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Table 1 Sample description, N=1730

Total sample N=1730 (100%)

Victims† N=319 (18%)

Non-victims N=1411 (82%)

Odds of victimisation OR (95%CI)

Victimisation‡ Physical

27 (2)

27 (8)

– – – – –

– – – – –

Insult

461 (27)

310 (97)

Threaten

29 (2)

29 (9)

Scream Sexual

369 (21)

273 (86) 50 (16)

62 (4)

Sociodemographics Age (mean, SD)

42 (13)

43 (12)

42 (13)

1.01 (0.99 to 1.01)

Region West

176 (9) 126 (6) 123 (6)

34 (11)

138 (10) 105 (7)

Ref

Northeast Midwest

15 (5) 26 (8)

0.58 (0.30 to 1.12) 1.16 (0.65 to 2.06) 0.92 (0.61 to 1.40)

91 (6)

South

1348 (66) 261 (13)

240 (75)

1062 (75)

Missing

4 (1)

15 (1)

Race/ethnicity White NH

1480 (73) 127 (6) 172 (8) 255 (13) 592 (29) 1196 (59) 246 (12) 332 (16) 637 (31) 790 (39) 275 (14) 904 (44) 284 (14) 399 (20) 177 (9) 270 (13) 269 (13) 949 (47) 816 (40) 541 (37) 139 (7) 596 (29) 330 (16) 428 (21) 916 (45)

265 (83)

1164 (82) 106 (8) 141 (10)

Ref

Other NH Hispanic

27 (8) 27 (8)

0.98 (0.61 to 1.58) 0.84 (0.55 to 1.30)

Missing

Sex

Male

134 (42) 185 (58)

444 (32) 963 (68)

Ref

Female Missing

0.63*** (0.50, 0.82)

0 (0)

4 (0)

Income

<US$80 000

55 (17) 114 (36) 148 (46)

261 (19) 506 (36) 613 (43)

Ref

US$80–150 000 >US$150 000

1.07 (0.75 to 1.52) 1.25 (0.81 to 1.61)

Missing

2 (1)

31 (2)

No children 0

152 (48) 49 (15) 76 (24) 39 (12)

717 (51) 226 (16) 311 (22) 136 (10)

Ref

1 2

1.02 (0.72 to 1.46) 1.15 (0.85 to 1.57) 0.14 (0.91 to 2.01)

3+

Missing

3 (1)

21 (2)

COVID-19 behaviours Change in job status/income No

157 (49) 64 (20) 98 (31)

768 (54) 192 (13) 451 (32) 423 (30) 106 (8) 479 (34) 262 (19) 141 (10) 726 (52)

Ref

Yes

1.63** (1.17, 2.27)

Missing/NA

Change in alcohol use More

102 (32)

Ref

Less

26 (8)

1.02 (0.63 to 1.64) 0.83 (0.61 to 1.13) 0.92 (0.64 to 1.31)

Same

96 (30) 58 (18) 37 (12) 167 (52)

D o not drink

Missing

Work from home (yes)

1.06 (0.75 to 1.53)

*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001. †Extended Hurt, Insulted, Threated, and Scream summation score >7. ‡Not mutually exclusive. NA, not applicable; NH, non-Hispanic.

participants could have taken the survey but opted not to). Second, all measures were self-reported by participants, thus introducing the potential for systematic under-reporting or over-reporting. However, data were collected via survey (rather than interviews) which has shown to reduce the likelihood of inaccurate reporting to sensitive questions like victimisation. 18

Third, ‘change in victimisation’ remains subjective with a recall component of unknown validity. This measure could easily have been affected by individual and situational effects surrounding the pandemic. However, we did collect change in COVID- 19-related behaviours (job loss, essential worker status, hours at home) during the same time period, of which, none were

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