Table 2.
Empirical estimates of contact numbers and meeting durations, by contact type. Only contacts aged 12+ years were included in the analysis. Underlining indicates figures used directly as model input parameters.
| Contact type | Mean contacts/person/day | Variance in contacts/person/day | Mean meeting duration (minutes) | Mean meeting time/person/day (hours) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household | 2.46 | 2.24 | 415 | 17.0 | |
| Repeated | Daily | 0.62 | 1.41 | 263 | 2.72 |
| Weekly-monthly | 0.98 | 1.93 | 197 | 3.22 | |
| Overall | 1.60 | 2.66 | 225 | 6.00 | |
| Proportion of repeated contacts that are daily | 0.387 | ||||
| Non-repeated | Non-repeated close | 0.146 | 0.435 | 132 | 0.32 |
| Non-repeated casual | 7.67 | 95.0 | 182 | 23.3 | |
| Overall | 8.01 | 95.7 | 181 | 24.2 | |
| Proportion of non-repeated contacts that are non-repeated close | 0.0187 | ||||
| Total | 12.07 | 110 | 235 | 47.2 | |