Table 1 Characteristics of the 1976 participants at health survey in 2020

Sex (%)

 Men

897

(45.4%)

 Women

1079

(54.6%)

 Age, years (mean ± SD)

62.3 (19.5)

Housing type (%)

 Same as before the GEJE

544

(27.5%)

 Privately rented temporary/rental

109

(5.5%)

 Reconstructed

670

(33.9%)

 Disaster public housing^a

499

(25.3%)

 Others

123

(6.2%)

Self-rated health (%)

 Good (very good/good)

1515

(76.7%)

 Poor (poor/bad)

435

(22.0%)

Job status (%)

 Employed

997

(50.5%)

 Unemployed

954

(48.3%)

Economic status (%)

 Normal (a little difficult/normal)

1011

(51.2%)

 Severe (very difficult/difficult)

960

(48.6%)

Drinking status (%)

 Currently drinking

606

(30.7%)

 Non-drinking

1273

(64.4%)

Time spent walking (%)

  ≥ 1 h/day

580

(29.4%)

 0.5–1.0 h/day

710

(35.9%)

  < 0.5 h/day

665

(33.7%)

Psychological distress^c (%)

  < 10

1673

(84.7%)

  ≥ 10

216

(10.9%)

Social network^d (%)

  < 12

613

(31.0%)

  ≥ 12

1362

(68.9%)

Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic

 Anxiety

  Never

58

(2.9%)

  a lltle bit

397

(20.1%)

  Sometimes

492

(24.9%)

  Usually/always

1029

(52.1%)

Frequency of going out

 Not changed

380

(19.2%)

 Reduced by 20–30%

566

(28.6%)

 Reduced by half

608

(30.8%)

 Hardly ever went out

414

(21.0%)

Income

 Not changed

1266

(64.1%)

 Reduced by 20–30%

320

(16.2%)

 Reduced by half

171

(8.7%)

 Reduced by 70% over

136

(6.9%)