{ "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" } } }