Table 1.
Number of respondents, number of survey responses, and characteristics of survey responses
| All | UK | BE | NL | DE | G123b | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. respondents | 96,456 | 46,779 | 4423 | 3643 | 6427 | 35,184 |
| No. responses | 463,336 | 217,500 | 39,620 | 24,601 | 50,018 | 131,597 |
| Age (%) | ||||||
| 18–29 | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 16.6 | 10.9 | 15.5 |
| 30–39 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 12.8 | 15.2 | 13.4 | 17.2 |
| 40–49 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 15.8 | 11.6 | 19.0 |
| 50–59 | 19.7 | 19.9 | 20.3 | 18.1 | 21.9 | 18.6 |
| 60–69 | 22.2 | 21.6 | 24.9 | 22.8 | 29.1 | 19.7 |
| 70 or above | 11.8 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 13.1 | 10.0 |
| Gender (%) | ||||||
| Female | 52.4 | 55.9 | 50.0 | 50.1 | 47.4 | 49.8 |
| Male | 47.6 | 44.1 | 50.0 | 49.9 | 52.6 | 50.2 |
| Household characteristics | ||||||
| Living with at least one 65b years (%) | 19.3 | 18.8 | 20.9 | 17.8 | 20.5 | 19.6 |
| Mean household size | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.6 |
| Risk perceptiona (%) | ||||||
| Catching coronavirus | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 7.7 |
| Serious illness from coronavirus | 16.4 | 14.3 | 19.9 | 25.2 | 19.8 | 16.1 |
| Spreading coronavirus to vulnerable persons | 22.0 | 19.4 | 20.2 | 26.3 | 26.8 | 24.2 |
| Risk or risk mitigation (%) | ||||||
| Used face covering | 64.0 | 58.2 | 61.4 | 34.3 | 75.8 | 75.4 |
| Vaccinated | 20.7 | 24.7 | 15.7 | 23.6 | 17.0 | 16.3 |
| Self-reported high-risk status | 30.3 | 30.1 | 27.1 | 36.0 | 38.1 | 27.7 |
| Presentation of symptoms (%) | ||||||
| Fever | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| Cough | 4.9 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 5.4 |
| Shortness of breath | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.3 |
| Headache or body ache | 14.9 | 15.6 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 14.6 | 15.2 |
| Congestion | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 8.3 |
| Sore throat | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| Fatigue or tiredness | 6.1 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Any symptomsc | 25.6 | 26.7 | 23.3 | 21.4 | 24.0 | 26.0 |
aParticipants answered a series of questions about their risk perception with Likert scale response options. Answers of “Strongly agree” are shown here
bIndividual countries shown in Supplementary Material II
cAny symptoms including fever, cough, shortness of breath, headache or body ache, congestion, sore throat, fatigue or tiredness, loss of taste or smell, and diarrhoea