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. 2013 Sep 11;8(9):e73970. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073970

Table 3. Number and duration of contacts between individuals in the various periods of the days, aggregated over the observation period of 4 workdays and 4 nights.

Number of contacts Cumulative duration of contacts
Number (% of total) Seconds (% of total) Minutes Hours
Mornings 9,060 (64.5) 426,860 (65.8) 7,114 118.6
Afternoons 4,165 (29.7) 185,790 (28.7) 3,097 51.6
Days 13,206* (94.1) 612,900 (94.5) 10,215 170.3
Nights 831 (5.9) 35,580 (5.5) 593 9.9
Total 14,037 648,480 10,808 180.1
*

19 contacts started the morning and ended the afternoon.