| { | |
| "original_study": { | |
| "claim": { | |
| "hypothesis": "Women are more concerned about COVID-19 than men.", | |
| "hypothesis_location": "Gender differences in concern are reported in the Results section under 'Fear', page 5, where women show higher agreement that they are worried about COVID-19.", | |
| "statement": "The study finds that women report significantly higher concern about COVID-19 than men, with 68.2% of women agreeing that they are worried about COVID-19 compared to 55.7% of men (p < .01).", | |
| "statement_location": "Results section, page 5.", | |
| "study_type": "Observational" | |
| }, | |
| "data": { | |
| "source": "Online access panel survey of adults in Germany conducted by an ISO-certified panel provider.", | |
| "wave_or_subset": "Data collected from 19–23 March 2020.", | |
| "sample_size": "1242 respondents after data cleansing.", | |
| "unit_of_analysis": "Individual respondent.", | |
| "access_details": "not stated", | |
| "notes": "Respondents were quota-sampled to be online-representative by gender, age, and federal state. All survey questions were mandatory. Respondents who completed the survey in under seven minutes were removed." | |
| }, | |
| "method": { | |
| "description": "The study measured concern about COVID-19 using Likert-scale items and compared responses between women and men to assess gender differences in expressed concern.", | |
| "steps": [ | |
| "Administer a mandatory-question online survey to adult respondents in Germany.", | |
| "Measure concern using the item: 'The COVID-19 worries me' on a 5-point Likert scale.", | |
| "Calculate the percentage of respondents agreeing ('strongly agree' or 'agree') by gender.", | |
| "Compare percentages between women and men and report statistical significance." | |
| ], | |
| "models": "not stated (results reported as descriptive percentages with significance testing).", | |
| "outcome_variable": "Agreement with the statement 'The COVID-19 worries me' (5-point Likert scale, summarized as percentage agreeing).", | |
| "independent_variables": "Gender (women vs. men).", | |
| "control_variables": "not stated (no regression or adjusted model is reported).", | |
| "tools_software": "not stated" | |
| }, | |
| "results": { | |
| "summary": "Women express significantly more concern about COVID-19 than men, as measured by agreement with the statement 'The COVID-19 worries me.'", | |
| "numerical_results": [ | |
| { | |
| "outcome_name": "Percentage agreeing they are worried about COVID-19", | |
| "value": 68.2, | |
| "unit": "percentage of women agreeing", | |
| "effect_size": "difference in proportions (68.2% vs 55.7%)", | |
| "confidence_interval": { | |
| "lower": "not stated", | |
| "upper": "not stated", | |
| "level": "not stated" | |
| }, | |
| "p_value": "< .01", | |
| "statistical_significance": 1, | |
| "direction": "positive" | |
| } | |
| ] | |
| }, | |
| "metadata": { | |
| "original_paper_id": "not stated", | |
| "original_paper_title": "COVID-19: Risk perception and coping strategies. Results from a survey in Germany.", | |
| "original_paper_code": "not stated", | |
| "original_paper_data": "not stated" | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } |