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. 2023 Apr 5;18(4):e0283119. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283119

Table 1. Model summary for analysing COVID-19 risk by socio-demographic features including occupational status.

Variable Odds Ratio Lower CI Upper CI
Male Reference
Female 0.994 0.958 1.031
Age (z-score) 0.858 0.763 0.965
Age-squared (z-score) 1.003 0.884 1.138
White British Reference
Any other ethnic group 1.102 0.985 1.235
Any other white background 0.987 0.903 1.080
Chinese 0.624 0.468 0.833
Indian 1.130 1.004 1.273
Pakistani 1.687 1.389 2.048
Black African 1.359 1.086 1.700
Black Afro-Caribbean 1.123 0.848 1.486
Mixed White & Asian 0.874 0.675 1.131
Mixed White & Black 1.190 0.947 1.496
White Irish 1.204 1.025 1.415
Employed Reference
Self-employed 0.927 0.851 1.011
Furloughed 1.808 1.692 1.933
Not working 0.834 0.790 0.880
Student 1.350 1.216 1.500
Have travelled abroad recently 1.132 1.072 1.196
Household size (z-score) 1.124 1.104 1.145
Random effects Variance SD
ID (participant) 3.149 1.774
Geographical area 0.130 0.360

Note: Model also adjusted for time (month). Results placed in bold to emphasise associations where 95% confidence intervals (CIs) do not contain 1.