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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 19.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemics. 2023 Nov 7;45:100727. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2023.100727

Table 2.

Distribution of number of contacts reported by participants. This shows the median and interquartile range (IQR) of contacts reported by participants across four rounds of data collection in five US companies, April 2020 – December 2021. NH refers to non-Hispanic ethnicity.

Variable Total* (N (%)) Round 1Apr – Jun ‘20 Round 2Nov ‘20 – Jan ‘21 Round 3Jun – Aug ‘21 Round 4Nov `21 – Dec ‘21
Overall 12,198 2 (1–4) 7 (4–10) 7 (4–12) 8 (4–13)
Sex
Female 7755 (64) 2 (1–4) 6 (4–10) 7 (4–12) 8 (4–13)
Male 4423 (36) 3 (1–4) 7 (4–10) 7 (4–13) 7 (4–13)
Not reported 20 (0) 1 (0–1 8 (8–8) NA NA
Age Group
20–29 3481 (29) 2 (1–3) 6 (3–9) 8 (4–12) 7 (3–12)
30–39 3198 (26) 2 (1–4) 6 (4–9) 6 (4–10) 7 (4–12)
40–49 3001 (25) 3 (2–5) 9 (5–12) 9 (4–14) 9 (4–14)
50–59 1875 (15) 2 (1–4) 6 (4–9) 10 (5–14) 7 (4–15)
60 + 643 (5) 2 (1–4) 8 (4–12) 7 (4–10) 10 (6–16)
Family structure
Live alone 1597 (14) 1 (0–3) 6 (3–9) 6 (3–10) 9 (4–14)
Nuclear 7865 (63) 2 (1–4) 7 (4–11) 7 (4–12) 7 (4–13)
Extended 1263 (11) 3 (2–5) 8 (6–9) 10 (6–13) 8 (4–12)
With roommates 1259 (11) 3 (1–4) 6 (4–9) 9 (5–14) 6 (3–13)
Other 214 (2) 2 (1–4) 10 (4–19) 5 (3–9) 7 (6–8)
Setting of contact Community 6036 (50) 2 (1–4) 4 (2–7) 5 (2–9) 5 (2–9)
Home 4515 (37) 3 (2–6) 4 (2–6) 3 (2–5) 3 (2–5)
Work 1647 (13) 1 (1–10) 6 (3–9) 4 (2–8) 6 (4–10)
Race/Hispanic
Hispanic 898 (7) 3 (1–4) 6 (4–11) 7 (5–11) 10 (6–19)
Asian, NH 2400 (20) 2 (1–3) 8 (3–9) 7 (3–11) 7 (3–13)
Black, NH 1187 (9) 2 (1–4) 7 (5–10) 8 (5–11) 6 (3–12)
White, NH 7024 (60) 3 (1–4) 7 (4–10) 8 (4–13) 7 (4–12)
Mixed, NH 440 (5) 2 (1–4) 4 (3–9) 6 (3–10) 0
Other, NH 249 (4) 3 (1–4) 4 (3–5) 5 (3–9) 8 (5–13)
*

Each stratification refers to the number of contacts reported by the participant per strata. The values in the table refer to the two study days combined.