*3.1. Sociodemographic Data*

A pilot test was carried out with 57 people, diverse regarding their profession, educational level, geographical scope, age, and sex, and where a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.910 was obtained, good psychometric properties, and no understanding problems. Questionnaires were received from the 16 Regions of Chile, with higher response rates from Valparaiso and Santiago. Records were obtained from 38 of the 43 types of classified occupations, with 21% of health professionals. A total of 3227 questionnaires were received between 21 April and 24 December 2020.

As can be seen in Table 1, there is a higher percentage of women (63.40%), people with university level education or higher studies (59.25%), young people (51% being 29 years old or less), living without a partner (70.31%), without children (63.43%), living in a house with an exterior view (house with balcony, terrace, yard, or garden) (86.6%), having a pet (71.4%), working in private companies (46.27%), being health professionals (21.2%), being in strict confinement or in confinement except for purchase-work (81.7%).

**Table 1.** Association between sociodemographic variables and psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.



**Table 1.** *Cont.*

\* Grouped variable from median value.
