on going places with that attitude. Particularly in grocery stores, drug stores, etc.	Nothing is difficult for me.
staying apart	nothing
Seeing so few people.	Getting hugs from loved ones
Not difficult at all.	continued need
nothing	Nothing in particular. Not much has changed for me since this has begun.
missing regularly scheduled activities	Not seeing my friends and family as much
not seeing family	The other person
Faces	?????????????????
I miss gathering with friends and family. I miss the hello hugs and hand shakes	loniness
Not being able to go where I want to, like out to eat at a restaurant, or go to a movie, or feel comfortable shopping.	Nothing
not seeing friends and family	social distancing
keeping others to maintain their distance.	feeling lonelier than before, have no one to talk to
not sure	nothing
nothing	Nothing
other people	missing church
Others may not stay away from me even though I try to stay apart.	Eating out
Nothing	Getting others to co-operate
The lack of exercising in a gym.	not being able to interact in person with loved one especially the grandchildren
Nothing	None
remembering to distance	contact
Not going to restaurants.	awkward
Not being to go where I want to without worrying about how far I am from others or they are from me	not getting together with friends
not hugging my kids	Other people
Loss of group activities and gatherings	In lines staying 6 ft apart unless there are markers.
not seeing family	n/a
seeing friends	Accepting the “science.” Again, conflicting studies . . . Estimating the distance.
Conducting day-to-day affairs and home care	None
When the grocery store allows too many people in at a time it is difficult to social distance	Not being able to travel
nothing	Nothing is difficult about social distancing except to get others to keep their distance.
Conversation with other people	reduced social participation
not hard	Lack of fellowship
other people doing same	not shaking hands
Going to the grocery store	Not seeing close friends
Liberal Governors over reaching their authority and destroying small businesses and the economy	not seeing people
staying apart	not be able to have out of town family stay with me or go to visit them not getting hugs
Just the thought of it.	being together
I don’t have any problems with it	not interacting with people I normally spend many nights out during the year
staying at home	not being able to date.
excercising and playing tennis	remembering to stay 6 feet apart
IT IS A BUNCH OF B.S.!!! YOU HAVE PEOPLE SCARED FOR NOTHING. I BELIEVE YOU MANUFACTURE THE NUMBERS CONNECTED TO THE FAKE VIRUS	not being able to hug relatives in our family. not having direct contacts with our infants and small childen in our family
Being around others who don’t pay much attention to social distancing	I don’t know what to say about it
Limiting interrelationships with others	The inability to converse with parishioners and family members for extended periods of time.
Traveling	Boredom, no social interaction, no live music, nowhere to travel…
Miss family	Nothing.
It’s stupid	Other people keeping the distance
Not seeing friends and family	remembering to stay 6 ft apart
Nothing	Not being able to get together with family.
none	It is a bunch of crap
seeing and being with friends and family	none
not hugging loved ones	not seeing family or friends
boredom	Making new friends
Missing out on my volunteering and civic club opportunities, spending time with my family and my frequent road trips.	Nothing
Nothing	In Aisles in stores
nothing	Missing the interaction with friends and family
Domestic travel for vacations	Nothing really.
having organization meetings canceled and holiday events canceled	Not having the ability to go on cruises!
Attending church services and social functions	Nothing
Not being able to visit with our grown children and grandchildren. We live in Virginia and haven’t seen our son and grandson in California since Feb.	Inconvenience
maintaining social distance	Missing interactions
not being able to travel to visit family	Not feeling comfortable around family and friends
The gym we go to was closed for a period of time and now the number of classes we used to take are discontinued	nothing
Isolation, fear of Chins Flu	The inability of personal contact when greeting or leaving family or friends
Nothing	Not being able to see my grandchildren
Avoiding people	None
being with people	Nothing
not hugging loved ones	inconsistencies
Not being able to visit with friends	Other that will not wear their mask.
Other People	staying apart
Distancing in stores & restaurants	staying at home
NOT SEEING FAMILY & FRIENDS	not eating out
Can’t get to church.	Cc
Not seeing friends	apart from family
No going to church	Seeing friends
Lack of social contact	There have been no problems
Not being able to visit with family and friends an d not being able to have a social life.	No
staying far enough apart	Trying to remember to distance
Idksnaba na a a na ana ab a b zzbz nz z	none
Keeping mentally alert to it when I’m out.	HAVING OTHERS KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM ME
Boertng	hanging with friends
CANT HUG FAMILY OR CLOSE FRIENDS	No difficulty
Not being able to travel	Unable to go to the movies and dine in restaurants. Showing affection.
Remembering to stay 6’ apart.	Not being able to travel and visit with our children and grandchildren
not going to restaurants	Boredom
Not being able to give or receive a hug from friends and family.	not being able to visit with the grandkids
isolation	the most difficult part is staying away from people
staying away from granddaughter	not having the social life I was use to
nothing	not being able to travel
Being able to breathe through a mask	Not being able to have close interaction with the person
lonliness	life in general
none	not a thing
Nothing	Dining Out
no comment	no live sports
Not going to indoor functions.	loneliness
Lack of family gathering	not attending additional religious activities
the interaction with friends and family. Loosing the closeness.	forced by govt
not shaking hands or hugging people	Do so and not offending anyone in the process!
not being with family	Nothing
i have no problems with social distancing	I have no problem with it
not being able to see more friends	not able to do any fun things like visiting and playing poker that I use to do weekly
Nothing	None
not going to club meetings, inside church, etc.	Not having personal contact with people
You can’t hug people	It’s a lie!, THE GREAT BARRINGTON DECLARATION IS REASONABLE BUT THE DEMS ARE PUSING FOR COMMUMISM THEY WANT POWER ITS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL ONE BIG SHAM
Not really any difficult part.	The only difficult part has been distancing myself from the local family.
I miss having meals with my family who live nearby.	getting to visit w/family & friends
being away from family and close friends, missing going to live church services, missing a few groups I lead or attend.	other people who don’t totally believe in the virus
no personal contact with friends and family, cannot attend church	Social distances don’t bother me
Going to events or standing in lines	The people behind you in a line who don’t practice social distancing even though there are lines to keep you distanced.
Not seeing family	No road trips.
nothing	xxxxxxxxxxx
Being unable to take vacations to other areas (Florida in winter, Maine in summer).	Nothing
nothing	The lack of social contact.
nothing really just remembering and like walking down a supermarket isle	Missing close family contact
Not being able to meet friends & family in group	Hugging family
Family gatherings.	wearing masks while working out in gym
not eating out as much	Just not being able to hug loved ones
THE HUGS AND HANDS SHAKES	Doing what I use to.
not socializing normally	NO COMMENT
missing family	Not seeing many friends
Nothing	When you are alone at home and no one comes by
The boredom - being in one place all the time. Not seeing people in general. Not being able to do my volunteer work	Not receiving hugs
not being able to visit my grandkids	NA
nothing its very easy	Hard to interact
Lack of live sporting events	Not being able to visit elderly family members
not able to go to Church	not a problem
Hugging my girl friend	trying to stay 6 feet apart
nothing	Not seeing family
Not being able to understand what people are saying. Not being able to see my family like i would like to.	no comment
Not able to see my children that do not live with me.	no problem with me. i can do it anytime
I did a hug a friend I saw unexpectedly as I was leaving the optometrist’s office and she was arriving. It was spontaneous, happened months ago, and taught me to remain alert,	Staying away
Being able to embrace loved ones	Being able to shake hands
None	when out shopping for groceries there are people that don’t wear the mask properly and the store has so many people in it it is hard to social distance properly

Not being able to attend church services or funerals

Family and friends

missing glose friends

Communial activities such as poker games or a gathering at a restaurant/bar.

speaking with friends while out walking

Having intimate relations

nothing

church

nothing about social distancing has be a problem of any sort.

not shaking hands

nothing

People are always bumping into me

getting together at social events

I am old and don’t like people anyway, I am living just like I did before, except now when I have to go out I use a mask! I didn’t talk to people before the virus and I don’t talk to them now!

Paying attention to others who might not want to social distance from others .

I miss interacting with the children and grandchildren.

Physical contact with friends

nothing other than I don’t think it really helps

distance

Nothing

not seeing friends

Lack of contact with family

When i have to go to grocery store

not seeing family

not seeing relatives

nothing

nothing specific

not seeing friends

missing family, hugs etc

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Trying to avoid people when I have to go out in public.

not seeing family

Not being able to get together with friends

Not getting to see friends and loved ones

no comment

keeping the 6 foot distance, if you are in a grocery store, it would take a traffic officer to keep people moving, so you could shop in an efficient manner and as quickly as possible.

Wearing mask

I miss going out with friends to movies and dinners, etc.

I don’t really know what to say about this

other people violating the social distancing

not been difficult

Can’t go out to socialize.

Not being able to see friends and family more often.

nothing

others doing the same thing

the social distancing itself

Others practicing social distancing

Nothing

Staying away from family

Ity is normal to talk to people and stand a couple of feet away.

Nothing much.

nothing

Nothing

No real problems

Isolation

Interacting with relatives

none

I do not believe it is necessary, rather it is politically motivated

none

nothing

grandchildren

not being able to hug my children

not seeing my kids or grandkids very often

don’t know

No problems.

traveling by air

Not being able to gather for Thanksgiving

Not hugging and shaking hands

Not being able to travel.

Keeping from yelling at ignorant Americans that are too stupid and uncaring to wear masks and socially distance themselves.

being with people

people who do not practice social distancing

Keeping those behind me 6 feet back.

boredom, less to do.

Inability to travel, eat out, and socialize with family and friends

I have found no difficulty with social distancing.

Nothing really. Whenever I pass somebody out in public we both move away from each other as we pass.

eating in restaurants

The hugging and feeling needed and wanted.

Forgetting that damn mask all the time

inability to see and truly be with our kids and grandkids

getting together with family to go out and eat

isolation - just not having ordinary contact with people

Too many people in the grocery store and they don’t stay away from me if I am in a particular aisle.

not seeing many friends

not being able to hug a neck

nothing

Physical contact with family members and friends

I miss hug’s from my family

Not be able to give family members a hug

being with friends

It is hard to control when you are in A store or even on the sidewalks

Not being able to participate in neighborhood community events such as clean up days, neighborhood watch meetings, neighborhood life skill workshops all residents do not have access to internet.

Staying 6ft apart from others in a store

Others don’t follow the guidelines.

No seeing my friends and traveling quarterly

nothing

waiting in long lines

lack of connection with customers

Staying away from family

No cruises

Nothing. I can do this with no problems.

Being unable to shake hands or hug

isolation

Nothing. I have been single all of my life so social distancing is not hard for me.

Nothing

remembering

In a crowded place

Nothing

Grocery stores closing early

Shopping for necessities in a Super Market and Costco stores converging with other people in main aisles.

love ones

people understand the problem of distance not so well

It is not possible at all times.

Nothing

Not spending time with my grandkids

Loneliness and inability to get a hug

Wearing a mask in public

forgetting its importance

nothing

None, my family is in Michigan,Chicago, DC, Tennessee, I live in Florida so phone and video chat and face tiime is perfect.

None

N/A

For my family social distancing has not been a problem for us.

personal interaction with family

nothing difficult at all because it must be done to beat the virus.

LESS TRAVEL

lack of physical contact, eg, shaking hands

I can not travel internationally

Freedom to come & go when & where I please without restrictions

staying away from family

nothing

There is no difficult part. You do what you have to do to protect yourself, just like the military taught us.

Not being able to be with friends and family in a normal way.

not being close to grand children

nothing

Passing gas, and not getting credit for it!

There is an underlying mental aspect which has developed negatively. Current persons within the home are edgy and getting very frustrated.

others

not being close

having to avoid contact with family members

Doing it

making sure that you stay 6 ft. away from someone

other people who don’t care

Not getting hugs

Not seeing my family

others who think its just a hoax

I try not to get together with other people at anytime

finding gay partners

Standing in line.

fucking idiot politicians who don’t know shit trying to control every aspect of our lives

Being away from my lady friend

Nothing.

other people not caring

Hugging or holding my loved ones

loss of travel opportunities

not being able to travel

not being able to be with my children grand children and friends

Love to travel

giving hugs

Remembering to do it.

nothing

none

believing it works

remembering to get my mask on

none

Not being able to snuggle up to my kids

Unable to hug loved ones

Sometimes it is impossible to social distance

No problem for me, it’s others around me that present a problem by invading my 6 foot space

nothing

Not getting together with friends and family as often

Staying indoors all the time

Not hugging or shaking hands with friends

Having to go shopping.

staying inside

Not seeing family and friends.

not seeing out of state family

No hugging

not meeting with clients and friends

Trying to get others to adhere to it

I am a social person, an extrovert. I enjoy being with people. The hardest part is that I cannot do that under most circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic

Not being with friends, no hugs.

Not traveling

Not seeing family and friends

working at school is my saving grace

keeping other people away from me

not hiking with friends

not being able to go out to eat with friends

getting the wife to do it

not hugging family

Able to have close contact with family and friends

None

Evevything

OTHER PEOPLE

Nothing

nothing

remembering to keep the 6ft distance

none

Not seeing friends

greeting people

measuring

nothing

other persons not staying 6 ft away from me

Not being able to shop at stores.

Family

not seeing my grandson

just being 6 feet apart

just not having human contact with others

social has no t been hard to do

Not doing regular visits with family who live close by.

limitations

not doing things with friends

Social events

Keeping the attitude that it is really necessary.

Others who are oblivious to the risk and violate my space

lonely

gathering with friends on a whim.

There hasn’t been any real difficulty. I’ll go out wherever and whenever I want. I abide by the rules for wearing a mask in stores and keeping a distance. I will not wear a mask outside; doesn’t make any sense. With a piece cut from an old cotton shirt, I fashioned my own kind of mask that resembles a harem dancer’s veil, attaching with a shoelace behind my head, hanging freely from above my nose to below my chin. I’ve learned I’m claustrophobic when otherwise confined, and I’m very allergic to the filters.

Not visiting in other homes.

Contact with family, especially grandchildren.

Keeping away from our grandchildren

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at my work

Not seeing young grandchildren that live about 3 hrs away.

Staying apart

Loss interaction with coworkers and loss of income

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Sometimes having to interact, sadly, with denyer’s and stubborn people who refuse for whatever reason to cooperate with basic public health guidelines

talking

Being lonely. Not being able to talk and exchange ideas. Having to meet outside and not be in any ones home. Not being able to touch, hug or shake hands.

quaranting

lack of spontaniety

reminding people of how far 6’ is.

Stupid people, who do not care.

Sometimes others approach you.

GETTING OTHERS TO FOLLOW PROTOCOLS

Hearing and talking to people especially, when wearing masks.

not being able to shake hands or hug a person or my own daughter

idiots standing in a cluster-fuck blocking sidewalks and park trails

Miss the hug

no problem with social distancing

Not being able to obtain church services and visit friends

no travel

shopping online and having to accept ‘substitutes’ for items that are not in stock

Paying attention, not to get to close

avoiding people

The other people around me. Some have a problem and act very entitled.

Nothing special.

I find no issue except when passing in a store

Not being able to travel

dumb

carrying a tape measure :-) Being able to carry on a conversation in private

not seeing friends

Not visiting family out of state

not hugging family

Joggers/runners not yielding 6ft distance.

It not difficult

Nothing, really. I have never been much of a socializer in the first place.

Not difficult at all.

nothing

not visiting family

VISITING PEOPLE

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not going out to eat

NOTHING HAS BEEN DIFFICULT

Not being able to visit family members

Minimizing contact with friends and missing sporting events

not being able to see family and friends

lack of personal/social interaction with family and/or friends. being isolated at home for long periods of time.

Social distancing

Not seeing my elderly parents or son.

Nothing.

Nothing

Remember to do it.

Socializing

Being alone 24/7

Not being able to see family as much as I would like

the concept

Visiting family

nothing

Not going to a bar and socializing

other people who do not look at which way store has laied out to move from isle to isle

not traveling

Miss the social gatherings our neighborhood used to have on recurring basis.

nothing

Not seeing our grandchildren as much as we like Also can’t travel to go overseas

cant hug grandchildren

Going out to eat with friends

Traveling on aircraft and shuttles

Having a necessary operation away from home area

nothing

Not being at social functions with family.

feeling like everyone has cutties

The best way to get a job in your life is to make

Not having regular church Not being able to go to the gym

Travel interstate to visit family

Avoiding others that do not seem to care.

People themselves

Early on was to remind myself

nothing

NONE

none

Not getting together with family.

Not visiting relatives in nursing homes

Not being able to travel to see grandchildren and being able to go to places where I volunteer

nothing

maintaining constant awareness of other people around me so i can maintain distance

Friendly get togethers

Isolation from frequent social interaction

Cannot visit my dying mother.

None

Not being able to go to restaurants and have sit down meal. Not being able to travel.

not seeing my friends and family and being able to hug hem

Not being able to get together with family which would require a flight or long drive.

Remembering to put mask on when going thru drive thru or getting pick up meals at resteraunt.

Not being with family, friends, and church when ever I have in the past done.

Visiting entire family and not travelling internationally

travel

not much–just the inconvenience of having to do it

Social distancing has been easy. It is having the businesses closed, even after spending thousands of dollars to comply with regulations, that has been hard. I do miss going to the gym to get my workouts.

Not being able to hug close family members

nothing

Nothing

Not being with our granddaughter.

No difficulty

Nothing

Boredom

Not going to lunch with friends.

not being able to hug family members

I love my family so much, hard to keep distance

Not everyone complies and recently returned from overseas after long separation fro family and friends.

Staying away from my family members.

keeping people from coming to close to me at different places

keeping 6 feet away

nothing much

Not being able to go to church.

NOT BEING ABLE TO TOUCH CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.

None

Stay home

Nothing

Lose of social interaction

I miss being able to hug my family.

Not seeing friends

Not being able to use computer@ library and not feeling comfortable being in stores browsing.

not able to have sex

not being with your friends

Not hugging my family

no friendliness

2.16 Easiest

For the question: What has been the easiest part of social distancing?

Below are the text responses for the non-VA sample

The lonliness	It gets boring
Social dimishment	I have no comment on this topic
Just the boredom of not being able to do things like normal.	None
Wondering how long this will go on for.	Visiting
interaction with people	feeling isolated from others
no interaction	not seeing friends out
beats me	Nothing
Not being able to hug my daughter and grandson	staying apart
not being able to hug friends and family	none
being afraid of catching virus an spreading it to family	not having social interaction
Remembering when walking down an aisle and meeting another person	Nothing I don’t anymore
Don’t think it helps	all good
Keeping 6 feet apart	Missing the gym
lonliness missing family	missing my boyfriend
Vue.js	not being able to go out for entertainment or dining
nothing	other folks being ignorant and refusing to follow the rules
Bcxbzgshdfcjxxjchfxhhfududhfhfucjxuduxhhx	Not seeing friends and family
Nothing	Not socializing with friends!!!!
Being in lockdown by our Dictatorof a Governor Newscum.	50 % capacity at work so i make half the money
staying away from my friends and family	Many
I just moved and have no friends	not seeing my friends or being in social situations
inability to access elderly friends and family	staying home
Not being able to touch one another	not travelling to see grandchildren
none but other people need to observe it	Rfrfrf rfrf r&r
nothing	pain in the A$$
Great	nothing
Not seeing friends	Not having family members in the house.
nothing	missing my friends
forgetting	Remembering to do it in stores
nothing	n/a
not seeing family	not seeing family
nothing	Thanks for the update and for the update and
Friendly interactions like hugs and handshakes	Im not much on people so I’m rather enjoying it
Not seeing family and friends	watching so other people social distance also
not being with friends	Not seeing family and friend
Avoiding it altogether.	Not seeing friends
nothing	nothing
keeping others away	no difficulty, we have handled everything very well
I am scared to get covid	Loneliness and boredom. Other people around me at the gym or grocery store NOT social distancing.
having a conversation with someone	having to constantly think about how far I’m standing from people
Not being able to hug my elderly mother,	family
I have little contact with people; that has been difficult. Normal daily interactions simply do not exist at this time.	Not traveling
nothing	Remembering
being told what to do	had to cancel a lot of oversea rips and made only 1
not being able to socialize and see my family	Social distance
family and sports	None
Boredom	being close to family and not hugging
Hugging	l
People compliance	nothing
not seeing family	nothing really I don’t like people all up in my face anyway
Lack of social interaction	ban on travel
the face mask	not being able to visit with friends
No being able to hug family	When going into a store or public building and others do not obwy the rules.
keeping social distance	not being about to see groups of friends
Not difficult	Not being able to go cross country to visit my grandchildren
having others who have travelled realkize they must stay home	No difficulty at all.
nothing	Not being able to travel. Attend concerts and enjoy eating out. Not going to fitness club.
Not going to restaurants with friends.	not being able to get together with people
nothing	becomes boring and monotance
the feeling of being cut off from people	6 feet apart!!!
Into stores	all of it
None - an introvert’s dream	Missing out on seeing friends and family, making memories together
limiting to certain people	not being able to getogether with my family - or exercise in a gym
Try keep be safe	Cannot visit friends.
not being able to visit with family and friends	Remembering to keep distance with fruends
ot spending time with friends and not being able to eat in a restaurant	Not being able to celebrateThanksgiving with my family
easy	not being able to see family
Not seeing friends and family	Not being able to see my mother
Getting lonely at home.	not shaking hands with others or giving hugs
entertament going to concerts	6 feet
Not being able to spend time with my children and my grandchildren	It’s ridiculous and we need to open up, lost two family members and can’t have funerals
Going to movies, dinner, ballgames, socializing and travelling.	Nothing
The lack of hugs	Not going places
Not being able to see my son for any holidays.	Being isolated at home.
can’t get together with friends and family	Not seeing/being with my family
Not seeing family and friends	Nothing really
Nothing, it has been pretty easy.	nothing
nothing	nothing
not going to events. can’t hug loved ones	Not getting a hug. I miss a friend or relative hugging me. I miss the physical touch factor.
School	Other people dont adher to it
Greeting people	How
not socializing	not be able to hug or touch a loved one
tring to talk to people	A lot of people don’t obey the rule.
Not knowing the directions when in stores	It’s worthless and annoying
none	Not being able to meet my family and friends for social events.
Nothing.	Losing income and communication
I work in a small nurse’s station. Almost impossible to maintain social distancing in that area.	Not being able to see family out of state.
Not seeing family and friends	Not being able to hug and close physical contact. Not being able to see the full face of someone w/o a mask
Keeping others 6 feet away from me in grocery stores.	Not seeing family
Bob	not seeing or visiting family
Shopping	unable to high five and give hugs
not being able to hug loved ones	NOT BEING ABLE TO TRAVEL
nothing	Not being able to hug
not getting together with friends	Missing the grand children
worry about family	Not being able to see family members and not being able to travel.
not being able to be with my kids as much and when my son got Covid I could not help him with taking care of the grandkids	nothing.
staying away from each other	grocery shopping
Missing the contact & interaction with friends & family	Not being able to get together with all our friends on a regular basis.
nothing	lonely
Not being able to get together on Thanksgiving as a large family	I haven’t been able to play cards or chess with my friends.
nothing	keeping others away
Not seeing grandchildren	Miss seeing family.
not going to church	Isolation
I HAVE ONLY BEEN OUT OF THE HOUSE TWICE SINCE JAN. 29, LIVE ALONE, ENFORCE 15’ NOT 6 FOR WORKMEN WHO HAVE HAD TO COME TO THE HOUSE. MISS GOING TO FAVORITE RESTAURANTS AND CANCELED ALL MY DOCTOR APPTS WHICH MAKES ME WORRY, I NEED A FLU AND A PNEUMONIA SHOT AND SOME TESTS FOR THYROID, PLUS A CHECKUP ON MY GLAUCOMA.	Missing family and friends
talking in person with friends	Not seeing my friends
Nothing	Not seeing all of your friends.
Not being able to go to fairs, car shows, etc.	not being able to feel comfortable by being so far apart
Not talking to people	the sheer monotony
Not being able to spend time with family & friends. Trying to keep distance from people who do not seem to gollow social distancing guidelines.	No problem from myself but I have to sometimes tell people to stay 6-8 fett away from me. And I have done it several times.
not seeing my children and grand children	Not going to restaurants/bars/clubs
Nothing	not seeing friends and family
Loss of bust contact	Watching many others who don’t properly wear masks or distance themselves from others. It’s very frustrating.
being with family	NOT SEEING FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Not being able to see and hold my grandchildren	not being able to get my workouts done
Not socializing directly with people	The mask is annoying but I wear it
Nothing	nothing
nothing in particular	no hugs
I’m an extrovert and I’m beginning to feel very lonely.	Not being able to be with children and grand children up close -no hugs!
Seeing other that believe non doctor advise	one-way aisles in supermarkets, which force customers to spend more time in the store when they should be trying to spend less time in store
holiays	doctor visits
Not seeing friends, lunch dates, moving around the supermarket, shopping at the mall	Miss daughter
wearing the stupid masks when talking	Others not taking COVID seriously
not seeing my family	nothing i was born for this.
Can’t travel to Europe.	The most difficult is not being able to hold the baby that was born during this time.
not seeing friends	Not being with ALL my grandkids at Thanksgiving, missing family birthdays
nothing	not being with grandchildren
Not seeing family	Working collaboration
seeing friends	not traveling to see my son
others not doing so	Not being able to hug our grandchildren
Queuing outside for long and using the mask not to hear the person talking to you	staying away from people not waring mask
long lines	I’m used to hosting fir all of the holiday events. Because of COVID, I can’t host or see my family. The worst part is that my cousin died alone in the hospital. She had COVID. We couldn’t visit her because of Covid.
i miss my normal life, shopping eating out life without a dying fear of corona virus	Not being able to see my dad while he was still healthy to know who I was
It by itself	Not being able to interact with people. I am a huger and that is how I contact with people especially at church. I am being careful because my mother is 83 and my grandmother is 101. I don’t want to go outside the home and bring something back to them. My mother is a breast cancer survivor of 9 years and I just don’t want to take the chance.
None	N9ne
I have been missing my friends and family.	Ffgg
Not hugging family members	it was really good
staying like that	none of the above
No	not seeing friends/family as much
Nothing	none
Some people always stay nearer than 6’. I don’t like it.	Interacting with peopel
I miss my extended family during the holidays	Not able to gave hug each other
mgjh	I don’t know
My kids not going to school	Not seeing my friends much
Nothing.	Nothing, all my friends and family are in other countries
Not being around other ppl	Not normal
Nothing able to do things fun	Not that hard. People are annoying.
no concerts	Not seeing family and friends
Not seeing older family members	Not seeing my family
people save from corona to follow social distancing	i prefer not to say
No difficulties is facing	maintaining distance
after having many and staying away from them.	It is normal for me
Not interacting with family as much	not seeing family
Not being able to hug	Being careful
Work	Having to wear a mask
The most difficult part of social distancing for me has been the feeling of isolation	Talking to people who don’t talk loud
Not being able to hug my parents or niece and nephews.	Not being able to hold my nephew
Personal contact - hugs	Nothing.I enjoy social distancing.
Feeling lonely	Really just the lack of freedom of movement.
Afraid of getting a job outside of home	Nothing I do what I want
Idk	The stores and restaurants being closed
Work Availability is down.	giving people hugs
Not seeing family	Time
Isolation	no
Not meeting friends and family in person and only seeing and talking to them on video calls which are so impersonal	Not seeing my boyfriend since February.
Jobs	No friends
Not being able to do so many things	No contact with important people
Nothing	Not being able to be around my family like I really would like to be
isolation	Not seeing the people I’m use to seeing, and not being able to go out & eat at places.
Having to wear the mask everywhere.	My children makimg them understand. The long lines at the store
The most diffiypart is not being able to get away even for a day trip to get a break from life’s stressors.	Nah
Trying to see your loved ones and friends while doing activities.	Other people not social distancing
Not being able to have parties and have people over	Wearing the mask
Nothing	Good
I’m fine with it I’m accomplishing things I never would have done	Buying food
Not being able to see friend	not seeing friends
Not seeing people	It’s sucks
Nothing. It’s hard not seeing people but you have to do what you have to do	this is very safe to do social distancing.
The other people not corporating.	Nothing
staying home	social distancing
My mental health	The most difficult part of social distancing is that I’m not able to spend time with friends and family.
none	I lost my job and went to jail for 10 months. Fear of it being inside the jails was great.
being away from people	nothin
Not hugging friends	Dealing with other people not following rules
Nothing	Many things
Not being able to travel or go to the gym.	It’s awesome
IS FRUSTANTIG	none at all
wearing masks	Wearing a face mask has been my least favorite part of social distancing. It makes it difficult to breathe when working out and is very uncomfortable when I start to sweat.
Can’t travel to see my family	The most difficult part of social distancing is trying to take care of patients who are sick and cannot do social distancing
Not being able to hug family members.	No money
It to u go for the u	Not bring able to see my nieces and nephews.
Wife	Being away from people
Have a good time and	Not interacting
Challenging for mindset	Not getting covid-19
Not going out when I want to	not sure
Can’t see people’s smiles or really feel a part of something.	Wearing masks
Getting stuff done	Nothing
nothing i am a okay with it. i do wish that I could go and pray with people like i use to.	none
Being away from close friends and family.	Not goon for restaurants
None	My kids
I don’t have any difficulty with it	Not being able to see loved ones out of state
Not seeing my friends	No seeing family
nothing	Being stuck inside
It’s all just politicized bs	Missing people
Inability to communicate and express one’s feelings thoroughly	Nothing.
I am not very social, so I don’t have many issues with social distancing	being home so much
Not having to be close with loved ones	Not too good really inconvenient
nothing is difficult	Not seeing my friends
for the car back in my car back in my car back in my car and I can get a new car insurance to you were to get a fat guy to get a job in my life that was smoking and how much I love ya dig and then	Seeing family
I feel lonely sometimes because social distancing not acceptable but due to covid19 I need to adhere to it	None
Nine	I feel very anxious about this pandemic and I can’t wait to get back to normal life
Not able to the normal human relationship with friends and family	Not seeing the people I care about; emotional health
to keep suspicious all the time	we can’t shake hand or hug each other
Not being able to leave and do the things that u did before	Being inside so much and not having things I need that I used to always have before covid
The mask is annoying to wear	Staying home
Not seeing family	not sure
I get lonely	Good
Seeing family	I don’t know
Don’t know	Not being able to leave my house
not seeing my mo	stayng away and talking
Yes	Postponement of businesses and delays in grocery deliveries
not being able to have fun	YES MAN VERY DANGER
Having to go to work still	not being with family
not physically touching my loved ones	Nothing at all
Not seeing some people	Not being able to attend events
Nothing.	Missing friends getting bored
Talking to your wife over the fence.	The people it to be a joke.
I miss the way things used to be and not having to be scared	None
not being able to see friends	one
disappointing others	The most difficult part of social distancing is having to see people wearing face masks and not breathing oxygen dying slowly lowering their immune system.Also people getting brainwashed believing the covid vaccine will help them not knowing it’s dangerous and will kill people more.
none	i like it
Missing family	Nothing I love it because I don’t like being around people
Missing people	Not traveling.
Bobby	Intimacy
The most difficult part about social distancing is actually having the space to social distance.	Hugging
Traveling	can’t give hugs
It’s hard not being able to see any of my family. I miss being able to get together especially for the bigger holidays. It’s also hard to stay indoors all the time when I constantly see people going out.	that we cant go when we want to the store
Personal contact with other beings is much colder than these winter temperatures approaching the pacific.	Feeling low
lonliness	Nothing
Not seeing family as often	Being anxious able people getting to close and probably spreading germs
NO PREFERENCE	htyd
Getting others to keep distant.	The lack of affection with family members
Growing up/puberty not easy	Just trying to remember to do it always
Frustrations	whwn we go ouyside for our work it is bery diggicult
school	No hookers
Stayong safe.	nothing
Nothing	every thing
no vacations	Being bored
its very easy	yes
not being able to leave the house and see my father	-
in work	None
don’t know	none
none	Not seeing my mom
Closings	not touching friends
nothing	Ndmcmccmmgv

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nothing	nothing
Not going out much so social distancing is easy	Knowing that it’s essential
none	just do it
Saving money	It is my natural way of life. Except for my immediate family, I always distance, even before the pandemic.
Avoiding people I really didn’t want to be near.	staying away from people who are a pain.
Staying safe	being able to say no to unwanted persons who wish to have intimate relations
doing it	nothing
Exercising by walking and staying 6 feet of further apart from other individuals who I don’t live with.	I live alone
staying at home	Staying at home and not having to travel for work
having friends that help each other and accommodate their needs	staying indoors
nothing	nothing
NOT HAVING TO CONVERSE WITH A KNOW IT ALL NEIGHBOR	Staying home
no problem	Not sure
The easiest part of social distancing is just doing it and consciously avoiding getting near people in public	It has all been easy - see above!
Unknown	Nothing .
Enjoy staying home and not having to worry much about appearance.	Getting caught up on television programs and books on my reading list.
Not having to work	Wearing a mask
nothing	doing it
Not going to indoor restaurants	none
social distancing	Very basic.
Working from home	staying home
wearing a mask	It’s doing wonders for my social anxiety
no friends or family in my city	Staying home
not having to be around a lot of people	sleeping
nothing	avoiding people I don’t like
nothing	very easy
I am not a people person anyway	watching for floor signage
It’s my normal way of being	staying home
staying home	not thought about it really
staying at home	/???????????????????????????????????
gives a chance to read and relax	Seeing and visiting with family that lives near by.
doing it	always was doing, even before virus
I am not a touchy feely person, so keeping distance is okay	Am retired and don’t need to go anywhere
warmer weather where we can sit outside	I enjoy reading and other solitary pursuits
Nothing!	no comment
just staying home	people try to keep distance
Walking to get exercise	Nothing
There is no easy or difficult aspect of it. It’s simply an exercise in futility and naivete’.	Catching up on my reading.
being outside, in the open air, in some places people so not want to be out in the open.	I don’t really know what to say
doing it	I’m basically a loner
Same. Its fake fear mongering bs	actually I’ve done this all along
Staying home	Staying home.
we live in a sparsely populated, semi-remote area	After a while it becomes more natural.
Mask wearing	stay at home
i am a homebody and enjoy being home.	just doing it
I don’t like crowds so it is easy	nothing
I don’t do it.	Place that practice and enforce social distancing
Staying home	Nothing
staying alive	Just staying at home
I already spent the majority of my time at home.	Remembering.
nothing	Most everything.
watching what is happening	keeping distance
exercising	The idea
Getting projects done around the house	Not interacting with people
everything	getting into a routine
not seeing those I am not fond of	staying apart
I am retired so I do it regularly.	none
Not dealing with people you don’t want in your house	Staying a safe distance away from other people
No comment	none
staying at home	What could be hard about it?
Nothing.	farm and live in rural area
I love not being around crowds of people	staying inside
nothing	plenty of leisure time at home to just relax and enjoy personal activities in house and around my property
Not sure	don’t know
I’m an introvert, staying home is easy for me.	Not having to be around people you don’t want to be around.
Understanding why	doing my daily routine
Walking outdoors it is easy to distance from others encountered	Doing things around the house like reading
Not being around people	Thinking of others
safe	Wearing a mask.
Listening to others complaining	Keeping away from Trump supporters.
Not having to see other people	keeping away from certain people
Less physically interaction with people	complying
observing the rules	Watching the markings on the floor.
Staying home! Keeping busy with home projects.	not dealing w/ people.
Walking in park	The fact were retired and didn’t have the need to find a way to work safely
Staying away from others indoors	Exercising via walking in parks. Actually I haven’t paid all that much attention to social distancing while shopping in grocery or other retail stores. Eating in restaurants, social distancing has been taken care of by the establishment.
nothing	Simply moving over on the sidewalk or walk way.
Staying home as much as possible	staying home
Not as many strangers want to talk to me.	Not having to worry about getting too close to others
Staying Home	I am a natural loner so this whole Chinese Lung Rot effort has not affected me socially in te least.
staying home	it has more to do with a mental attitude - I do what I need to do, social distancing, although frustrating, is a necessity so I comply.
not sure	nothing really
being closer than 12’ of others	saving money on dining out and less spending on gas for car
There is no easy part	Easiest part is just staying home
nothing	I can control how close someone gets to me
Making sure to distance myself when I have to go out.	there is nothing easy about it
doing it	nothing
staying safe	I am retired so I don’t need to leave the house. Very comfortable staying home and reading, watching TV and completing projects.
closing my door at the house	Saving money
im used to staying home	All of it is ok
nothing	just don’t go out as much
Keeping away from people.	only going out to public places when it is really necessary
There is nothing easy about it	The times I just want to be alone and relax or work on a project without interruption or research or information.
Greet with Shaka sign	staying home most of the time
NOTHING ABOUT IT IS EASY	I’m used to it.
being apart	Chilling at home and keeping my home clean
none	it has not been a problem at all
In my mind, I tell myself social distancing helps me and others in not contracting COVID-19	people i do not care for stays away
Staying away from idiots	phone and Zoom
There is no easy part to social distancing.	Staying home
Working with other mission essential personnel to get the job done	Wearing a mask
Easy to do	Just paying attention to other people’s.
Not seeing anyone	Knowing that doing so may save lives
ignoring the govenor	staying home
none	Continuing to do what I normally for the most part. When I do come in contact with people I have to make an effort to remind myself to stay 6 feet apart.
SAYING “SEE YOU LATER”	Everything
saving some money.	like to keep my distance from people
I don’t have much of a social life to begin with	Stay home
no sex	Nothing
following the state guildlines	Working from home
Staying away from people	Cueing on line to enter Costco or in Rite Aide cue for the pharmacy.
still doing the same as before	already retired
Just steeping aside to make room for others	able to do distance easy
I don’t socialize with anyone	out doors
just staying home is the easiest part.	It’s easy to do just by being aware.
Forgetting	Just miss the human contact
Separation from strangers has been the easiest part of social distancing.	Being retired
Stay at home	self isolation
all	seeing others maintain distance to remind me
Just do it!	nothing
it’s my normal habit	All of it is good
STAING HOME AND DO NATHING	Zooming
Not spending a lot of money!	N/A
I’m not really a people person	The easiest part of social distancing is staying 6 feet from people in front of me.
Growing a beard.	wanting to stay healthy
nothing	not a problem if you want to stay well
nothing	SOCIAL DISTANCING
Watching TV	most people respect the need for social distancing
watching others drinking all the cool-aid	Watching a lot of movies
Finding things to occupy my time and exercising	Wearing a mask
nothing	staying home
nothing	home
nothing	Having a military background and training, and knowing that “This to shall pass”.
Not going to them	Not having to go out to work or do a lot of errands.
Staying at home	it’s easy to do just set your mind to it
“Un-sure”.!	just remember
Im used to it	Staying away from most of the people in the world
doing my own thing while distancing	Able to get things accomplished that would not be done before. Can be relaxing if you really try.
staying away from people I do not like	nothing
not too many people I want to touch	nothing
all of it	remaining at home
avoiding others without offending them	Not easy
nothing	when there are markings on the floors that indicate 6 ft. distance
nothing	I care/I try
i can go around people and not go to crouded places.	Avoiding people I don’t really want to see
STAYING HOME	Happy hour
Being able to Zoom with friends	staying at home
jsut staying at home	not social distancing at all
nothing	mSTERBTING
I don’t follow it	Sitting 6 feet away from others.
Avoiding restaurants	not a damn thing
No answer	Keeping to myself
nothing	n/a
same as above	walking away
nothing to note	Nothing
Riding alone on golf course.	not having a job
Working from home.	wearing a mask
Working on hobbies at home	nothing
Going to the Pharmacy	Working in yard and house
saving money by not going out as much	not seeing people - the ones I choose not to.
Stay home and watch tv	Staying home, like a hermit.
Being able to stay connected with friends via zoom	it’s very easy
Staying home most of the time, limiting exposure when necessary.	none
Avoiding big crowds.	knowing it don’t work that well,but playing the game anyway
i was this way before it hit us so no big deal	waiting in line
Nothing	none
nothing	Staying away from some people
during walks and other exercises	Maintaining sufficient distance
Having Zoom and other equivalents to conduct meetings and say hello to family and extended family and friends.	Talking through a mask and being understood.
Seeing the government taking control of people while blaming it on the virus.	Military training in the art of following prescribed instructions
actually staying home	nothing
I would say that easiest part is the setup at church that allows for worship but adhere to social distances at the same time.	None
Wearing masks	Save on gas
not going out much	Nothing is easy
Cutting down on the fuel costs for our vehicles since we are not driving as much. We could not even go to our summer/fall residence, so no driving cross country.	Staying at home.
When store have established marker that signify 6ft.	not having to talk to people I don’t like
keep alone	I’ve been retired for eight years, but my wife is still working, so I have no need to go anywhere.
just doing it	doing what we are expected to do
Peaceful rest at home	Not a big deal
Nothing	work from home
nothing	Not easy at all
most people maintain distance	The is easiest is just not be in public at all so I do not have to social distance.
just doing the right thing	Being alone.
Not a damn thing!	Staying home.
staying home	sailig
none	I’m not very social anyway, my wife is the driving force so I am OK without contact
Nothing	staying at home
Staying home	staying home
Knowing that it is safer from the virus	spending time with my pets
don’t know	staying home
just living like usual	staying home
Doing the things you have to do to stay apart	Staying home
na	No problem
Getting a full nights sleep.	Nothing
saving money by not going out	NOTHING
ZOOM	I am not interested is socializing with most people
Not working.	i am not that crazy about people in general. I WAS BORN FOR THIS!
Knowing that social distancing is keeping me safe	staying home
Reading	doing it
Don’t have to talk	I am not alone
Keeping the distance and not going near crowds.	other people are also doing it
quiet	estimating
every thing..	just stay away from people
Getting stuff done around the house	nothing
Nothing	Doing my normal routine.
staying away from situations where others are gathered	Staying home
Its just annoying	staying home
Interacting with people via other means, such as internet, phone , texting	try to give space
Nothing	knowing it is necessary to avoid the virus
Nothing	staying home as much as possible
nothing is easy about this.	Staying in the house unless I have an urgent need to go out.
nothing	hermit behavior
doing it when I remember	wearing a mask
Not going to public places.	Only have small groups
common sense	Going to the grocer for food.
I have no problems social distancing.	Mostly staying home
Me time	nothing
Spending more time outside	Nothing
An excuse to stay home	There hasn’t been anything easy about it, per se. We have to maintain a distance inside stores, so I do it.
Remaining six or more feet away from others. It is very easy	Curbside pickup grocery shopping,
nothing	Nothing in particular.
Going to bed esrly	Staying home with my wife and dog
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Same.	nothing
avoiding people I don’t know.	Not working full time has permitted me to easily social distance.
People understand	Staying together
??????????????????	Staying in a comfortable home
not having to interact with people i do not want to be with	staying home
Talking to people in other ways	Being on constant alert to maintain social distancing and avoiding as many people as possible.
nothing	stay away
not many people to distance from	Not getting sick, and not infecting anyone.
all of it	staying home
Everything	not going out
staying home	convenient reason to stay away
can’t think of anything	Just staying away from people in public.
Just doing it	Just do it.
keeping busy and active in other areas	MINIMIZING THE NEED TO DO IT
Getting used to it	Keeping the required distance.
Discipline	I generally stay home most of the time anyway.
it is my natural way of living	Nothing
Still being with friends, 6 feet away outdoors only	it becomes natural
it’s not hard at all	Staying home
Getting all my shopping done online	nothing
time at home	nothing
wearing masks when in public places	Maintaining it
Eating a nice home cooked meal	When exercising outdoors
avoiding people	nothing
The people around me that truly help and are most considerate.	Staying at home
Social distancing	?
Understanding the risk if I don’t	most people are doing it
Staying away from family	Staying at home
nothing	Avoiding it
nothing is easy about this	staying apart
Have mto work	Nothing.
Wearing a mask and social distancing	Common sense
nothing	nothing
Nothing.	nothing
The peace process	IGNORING IT!!!
Working from home and NOT having to deal with other people at work or in the streets.	Being ever conscious of maintaining my distance from others
Just stating your distance.	Jut doing it.
being smart	Working at home
avoiding crowds	Confinement
ITS NOT EASY	Not seeing people you don’t like
mfdsvjks dfjkbv sfjkb jksfbkj fsjkb jsfk bksfjbkjxfjbn jkxfn bxvkb	Being at home with family
the rest of it	More time
PUTTING ON MASK AND STAYING 6 FEET APART	just doing
staying home	I don’t have a problem with social distancing
Abiding by the rules	not having to shop
nothing	relatively private anyway
limiting interaction with immediate non-family members	Finding things to do around the house. I have completed and am in process of doing several DIY home improvement projects.
Nothing	Nothing
There is nothing easy about this.	everything
Stay at home.	Staying occupied at home
Usual behavior for me. Not a social gadfly.	walking in the neighborhood
Sign on the floor to remind me.	Enjoying outdoor activities
Staying healthy	Not going recreational shopping
I am an introvert anyway	wearing mask
Playing golf	getting more chores done at home
nothing	Less traffic on the roads
Quite alone	Staying home
not dealing with stupid people	Staying away from people
Maintaining distance from others and avoiding groups	Avoiding people
wearing mask and stopping it some one gets to close	friends are doing the same
nothing	staying at home more
Nothing	At 75 it’s pretty much normal
everything	Mask and staying at the correct distance
There is NO easy	I am currently living alone, so no other problem
everyone in town does it	NOTHING
Nothing that jumps. Not too much difference for folks who are retired and living in a VERY rural area.	not much
Enjoying outdoor activities	Not seeing sister in law
Staying home going to church on line	not sure
nothing	Staying safe and taking it easy
everything	Nothing.
getting plenty of exercise at home	staying home
doing it	Baa nz ajsbsss sns ns sjssns sns sj sorry my teenager said to do that
The only reason I have to go through this process was to have the best	Just concentrating to do it.
Being able to work from home	Sleeping
I enjoyed my space.	WEARING A MASK,
I simply avoid going out in public more than I use to.	Nothing
Stating away	Wearing a mask.
Just doing it	staying in the house
nothing	Staying at least 6 feet away from people I do not know.
MASKING	adhering to it
easy	exercising at home
Keeping busy.	doing it
Working from home.	Spacing
Being able to do the things I have to do locally and avoid large groups of people.	nothing is easy
just doing it	none
being out when other people are respectful of distance	Just do it
Mask wearing	no comment
There has been no immediate demand on my time.	Adjusting to a new routine
None	Enough home entertainment
None	being able to sleep in less demands on doing things that I would have not been really excited about doing anyway.
Staying home.	respect for everyone
not much	avoiding people in stores
None. Don’t have the freedom I want in life.	not having to talk with anyone
Relatively easy. Use masks. Religious service is outdoors here in FL and can sit MANY feet away from others.	Just following the proper guidelines, doing what’s right to accomplish daily tasks
Nothing	Everything
Nothing has been easy	staying home
making contact	Nothing easy about it
nothing especially easy	I am not a real social person.
Not having to go to gatherings I am not interested in attending.	Keeping entertained. I enjoy reading, and have been working through my supply of books.
Being to myself since I am somewhat of a loner	time to relax and catch up on correspondence, reading, more restful
everything	getting alone time
Being able to stay 6 feet apart	Less people
One just have to stay home more, easy to do.	shopping on line
Rarely social distance so it is easy	compliance with the rules
Staying safe	Saving a lot of money by not meeting friends in expensive restaurants and bars.
It helps me stay free of the China virus	nothing
Not spending a lot of money on eating out.	I am use to staying home
outside weather has been conducive	The easiest part of social distancing is alternating seats
others reminding me	Wearing a mask
I am normally a home body so do not get out much. I typically do activities that I can mostly do on my own to maintain social distance.	staying home
Nothing	NOTHING
no easy part	staying 6 feet apart
keeping 6 feet away	talking on the phone
knowing I am doing my part to keep myself and others healthy	I do all the time
Eating right and working out.	Just stay home - not hard
TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND FAMILY	I don’t work I am retired and I live a long so its easy for me.
None	that other people are cooperating
Watching tv	Wearing the mast
Avoiding people	staying
No one invades my personal space	Living alone
I can attend meetings by phone instead of in person.	I’m an introvert so it doesn’t bother me at all
Staying in	I am a loner anyway so it has been easy for me
Like being by myself	Working from home.
zooming with females	Staying in my own home where my favorite yoga teacher brings me classes 3x/week on Zoom and there are a lot of other options of interest to me. I also am able to work from home as unsalaried president of a not-for-profit organization. It has been hard to do, but we’ve met all our responsibilities; fund-raising is lagging.
there is no easy part	Staying healthy
Staying away from people in general	Being at home

I am a natural at social distancing

People I don’t know

n/a

Avoiding crowded shopping malls and stores.

nothing

CCCCCCCCCCC

nothing

Wearing the mask when inside a building.

nada

Not getting out any more than necessary.

I have no real friends who live near me and those that do live close never visit me anyway. I take shortcuts to my local parks and never or hardly ever see anyone else. I still wear my mask when I am outside even when I am at my daily walk to the park and when I am reading in the park.

Staying at home.

Shoping

Nothing

nothing

wearing a mask

if i don’t need to go i stay home or away

none

Staying home

same. staying away from some people

NO ONE BOTHERS YOU

none

LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN

Dont know

There really is no easy part. I worked at home before so that’s unchnaged.

staying at home

As I am retired, everything is easier to social distance

life as normal

Exercising my introverted tendencies

Eating in a restaurant

Having my own time and doing what I want

getting away from people I dont like to be around

private answer

Just staying home and just using zoom to talk with people

being home

doing it

no seeing inlaws

nothing

Hasn’t interrupted daily life

Everybody makes it easier

nothing

Outdoor events

staying away from people I don’t care about

Nothing. It should be ignored

Being totally retired and able to handle most of my finances on line it has been easy to stay home.

not seeing alot of friends

Nothing.

guessing what 6 feet is

those that accept it as necessary

when nobody is around

Knowing I am helping to keep safe those I love

It is the best thing to due.

READING

no idea

NOTHING has been easy!!!

Being able to walk outdoors in my small town.

not sure

spare time

everybody is friendly.

Learning how to use Zoom

Just doing it.

There has been no easy part

Staying away

staying home

Nothing.

all of it

n/a

Just doing it

staying home

All of it; not much of a socializer

I just walk away

staying home

Masking up and respecting other people’s space.

Staying home and cutting the grass. Raking leaves. Edging the lawn and weed whacking.

Stay home

nothing is easy

nothing

staying home

Nothing

Limiting grocery trips

lies

Don’t have to smile at assholes

Being able to get caught up on chores at home.

Staying at home a great deal of the time

Nothing is easy about it

Buying items needed by use of the internet.

Not having to make unnecessary shopping trips

rarely have problems

I don’t shave every day.

Staying away from other people

strangers

nothing

not going out

staying out of crowds

just staying away from large crowds

Nothing

Not having to put up with people I don’t care for anyway.

Don’t socialize

getting outdoors during the warmer weather

Keeping to myself

keeping away from annoying people

I have my space

not having to see people

watching television and reading

just staying away from people in general

being around family

Keeping busy

staying home doing nothing

everything

everything else

Just remember to do it all the time.

no sex

My choice

avoiding the assholes listed above

Working on home projects

Lots of time to thing at home

STAYING HOME.

keeping to themselves

Enforcing the law.

A lot of time with my wife

JACKING OFF

Most individuals are afraid to come close to you because of the virus.

As an excuse to avoid social situations you know will go badly.

not a problem

nothing

Nothing

I am used to being by myself

Not having to see people.

People don’t like me

not having to deal with the morons that won’t

Nothing

nothing

Nothing has been easy

I think it’s easier in the winter because in Indiana it’s cold and I don’t feel the urge to go out in the cold anyway.

Just doing it, doesn’t take much

Nothing

like keeping my distance from people

have more time with the family and also able to get some things done around the house that needed fixing that i didn’t get to previously.

Staying home

Like being at home

nothing

Nothing comes to mind

Not going where there is a crowd

my wife’s support

watching my surroundings and taking notice of who is getting close

Going for a motorcycle ride by myself

Nothing.

ignoring the call for it

watching movies

Staying home

To not expose myself to the virus.

None

Doing it.

distancing

staying home

no comment

Times when I go shopping

None of it has been easy

staying at home with family

nothing

relaxing at home

none of this is easy

Nothing

most everyone is doing it and stores have marked floors to help with that

staying home

staying home a lot

Keeping distance in places where markers are set apart on the floor. Also easy to distance when in areas where there are few people present.

It has not been easy.

staying at home

saving money

Following guidelines always

lighter traffic

Staying home

Nothing

nothing

Its pretty easy

nothing has been easy

everythng

FITTING IN WITH OTHERS WHO DO

Being able to be outdoors quite often

walk away

Keeping physically and mentally active and healthy

doing it

when others remember

Not masking

Staying at home.

We normally don’t galivant around, so it’s not all that difficult to self-quarantine

staying home saving money

We live in an isolated rual community

staying home

nothing

just do it

staying at home

nothing

Spending less money.

safe

Many things to do

Reading and watching TV

Staying away from others

Reading and watching movies more

none

laughing at the above idiots

Being mature and doing what one should

No problem

Can still play golf

Nothing

Not talking as much because of wearing a mask.

Most of the time spent in home with my wife and pets

don’t know how to answer this one sorry. nothing about it is easy.

Not visiting or being visited by neighbors, friends, etc.

There is nothing easy about social distancing.

after reading signs, keeping social distance

how to talk

Short time for mask acclimation

I am a loner and have alienated so many folks, they avoid me.

nothing

Needs to be worked at, it’s not easy at all.

Other than shopping for groceries once every ten days or so, no one to social distance from.

The distancing.

pretty much everything; it hasn’t been a problem for me

nothing

Masking

Staying out of trouble

My spouse makes social distancing easy, as I am never completely alone.

staying occupied at home

paying attention to where other people are.

not a thing

others agree

my part

Just staying home

not going to restaurant

since I live alone I have very little contact with other people unless I am shopping it dining out.

Easy

being with family and friends

it is accepted

avoiding shopping

Staying home

doing it.

n/a

Enjoying the social interaction, regardless of circumstances.

No comment

Good weather during the summer made it easier since we could be outside

Markers on the floor of businesses.

Nothing

Being retired

ignoring those I don’t really like.

Staying at home

being isolated

nothing

safety

nothing

staying home most of the time.

wearing the mask

nothing easiest–just the awareness of the gravity of the situation.

I can move around freely

The ability to stay away from people that I have no interest or desire of communicating with.

Getting fatter

Everything.

Not going out frequently

nothing is easy

nothing has been easy about this

I do not do this unless I am being told to

none

staying home

Nothing easy about it

have to do it

Just doing it

being a retiree

Having and excuse to not go over to someone’s house

I live in the country so social distancing has not been a problem!

Personal space has always been important

Not paying much attention to it.

Don’t have to get dressed

Shopping directional signs in the stores

standing apart

nothing

Sitting on my butt at home

None

nothing

no problems thus far

Wearing a mask and getting in and out of a store. If it looks too crowded I do not enter

talking

saving money

staying at home

nothing has been easy-just less difficult

Relaxing at home

All parties know to maintain distance

To do it!

No easy part

all

KEEPING A SAFE DISTANCE FROM OTHERS

grocery shopping

Just doing it

Nothing really!

Complying with safety during COVID-19

Ignoring boring people.

staying home

there is no easy part

nothing

Actually getting into a routine so social distancing actually becomes easier

staying watching tv

nothing

Comfortable

watching the idiots

staying home

most stores have provided tools to make it easier

do what I want without the govt

Always been a rather private individua, so not all that new to me.

Nothing

I live alone and don’t get out much anyway

I spend a lot less money so saving a lot more now

None

Staying home

Not

No stopping to talk with casual acquaintances when shopping at local stores.

saving expenses

staying home

Staying away from ugly people

Wearing a mask when out and about

It comes naturally.

vvvvvvvvvvv

Common sense

Not much.

Working from home

Staying home

driving in my car

Everyone understands and are doing the same thing

Do what I need to do to live.

NO COMMENT

Being alone with God

When you get company and can talk to others even if it’s through the window

Not having someone in my personal space

Mask

Staying home

doing what is required of me

just stay away from people

Staying home

no comment

just do it

Cooperation

Wearing the mask

staying home not having to go out to do anything is the only way to be abletosocial distance

3 Vaccination questions

3.1 Vax1

A coronavirus vaccine will soon become available. How interested are you in getting the vaccine?

Descriptives for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

I definitely do NOT want to get the vaccine (1) — I definitely WANT to get the vaccine (5)

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 2085 3.78 1.35      4    3.98 1.48   1   5     4 -0.81    -0.54 0.03

For the NON-VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1025 3.44 1.43      4    3.55 1.48   1   5     4 -0.46    -1.05 0.04

Descriptives for both the VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1060 4.11 1.19      5    4.34   0   1   5     4 -1.21     0.49 0.04

Frequencies for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

Vax1_Response	Overall: n (%)
I definitely do NOT want to get the vaccine	231 (11.1%)
I do NOT want to get the vaccine	115 (5.5%)
Uncertain	454 (21.8%)
I WANT to get the vaccine	361 (17.3%)
I definitely WANT to get the vaccine	924 (44.3%)

Frequencies for both the NON-VA (first column) and VA (second column) groups separately

Vax1_Response	non-VA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
I definitely do NOT want to get the vaccine	168 (16.4%)	63 (5.9%)
I do NOT want to get the vaccine	74 (7.2%)	41 (3.9%)
Uncertain	260 (25.4%)	194 (18.3%)
I WANT to get the vaccine	184 (18.0%)	177 (16.7%)
I definitely WANT to get the vaccine	339 (33.1%)	585 (55.2%)

3.1.1 t-test

## Warning in independentSamplesTTest(formula = Vax1_Response ~ Group, data =
## df_Comb): group variable is not a factor

## 
##    Welch's independent samples t-test 
## 
## Outcome variable:   Vax1_Response 
## Grouping variable:  Group 
## 
## Descriptive statistics: 
##             Non-veteran Veteran
##    mean           3.441   4.113
##    std dev.       1.428   1.189
## 
## Hypotheses: 
##    null:        population means equal for both groups
##    alternative: different population means in each group
## 
## Test results: 
##    t-statistic:  -11.665 
##    degrees of freedom:  1991.737 
##    p-value:  <.001 
## 
## Other information: 
##    two-sided 95% confidence interval:  [-0.785, -0.559] 
##    estimated effect size (Cohen's d):  0.512

3.2 Vax2ipsos

How soon after the COVID-19 vaccine becomes available and the vaccine is available to all, would you become vaccinated?

Descriptives for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

Immediately (1), Less than one month (2), One month to less than 3 months (3),3 months to less than six months (4), 6 months to less than 1 year (5),1 year to less than 2 two years (6), I would wait 2 years or more (7), I would never get it (8),Not sure (9)

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 2085 3.66 2.87      3    3.33 2.97   1   9     8 0.76    -0.87 0.06

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1846 2.97 2.27      2     2.6 1.48   1   8     7 0.99    -0.14 0.05

For the NON-VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1025  4.2 2.92      4       4 4.45   1   9     8 0.45    -1.26 0.09

##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 898 3.52 2.44      3    3.28 2.97   1   8     7 0.65    -0.84 0.08

Descriptives for both the VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1060 3.15 2.73      2    2.68 1.48   1   9     8 1.13    -0.09 0.08

##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 948 2.46 1.95      1    2.08   0   1   8     7 1.37     1.08 0.06

Frequencies for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

Vax2ipsos_Response	Overall: n (%)
Immediately	765 (36.7%)
Less than one month	208 (10.0%)
One month to less than 3 months	250 (12.0%)
3 months to less than six months	207 (9.9%)
6 months to less than 1 year	153 (7.3%)
1 year to less than 2 two years	51 (2.4%)
I would wait 2 years or more	39 (1.9%)
I would never get it	173 (8.3%)
Not sure	239 (11.5%)

Frequencies for both the NON-VA (first column) and VA (second column) groups separately

Vax2ipsos_Response	non-VA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
Immediately	283 (27.6%)	482 (45.5%)
Less than one month	100 (9.8%)	108 (10.2%)
One month to less than 3 months	126 (12.3%)	124 (11.7%)
3 months to less than six months	112 (10.9%)	95 (9.0%)
6 months to less than 1 year	95 (9.3%)	58 (5.5%)
1 year to less than 2 two years	28 (2.7%)	23 (2.2%)
I would wait 2 years or more	25 (2.4%)	14 (1.3%)
I would never get it	129 (12.6%)	44 (4.2%)
Not sure	127 (12.4%)	112 (10.6%)

3.2.1 t-test

## Warning in independentSamplesTTest(formula = Vax2ipsos_ResponseTEST ~ Group, :
## group variable is not a factor

## Warning in independentSamplesTTest(formula = Vax2ipsos_ResponseTEST ~ Group, :
## 239 case(s) removed due to missingness

## 
##    Welch's independent samples t-test 
## 
## Outcome variable:   Vax2ipsos_ResponseTEST 
## Grouping variable:  Group 
## 
## Descriptive statistics: 
##             Non-veteran Veteran
##    mean           3.518   2.456
##    std dev.       2.445   1.953
## 
## Hypotheses: 
##    null:        population means equal for both groups
##    alternative: different population means in each group
## 
## Test results: 
##    t-statistic:  10.278 
##    degrees of freedom:  1715.686 
##    p-value:  <.001 
## 
## Other information: 
##    two-sided 95% confidence interval:  [0.859, 1.265] 
##    estimated effect size (Cohen's d):  0.48

Plotting responses over each other

3.3 Vax3

When the COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, will you be required to get it (for example, required by your workplace)?

Descriptives for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

Yes (1), No (2), I don’t know (3)

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 2085 2.12 0.55      2    2.15   0   1   3     2 0.04     0.08 0.01

For the NON-VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1025 2.11 0.62      2    2.13   0   1   3     2 -0.08    -0.47 0.02

Descriptives for both the VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1060 2.13 0.48      2    2.11   0   1   3     2 0.35      0.8 0.01

Frequencies for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

Vax3_Response	Overall: n (%)
yes	210 (10.1%)
no	1413 (67.8%)
I don’t know	462 (22.2%)

Frequencies for both the NON-VA (first column) and VA (second column) groups separately

Vax3_Response	non-VA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
yes	149 (14.5%)	61 (5.8%)
no	617 (60.2%)	796 (75.1%)
I don’t know	259 (25.3%)	203 (19.2%)

3.3.1 chi-square test

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$Vax3_Response, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 65.771, df = 2, p-value = 5.224e-15

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.1776086

3.4 Wherevax

If you were to get a COVID-19 vaccine, where would you likely go to get it?

Descriptives for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

Pharmacy (e.g., CVS, Walgreens, Target, etc.) (1), Community Health Clinic (2),VA Health system (3), Your doctor’s office (non-VA) (4), Other (please list) (5), I don’t know (6)

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 2085 3.56 1.84      4    3.57 2.97   1   6     5 -0.14    -1.25 0.04

For the NON-VA group only

##    vars    n mean  sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1025 3.64 1.9      4    3.67 2.97   1   6     5 -0.2    -1.33 0.06

Descriptives for both the VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1060 3.48 1.78      4    3.47 1.48   1   6     5 -0.08    -1.15 0.05

Frequencies for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

Wherevax_Response	Overall: n (%)
Pharmacy (e.g., CVS, Walgreens, Target, etc.)	549 (26.3%)
Community Health Clinic	59 (2.8%)
VA Health system	231 (11.1%)
Your doctor’s office (non-VA)	681 (32.7%)
Other (please list)	57 (2.7%)
I don’t know	508 (24.4%)

Frequencies for both the NON-VA (first column) and VA (second column) groups separately

Wherevax_Response	non-VA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
Pharmacy (e.g., CVS, Walgreens, Target, etc.)	272 (26.5%)	277 (26.1%)
Community Health Clinic	50 (4.9%)	9 (0.8%)
VA Health system	41 (4.0%)	190 (17.9%)
Your doctor’s office (non-VA)	357 (34.8%)	324 (30.6%)
Other (please list)	23 (2.2%)	34 (3.2%)
I don’t know	282 (27.5%)	226 (21.3%)

3.4.1 chi-square test

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$Wherevax_Response, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 133.99, df = 5, p-value < 2.2e-16

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.2535037

Plot key (Highlighted variables differ)

“1” = “Pharmacy (e.g., CVS, Walgreens, Target, etc.)”
“2” = “Community Health Clinic”
“3” = “VA Health system”
“4” = “Your doctor’s office (non-VA)”
“5” = “Other (please list)”
“6” = “I don’t know”

3.5 Whyvax

What is the most important reason you WOULD get a COVID-19 vaccine?

Descriptives for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

It would be the best way to prevent me from getting COVID-19 (1), It would be the best way to prevent others from getting COVID-19 (2), So I wouldn’t have to worry about infecting other people (3), I have a health condition that makes me more at risk from COVID-19 (4), If my doctor recommends it (5) , I would never get a COVID-19 vaccine (6), So life can go back to the way it was before the pandemic (7), Other (please specify) (8)

##    vars    n mean  sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 2078 3.74 2.3      4    3.64 2.97   1   8     7  0.2    -1.33 0.05

For the NON-VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1018 3.75 2.28      4    3.66 2.97   1   8     7 0.17    -1.35 0.07

Descriptives for both the VA group only

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1060 3.72 2.32      4    3.63 4.45   1   8     7 0.22    -1.32 0.07

Note that 7 participants in the non-VA sample did not respond to this question.

Frequencies for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

Whyvax_Response	Overall: n (%)
It would be the best way to prevent me from getting COVID-19	607 (29.1%)
It would be the best way to prevent others from getting COVID-19	172 (8.2%)
So I wouldn’t have to worry about infecting other people	172 (8.2%)
I have a health condition that makes me more at risk from COVID-19	345 (16.5%)
If my doctor recommends it	219 (10.5%)
I would never get a COVID-19 vaccine	169 (8.1%)
So life can go back to the way it was before the pandemic	339 (16.3%)
Other (please specify)	55 (2.6%)

Frequencies for both the NON-VA (first column) and VA (second column) groups separately

Whyvax_Response	non-VA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
It would be the best way to prevent me from getting COVID-19	282 (27.5%)	325 (30.7%)
It would be the best way to prevent others from getting COVID-19	102 (10.0%)	70 (6.6%)
So I wouldn’t have to worry about infecting other people	95 (9.3%)	77 (7.3%)
I have a health condition that makes me more at risk from COVID-19	132 (12.9%)	213 (20.1%)
If my doctor recommends it	116 (11.3%)	103 (9.7%)
I would never get a COVID-19 vaccine	125 (12.2%)	44 (4.2%)
So life can go back to the way it was before the pandemic	136 (13.3%)	203 (19.2%)
Other (please specify)	30 (2.9%)	25 (2.4%)

3.5.1 chi-square test

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$Whyvax_Response, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 82.376, df = 7, p-value = 4.509e-15

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.199103

Plot key (Highlighted variables differ)

I would be the best way to prevent me from getting COVID-19 (1)
It would be the best way to prevent others from getting COVID-19 (2)
So I wouldn’t have to worry about infecting other people (3)
I have a health condition that makes me more at risk from COVID-19 (4)
If my doctor recommends it (5)
I would never get a COVID-19 vaccine (6)
So life can go back to the way it was before the pandemic (7)
Other (please specify) (8)

3.6 Whynotvax

What is the most important reason you would NOT get a COVID-19 vaccine?

Descriptives for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

• I’m concerned about side effects from the vaccine (1), I’m worried I’ll get COVID-19 from the vaccine (2), I do not think I’ll get COVID-19 even if I don’t get the vaccine (3), I do not think I’ll get very sick if I get COVID-19 (4), I do not think the vaccine will work very well (5), The COVID-19 outbreak is not as serious as some people say it is (6), I will not have time to get the vaccine (7), I am allergic to vaccines (8), I do not like needles (9), It is against my religious or philosophical beliefs (10), I have already had COVID-19 (11), Other (please specify) (12), I don’t trust big Pharma (13), I have concerns about the process that was used to develop the vaccine (14)

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1903 6.71 5.29      5    6.51 5.93   1  14    13 0.13    -1.73 0.12

For the NON-VA group only

##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 928 6.45 5.21      5    6.19 5.93   1  14    13 0.25    -1.64 0.17

Descriptives for both the VA group only

##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 975 6.95 5.35      7    6.81 8.9   1  14    13 0.01    -1.79 0.17

Frequencies for both the NON-VA and VA groups combined

Whynotvax_Response	Overall: n (%)
I’m concerned about side effects from the vaccine	674 (32.3%)
I’m worried I’ll get COVID-19 from the vaccine	74 (3.5%)
I do not think I’ll get COVID-19 even if I don’t get the vaccine	63 (3.0%)
I do not think I’ll get very sick if I get COVID-19	54 (2.6%)
I do not think the vaccine will work very well	89 (4.3%)
The COVID-19 outbreak is not as serious as some people say it is	40 (1.9%)
I will not have time to get the vaccine	27 (1.3%)
I am allergic to vaccines	35 (1.7%)
I do not like needles	83 (4.0%)
It is against my religious or philosophical beliefs	30 (1.4%)
I have already had COVID-19	28 (1.3%)
Other (please specify)	381 (18.3%)
I don’t trust big Pharma	93 (4.5%)
I have concerns about the process that was used to develop the vaccine	232 (11.1%)
NA	182 (8.7%)

Frequencies for both the NON-VA (first column) and VA (second column) groups separately

Whynotvax_Response	non-VA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
I’m concerned about side effects from the vaccine	319 (31.1%)	355 (33.5%)
I’m worried I’ll get COVID-19 from the vaccine	52 (5.1%)	22 (2.1%)
I do not think I’ll get COVID-19 even if I don’t get the vaccine	38 (3.7%)	25 (2.4%)
I do not think I’ll get very sick if I get COVID-19	27 (2.6%)	27 (2.5%)
I do not think the vaccine will work very well	53 (5.2%)	36 (3.4%)
The COVID-19 outbreak is not as serious as some people say it is	18 (1.8%)	22 (2.1%)
I will not have time to get the vaccine	19 (1.9%)	8 (0.8%)
I am allergic to vaccines	18 (1.8%)	17 (1.6%)
I do not like needles	53 (5.2%)	30 (2.8%)
It is against my religious or philosophical beliefs	22 (2.1%)	8 (0.8%)
I have already had COVID-19	15 (1.5%)	13 (1.2%)
Other (please specify)	111 (10.8%)	270 (25.5%)
I don’t trust big Pharma	62 (6.0%)	31 (2.9%)
I have concerns about the process that was used to develop the vaccine	121 (11.8%)	111 (10.5%)
NA	97 (9.5%)	85 (8.0%)

3.6.1 chi-square test

## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  table(df_Comb$Whynotvax_ResponseTEST, df_Comb$Group)
## X-squared = 115.33, df = 14, p-value < 2.2e-16

Cramers V effect size

## [1] 0.2447579

Plot key (Highlighted variables differ) * I’m concerned about side effects from the vaccine (1) * I’m worried I’ll get COVID-19 from the vaccine (2) * I do not think I’ll get COVID-19 even if I don’t get the vaccine (3) * I do not think I’ll get very sick if I get COVID-19 (4) * I do not think the vaccine will work very well (5) * The COVID-19 outbreak is not as serious as some people say it is (6) * I will not have time to get the vaccine (7) * I am allergic to vaccines (8) * I do not like needles (9) * It is against my religious or philosophical beliefs (10) * I have already had COVID-19 (11) * Other (please specify) (12) * I don’t trust big Pharma (13) * I have concerns about the process that was used to develop the vaccine (14)

3.7 Open text responses

3.7.1 Wherevax

For the question: If you were to get a COVID-19 vaccine, where would you likely go to get it?

Below are the text responses for the non-VA sample

none	Work place
None	Never
nowhere	N/A
would get it at work	I WILL NOT GET ONE EVER
Hospital where I volunteer	outdoor park
any convenient facility	County Health Department
Hospital clinic	WOULD NOT GET IT
where available	my job
Employer	i would never get it
none	Employer
i wouldn’t get it	I wouldn’t get it
None	none

And here are the text responses for the VA sample

Table continues below
ANYWHERE it is available	Hospital
depends on vaccine requirements	at work
NEVER	church
Employer sponsored place if offerred.	Work Clinic
Local hospital where I received COVID-19 tests.	Company health provider
where it is available	Senior Living Community
where first available	Local PCP
at residence (CCRC)	all of the above if I can
At home (I live in a retirement home)	AIN’T GOING TO HAPPEN
Wherever they want me too	hospital where I work
Washington D.C.	Would not get it
I won’t get it	ANYWHERE it is available

military treatment facility

It will never happen. In not stupid.

in my retirement home

where I can get it the quickest

hospital

Seior living community where I reside

our community medical dept

long term care facility

Government Health Services

anywhere I can

The hospital where I work

Hospital

3.7.2 Whynotvax

For the question: What is the most important reason you would NOT get a COVID-19 vaccine?

Below are the text responses for the non-VA sample

Nothing	None
I have no concerns	No objections
none	None
none	none
No reason at all	None
I am not worried	I would get it
None	none
makes no diffence	want to get vaccine
none	None
No reason not to	none I will definitely get it asap
I intent to get the vaccine so this question is mute	Other people are a higher priority
No ready to not get shots	There’s no reason I wouldn’t get it
I will	None
I will get the vaccine	No reason not to get it
There is NO reason I would not get the vaccine [who wrote this question???]	I would get it
I have no concerns about getting it.	None
no problem getting thre vaccine. i trust science	not applicable
Inability to get due to distribution issues	none of these reasons
N/A	None
None	none
It may have to be repeated in 6 months	I would get it. No reason not to
None	None
None	none
Concerns about long term effects	none
Being forced to take it	concern about its efficacy
Worried about cost & side effects	I will get the vaccine and think everyone should get it.
no reason	Nothing would keep me from getting a vaccine
none	none
Side effects	i will get it
none	None
none	ran out of shots
None	if it was unavailable
there are none	This does not apply as I want to get the vaccine
it might be the mark of the beast	None, I will get the vaccine
THERE’S NO REASON I WOULDN’T GET IT	none
There is not enough vaccine for me to get it.	none.. I’m ready for the vaccine
Nothing can prevent me from getting the vaccine	there is no reason that I would not get the vaccine
no concerns	N/a
none	I’m going to get vaccinated
I will get the vaccine.	I would get the vaccine
Will get it	i will get vaccine as soon as possible
none	None
i would definitely get a vaccine	I don’t trust the government
none I am not antivax dumbfuck	NONE
none	None
There is no reason to not	There is no reason I wouldn’t get the vaccine.
Other people like healthcare workers need it first so I wouldn’t get it if the supply is limited	I want to know it’s safe
No reasons	There is no reason why I would not get it.
Not tested enough to see long term side effects	None
I have medical obstacles that may cause me to react	none
n/a	Illuminati hoax
I won’t not get it, even though I had COVID-19	Pregnant
medical condition and mixing with medications	i would get it
Na	none
it wouldn’t prevent me from infecting someone else	not sure

And here are the text responses for the VA sample

none	none
none	n/a
I WOULD get the vaccine.	NONE - I want the vaccine
none	speed of development, cut corners, Trumps stupidity remarks
I WOULD get the vaccine	none of the above - I WILL get the vaccine
I would definitely get the vaccine.	none
No Comment	none i can think off
none	Nothing will prevent my getting the vaccine
leery of trump-rushed vaccine	nothing
nothing	I have no reason not to get the vaccine
i would not not get it	none of the above or below
n/a	there isnt a reason
Not relevant	There’s no reason not to get the vaccine
Not readily available	None
none	nothing
None	I can’t think of any reason I would not get the vaccine.
none	none
None	I have no reason not to get it
none	fail rate
none	None
None	Cant think of a reason I wouldnt
NONE	no reason
not anti vac	No comment
I would get it	none
THERE IS NO REASON - SHOULD BE ONE OF YOUR OPTIONS	There is no reason
Long term effects	no reason
No reason to not get it	No reason I wouldn’t get it.
having reached my expiry date	no reason not to get vaccine
NA - will get the vaccine	I have no qualms of the shots
Possible side effects	i should be later in line
There is NO important reason for NOT getting the vaccine	nothing
I don’t have an answer to this one.	no reason not to
N/A	i’d get the vavvine
None	Not recommended by my doctor
if my MD recommends against it.	none
No reason. I will get the vaccine	no reason
none	none
If they run out of the vaccine	none
no reason	There is not any good reason not to get the vaccine
none	None
ONLY IF THE LEADERS GET THE VACCINE	none I will get the shot
Has the vaccine development been rushed for political agenda expediency.	gfgfgfgfgf
none	none, I will definately get it
None	nothing
none	There is not any reason I would not get the COVID-19 vaccin.e
nothing	nothing would prevent me
None	no reason
none	none
none	no reason
Only if it were not available	less long term effect than advertised
Doctor says no	none
not worried	npne
Trump	have no reason not to get it
none I can think of	My Dr. tells me not to get the vaccine
none	I have no reason to avoid the vaccine
nothing	none
no concerns	I believe anyone can get it
can’t think of reason not to get.	I would get it
does it really work & safe	none
no concerns	None
I have NO reason not go get a vaccine	None
There are no reason that I can think of that I would not take it.	none of the choices
None	I’ll get it
none	Na
none	I can’t think of a good reason to not get it
no reason	None
None	There is no reson not to get the vaccine.
no good reason	will get it
none	don’t know
none	no concerns
I WILL get the vaccine, NO reason not to	Negative reactions from early reciepients
I will get it.	I WILL get the vaccine
DON’T KNOW	none
none of these reasons	none
none	I will get it
I’m already dead.	NONE
None	no reason for me not to get the vaccine
NONE	none
sleep	no reason not to get it
Not believer in vaccines	Health issues prevent me from getting the vaccine
None	No concerns
COST	none
No knowledge of long-term effects.	Can’t imagine any reason
Not worried at all	Not applicable
NONE	There is NO reason to keep me from getting the vaccine
availability	not a thing
none	I’m probably actively infected and the treating physician recommends against it
no reason not to	Not available
non of the select items are reason I would not get the shot	NO REASON THAT I CAN THINK OF OTHER THAN LOCAL AVAILABILITY
i will get it	none
Compromised immune system	nothing
none	None
I will get it	If it proved to be ineffective as more people became vaccinated
I will definitely get the vaccine as soon as it’s available	none
None	I will get it
I will get the vaccine	none
If there are too many people have adverse effects	there is no reason i would not get the vaccine
none	none
none	There is not a reason, I want to take the vaccine
i will get the vaccine	None, I’ll get it
Will get vaccinated	None
There is no reason for me to not get it	no reason
nothing	No reason
no reason	none of the above(or below)
N/A	Doctor says not to get it
others more needing of the vaccine	I will get the vaccine
Why would I get a vaccine for anything with a 99% recovery rate	At this time there is no reason I would not get vaccine
None	no good reason not too
none	Bad side effects showing up
none of these reasons. I intend to get the vaccine.	Nothing
No reason, I will get it	none
There is NO reason not to be vaccinated	none
vaccine may have side effects	No reason at all
NONE	Allergic reaction
Severe allergies	I will get it
none	none
how long it is effective	n/a
no reason not to get	none
none	No Reason
many above	none
none	Think that others more worthy have been denied because I received the vaccine.
None	I would get it
There is no reason not to get it	none
I will get it	This is not applicable to me.
no reason not to get it.	none
Made with DNA	Used fetal aborted tissue
Rely on my DR	Something comes up as a negative side effect.
none l will take it	Don’t know
no reason to not get vaccine.	xxxxxxxxxxx
There is no reason I would not get the vaccine	Nothing
none	already vaccinated
no reason not to get the vaccine	If I’m not a good candidate for it.
None of these	none
no cmment	Elderly people had deadly reactions to it

4 Quota checks

4.1 Age

Age_group	NVA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
18 to 24	75 (7.3%)	1 (0.1%)
25 to 34	190 (18.5%)	5 (0.5%)
35 to 44	207 (20.2%)	13 (1.2%)
45 to 54	134 (13.1%)	26 (2.5%)
55 to 64	102 (10.0%)	134 (12.6%)
65 to 74	251 (24.5%)	562 (53.0%)
75 to 84	56 (5.5%)	282 (26.6%)
85 or older	5 (0.5%)	35 (3.3%)
NA	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)

4.2 Gender

Gender_CHR	NVA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
Female	551 (53.8%)	84 (7.9%)
Male	457 (44.6%)	975 (92.0%)
Non-binary/third gender	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)
Prefer to not say	7 (0.7%)	NA
Prefer to self-describe	1 (0.1%)	NA
Transgender man /Transman	6 (0.6%)	NA

4.3 Income

income2	NVA only: n (%)	VA only: n (%)
Less than $20,000	151 (14.7%)	38 (3.6%)
$20,000 – $29,999	81 (7.9%)	46 (4.3%)
$30,000 - $39,999	72 (7.0%)	70 (6.6%)
$40,000 - $49,999	82 (8.0%)	99 (9.3%)
$50,000 - $59,999	78 (7.6%)	87 (8.2%)
$60,000 - $74,999	112 (10.9%)	139 (13.1%)
$75,000 - $99,999	127 (12.4%)	187 (17.6%)
$100,000 - $149,999	149 (14.5%)	210 (19.8%)
$150,000+	111 (10.8%)	140 (13.2%)
Prefer to not say	62 (6.0%)	44 (4.2%)

4.4 Race/Ethnicity

VA version

This is using the variable “race”

RaceCHR	freq
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5 (0.5%)
American Indian or Alaskan Native & Black or African American & White or European American	2 (0.2%)
American Indian or Alaskan Native & White or European American	4 (0.4%)
Asian or Asian American	19 (1.8%)
Asian or Asian American & Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	1 (0.1%)
Asian or Asian American & Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander & White or European American	1 (0.1%)
Asian or Asian American & White or European American	1 (0.1%)
Black or African American	125 (11.8%)
Black or African American & White or European American	2 (0.2%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	3 (0.3%)
Other	28 (2.6%)
White or European American	867 (81.8%)
White or European American & Other	2 (0.2%)

non-VA version

This is using variable “race_1”.

This is using the variable “race”

RaceCHR	freq
	2 (0.2%)
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5 (0.5%)
American Indian or Alaskan Native & White or European American	3 (0.3%)
Asian or Asian American	35 (3.4%)
Asian or Asian American & Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	1 (0.1%)
Asian or Asian American & White or European American	4 (0.4%)
Black or African American	133 (13.0%)
Other	7 (0.7%)
White or European American	835 (81.5%)

CV19 VA Wave1: Distancing and vaccines

A Thorpe

29/01/2021

1 Data Quality Checks

2 Distancing questions

2.1 Current distancing (risk items)

2.1.1 t-test (with risk scale)

2.1.2 Gatherings10+

2.1.3 Optional shopping

2.1.4 Optional travel

2.1.5 Optional social

2.1.6 Restaraunt(dining-in)

2.2 Current distancing (protect)

2.2.1 t-test

2.2.2 Good hygeine

2.2.3 Mask public

2.2.4 Mask outdoors

2.3 Distance now?

2.3.1 t-test

2.4 Distance whynot?

2.4.1 Work

2.4.2 Childcare

2.4.3 FamilyCare

2.4.4 MedicalCare

2.4.5 GetFood

2.4.6 Pharmacy

2.4.7 WalkPet

2.4.8 Exercise

2.4.9 SeeFriends

2.4.10 Religious

2.4.11 SeeFamily

2.4.12 Boredom

2.4.13 Freedom

2.4.14 NotImportant

2.4.15 Other

2.5 Distance why not (other text)

2.6 Distance continue

2.6.1 t-test

2.7 Work at home

2.7.1 t-test

2.8 Work at home why

2.9 Work at home sick

2.9.1 chi-square

2.10 Work at home sick why

2.11 Work at home internet

2.11.1 chi-square

2.12 Friend Fam Help

2.12.1 chi-square

2.13 DistanceInteract

2.13.1 chi-square

2.14 GroceryDeliver

2.14.1 chi-square

2.15 Most difficult

2.16 Easiest

3 Vaccination questions

3.1 Vax1

3.1.1 t-test

3.2 Vax2ipsos

3.2.1 t-test

3.3 Vax3

3.3.1 chi-square test

3.4 Wherevax

3.4.1 chi-square test

3.5 Whyvax

3.5.1 chi-square test

3.6 Whynotvax

3.6.1 chi-square test

3.7 Open text responses

3.7.1 Wherevax

3.7.2 Whynotvax

4 Quota checks

4.1 Age

4.2 Gender

4.3 Income

4.4 Race/Ethnicity