Table 2 Correlations of excess domestic card-present retail payments with selected indicators across pre-lockdown, lockdown, and post-lockdown periods. Source: Own calculations, Worldline/SPS, SFSO
January/February weeks | Lockdown weeks | April/May weeks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Correlation | p value | Correlation | p value | Correlation | p value | |
All 26 cantons | ||||||
65 plus population (as % of total) | − 0.01 | 0.92 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.40 | 0 |
Cantonal essentials’ share in retail sector | 0.16 | 0.06 | − 0.26 | 0 | − 0.29 | 0 |
Inter-cantonal and cross-border commuters | − 0.03 | 0.70 | − 0.57 | 0 | − 0.67 | 0 |
Intra-cantonal commuters | 0.23 | 0.01 | − 0.67 | 0 | − 0.54 | 0 |
Urbanization (in % of total communities) | − 0.18 | 0.04 | − 0.55 | 0 | − 0.62 | 0 |
Cross-border shopping index, accessibility with own car | − 0.02 | 0.81 | − 0.20 | 0.02 | − 0.23 | 0.01 |
Excluding eight cantons with high COVID-19 infection rates | ||||||
65 plus population (in % of total) | − 0.06 | 0.59 | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.47 | 0 |
Cantonal essentials’ share in retail sector | 0.03 | 0.77 | 0.02 | 0.87 | − 0.03 | 0.78 |
Inter-cantonal and cross-border commuters | − 0.32 | 0 | − 0.39 | 0 | − 0.59 | 0 |
Intra-cantonal commuters | 0.04 | 0.68 | − 0.62 | 0 | − 0.57 | 0 |
Urbanization (in % of total communities) | − 0.32 | 0 | − 0.49 | 0 | − 0.49 | 0 |
Cross-border shopping index, accessibility with own car | − 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.07 | 0.33 | 0 |