Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of workers participating in the COVID-19 Infection survey (CIS) and Virus Watch. [IMD= index of multiple deprivation.]
| Characteristic | CIS N=244 470 | Virus Watch N=16 479 |
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| N (%) | N (%) | |
| Age (years) | ||
| 20–29 | 34 744 (14) | 1560 (9.5) |
| 40–49 | 55 436 (23) | 3010 (18) |
| 30–39 | 63 688 (26) | 3661 (22) |
| 50–59 | 67 803 (28) | 4534 (28) |
| 60–64 | 22 799 (9.3) | 3714 (23) |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 128 359 (52) | 9090 (55) |
| Male | 116 111 (47) | 7389 (45) |
| Ethnic group | ||
| White | 233 306 (91) | 14 687 (89) |
| Black | 2827 (1.2) | 208 (1.3) |
| Mixed | 3748 (1.5) | 308 (1.9) |
| Asian | 11 837 (4.8) | 1165 (7.1) |
| Other ethnicity | 2605 (1.0) | 111 (0.67) |
| Health conditions | 37 907 (16) | |
| Clinically vulnerable | 8606 (52) | |
| IMD quartile (CIS)/quintile (VW) | ||
| 1 | 36 376 (15) | 1799 (11) |
| 2 | 58 459 (24) | 2945 (18) |
| 3 | 70 300 (29) | 3395 (21) |
| 4 | 79 335 (32) | 4057 (25) |
| 5 | 4283 (26) | |
| Household size | ||
| 1 person | 31 977 (13) | 3153 (19) |
| 2 people | 89 782 (37) | 7084 (43) |
| 3 people | 51 003 (21) | 2772 (17) |
| 4 people | 51 521 (21) | 2584 (16) |
| 5 or more people | 20 187 (8.3) | 886 (5.4) |
| Region | ||
| East Midlands | 15 239 (6.2) | 1433 (8.7) |
| East of England | 22 259 (9.1) | 3311 (20) |
| London | 51 554 (21) | 3304 (20) |
| North East | 8092 (3.3) | 757 (4.6) |
| North West | 26 830 (11) | 1641 (10.0) |
| South East | 30 117 (12) | 3125 (19) |
| South West | 18 252 (7.5) | 1043 (6.3) |
| Wales | 11 229 (4.6) | 340 (2.1) |
| West Midlands | 17 312 (7.1) | 750 (4.6) |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 18 667 (7.6) | 775 (4.7) |
| Scotland | 18 550 (7.6) | NA |