*4.1. Respondent Attributes*

The attributes of respondents are shown in Table 1. Primary data were collected from 238 individuals (50% male and 50% female). The sample showed a broad range of employment conditions, with the majority of respondents employed at companies (41%), followed by students (22%), the self-employed (16%), and governmen<sup>t</sup> officials (12%), with the remainder comprising full-time homemakers (5%), the unemployed (3%), and others. The highest percentage of respondents (31%) take home a monthly income of THB 50,001–100,000, with 29% earning more than THB 100,000. The remainder earn between THB 15,001 and 50,000 (34%), while 6% earn less than THB 15,000. Fifty-one percent of respondents live with other adults, 17% with elderly family members, 15% live alone, 10% reside with children, and 7% live with both children and older family members.

**Table 1.** Attributes of respondents.


### *4.2. Changes in Work–Life Balance*

Changes in the number of days respondents worked or attended classes outside the home are shown in Figure 3. Before COVID-19, almost half of all respondents (49.58%) commuted to their workplace/school five days a week, with 13.5% of respondents working/studying outside the home more than 5 days a week, and 18.5% of respondents either working/studying on a flexible schedule or travelling to their workplace/school less than five days a week. After the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, respondents either switched over to teleworking

full-time (33%), at least five days/week (21%), or three days/week (19%), respectively. These figures show a substantial shift in work–life balance due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

**Figure 3.** Working days at offices before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

### *4.3. Changes in Eating Styles and Food Consumption Behaviour*
