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. 2023 Mar 30;49(3):171–181. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.4076

Table 3.

Participants with at least one infection by JEM domain by risk level for the COVID-19 Infection survey (CIS) and two Virus Watch cohorts (full cohort and serological sub-cohort). See table 1 for domain descriptions. [NA2=suppressed for statistical disclosure control due to small cell size; SOC= Standard Occupational Classification]

CIS N=25 4851 Virus Watch N=39 951 Virus Watch serological sub-cohort N=6851



N (%) N (%) N (%)
Number at worksite
 Homeworking/lone working 5549 (9.4) 1165 (23) 195 (8.6)
 <10 workers/day 2684 (10) 585 (22) 103 (9.0)
 10–30 workers/day 4862 (10) 1108 (26) 208 (12)
 >30 workers/day 4843 (11) 1026 (26) 172 (11)
Nature of contacts
 Homeworking/lone working 5639 (9.4) 1175 (23) 197 (8.6)
 Co-workers only 3574 (10) 844 (24) 165 (11)
 General public 7652 (11) 1582 (25) 265 (10)
 Patients including with C-19 1073 (9.0) 283 (29) 51 (13)
Surfaces
 Homeworking/lone working 6607 (9.5) 1386 (22) 239 (8.7)
 Frequently sharing contact surfaces with co-workers 2900 (11) 697 (25) 138 (12)
 Occasionally sharing contact surfaces with general public 2270 (10) 566 (25) 92 (9.6)
 Frequently sharing contact surfaces with general public 6161 (11) 1235 (26) 209 (11)
Indoor or outdoor
 Homeworking/lone working 5549 (9.4) 1165 (23) 195 (8.6)
 Mostly outdoors 578 (11) 92 (23) 12 (7.6)
 Partly indoor 10 332 (10) 209 (22) 43 (11)
 Mostly indoor 10 332 (10) 2418 (25) 428 (11)
Social sistancing
 Homeworking/lone working 5549 (9.4) 1165 (23) 195 (8.6)
 Always maintained 5602 (9.8) 1293 (23) 241 (10)
 Cannot always be maintained 4145 (11) 902 (26) 148 (11)
 Can never be maintained 2642 (12) 524 (30) 94 (14)
Protective face mask
 Homeworking/lone working 5549 (9.4) 1165 (23) 195 (8.6)
 Always 3120 (9.9) 733 (27) 135 (12)
 Not always while in proximity to others 9091 (11) 1908 (24) 329 (10)
 Face covering not feasible 178 (11) 78 (29) 19 (18)
Job Insecurity
 <1% 9023 (10) 1865 (24) 311 (9.6)
 1–10% 8175 (10) 1886 (24) 344 (10)
 11–25% 586 (11) 116 (32) NA2
 >25% 154 (14) 17 (26) NA2
Migrant workers
 <1% 26 (12) 5 (25) NA2
 1–10% 10315 (10) 2077 (24) 382 (10)
 11–25% 7494 (10) 1785 (25) 290 (10.0)
 >25% 103 (12) 17 (29) NA2
 Missing SOC 7547 (11) 111 (23) 7 (10)