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. 2011 Nov 9;174(11):1246–1255. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwr251

Table 1.

Median Number of Close Contacts per Participant, Median Age of Close Contacts, and Median Number of Indoor Contacts per Participant, According to Baseline Demographic Data on 571 Randomly Selected Residents of a South African Township Community, 2010

Category Total No. in Sample Close Contacts
Median No. (IQR) of Indoor Contacts
Total No. of Individuals Contacteda Median No. (IQR) of Close Contacts
Median Age (IQR) of All Close Contacts, years
Type I (Physical) Type II (Nonphysical) Types I + II (All) Type I (Physical) Type II (Nonphysical) Type III (Casual) Types I + II + III (All)
Total sample 571 9,049 12 (7–18) 9 (5–15) 20 (13–29) 21 (13–30) 8 (5–13) 6 (3–11) 14 (0–32) 30 (12–54)
Age group, years
    0–4 66 760 13 (9–17) 5 (3–8) 14 (10–22) 23 (10–31) 9 (7–14) 3 (2–7) 3 (0–24) 16 (9–40)
    5–9 63 1,040 14 (9–20) 10 (4–12.5) 23 (16–32) 10 (7–22) 9 (5–13) 6 (3–10) 15 (1–29) 32 (13–52)
    10–14 65 1,211 14 (10–22) 13 (7–19) 27 (18–39) 14 (11–19) 10 (6–13) 8 (6–12) 23 (4–40) 43 (19–57)
    15–19 74 1,449 13 (8-21) 14 (7-22) 25.5 (18-38) 18 (15-25) 8 (6-13) 8 (5-15) 22 (4-35) 40 (18-60)
    20–24 81 1,284 10 (6–16) 10 (7–15.5) 19 (12–29) 24 (19–30) 7 (4–13) 8 (4–11) 17 (0–35) 33 (10–66)
    25–29 62 1,002 11 (7–17) 9.5 (5.5–15.5) 20.5 (13–27) 27 (19–32) 8 (4–13) 6 (3–11) 16.5 (0–47) 32 (10–70)
    30–34 48 792 10.5 (8–18) 8 (5–12) 18.5 (12.5–27) 28 (20–34) 8 (6–12) 5 (3–8) 18.5 (0–37.5) 31.5 (10.5–58)
    35–39 26 383 11.5 (9–18) 6 (3–11.5) 19 (12–26) 29 (20–37) 8 (5–12) 4 (2–10) 8 (0–29) 20.5 (10–49)
    40–44 47 680 9 (5–18) 9 (4–13) 18 (12–27) 30 (19–39) 6.5 (4–14) 5 (3–9) 13 (0–29) 25 (11–50)
    ≥45 39 448 9 (4–13) 9 (4–13) 15 (10–21) 29 (19–40) 7.5 (4–11) 7 (4–10) 6 (0–25) 18 (10–41)
        P valueb <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.11 <0.001 0.01 <0.001
Gender
    Female 293 4,847 12 (8–19) 10 (5–16) 21 (14–32) 19 (12–30) 9 (6–13) 7 (4–11) 16 (0–33) 32 (13–55)
    Male 278 4,202 11 (7–17) 9 (5–13) 19 (13–27) 22 (14–32) 7 (4–12) 6 (3–9) 13 (0–30) 29 (10–53)
        P value 0.10 0.05 0.02 <0.001 0.001 0.01 0.61 0.05
Employment status
    Unemployedc 152 2,031 9 (5–14) 9 (5–12) 17 (11.5–22.5) 26 (18–33) 6 (4–10) 6 (3–9) 3 (0–20) 16 (9–36.5)
    Employed 154 2,563 11 (7–18) 9 (5–14) 19.5 (13–29) 28 (20–35) 9 (5–14) 6 (3–10) 25 (3–45) 39.5 (16–66)
        P value 0.002 0.38 0.001 <0.001 0.001 0.77 <0.001 <0.001
Level of schooling
    Nonattendingd 64 699 12 (8–15) 4.5 (3–8) 14 (10–19.5) 24 (12–32) 8 (6–10.5) 3 (2–7) 1.5 (0–7) 12.5 (8–20)
    Crèche 16 223 16 (13–26) 5 (4–7) 22.5 (14.5–28.5) 6 (3–28) 12.5 (9.5–18) 5 (4–7) 25 (20–26.5) 39.5 (34.5–47.5)
    Primary school 105 1,912 14 (10–20) 11 (7–18) 27 (17–37) 12 (9–18) 9 (5–13) 8 (5–11) 21 (2–35) 37 (17–54)
    Secondary school 75 1,537 16.5 (10–24) 12 (6–22) 29 (20–38) 17 (15–23) 9 (6–16) 8 (3.5–14) 24 (5–40) 46 (31–70)
    Tertiary education 5 84 12 (11–27) 8 (6–12.5) 26 (20–33) 27 (20–35) 11 (11–14) 7.5 (6–12) 59 (29–81) 78 (55–92)
        P value 0.02 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.01 0.004 <0.001 <0.001
Day of survey
    Sunday 66 1,038 12 (8–18) 9 (5–14) 22 (13–27) 23 (15–32) 8 (4.5–12) 6 (4–10) 5 (0–32) 22.5 (9–56)
    Monday 56 961 13 (7–20) 9.5 (3.5–20) 23 (13–37) 17 (12–28) 9 (5–14) 6 (2–13.5) 23 (4.5–34) 40 (22–56.5)
    Tuesday 75 1,189 12 (7–16) 8 (5–14) 19 (14–28) 25 (15–32) 8 (5–13) 6 (3–11) 14 (1–35) 35 (12–56)
    Wednesday 135 2,182 13 (8–19) 10 (5–16) 21 (14–30) 19 (11–30) 9 (6–13) 7 (4–11) 15 (1–32) 34 (13–53)
    Thursday 73 1,084 14 (9–19) 10.5 (3–13) 19 (12–29) 21 (10–30) 8 (6–13) 6 (2–10) 18 (0–30) 30 (9–51)
    Friday 65 1,057 10 (7–18) 11 (7–20) 20 (13–33) 20 (13–31) 8 (6–14) 8 (4–14.5) 25 (6–39) 42 (19–60)
    Saturday 101 1,538 11 (6–15) 8 (4–12) 18 (13–25) 23 (14–32) 7 (4–11) 6 (3–9) 4 (0–21) 16 (9–45)
        P value 0.27 0.26 0.51 <0.001 0.13 0.26 0.001 0.004

Abbreviation: IQR, interquartile range.

a

Close contacts met for the “first time today.”

b

P values (Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance by ranks) indicate whether a significant difference between median numbers or ages of contacts exists across a given category (age group, gender, employment status, level of schooling, or day of survey).

c

Participants were regarded as unemployed if they were older than age 18 years and not employed.

d

Participants were regarded as school nonattendees if they were aged 18 years or younger and were not attending crèche, primary school, secondary school, or a tertiary educational institution.