Table. Characteristics of 21 surveys of sex differences in social contact patterns and tuberculosis transmission and control.

Survey region and country	Year(s)	Setting	Reporting period, h	Contact definition	Age of adults, y		No. participants					Reference
					Participants	Contacts	Men	Women	Boys	Girls	Total
Africa
South Africa	2010	Township	24	“physical touch” or “a 2-way conversation with 3 or more words in the physical presence of another person without physical touch”	>15	>15	186	191	92	102	571	(25)
South Africa	2011	8 communities in Western Cape	24	“face-to-face conversation that was longer than a greeting and within an arm’s reach”	>18	>13	634	636	0	0	1,270	(10)
Zambia	2011	16 communities	24	“face-to-face conversation that was longer than a greeting and within an arm’s reach”	>18	>13	1,018	1,124	0	0	2,142	(10)
Zimbabwe	2013	Manicaland	48	“interaction between two individuals, either physical (when involving skin-to-skin contact), or non-physical (when involving a two-way conversation with three or more words in the physical presence of another person, but no skin-to-skin contact)”	>13	>13	345	226	290	241	1,102	(26)
Americas
Peru	2011	San Marcos	24	“a conversation with another person that is physically present and no farther than 3 meters, or a physical contact involving skin-to-skin touching, e.g., a kiss or handshake (either with or without conversation)”	>15	>15	132	156	135	135	558	(23)
Europe
Belgium	2005–2006	National	24	“either skin-to-skin contact such as a kiss or handshake (a physical contact), or a two-way conversation with three or more words in the physical presence of another person but no skin-to-skin contact (a nonphysical contact)”	>15	>15	238	290	111	106	745	(14)
Belgium	2010–2011	Flanders	24	“a two-way conversation with a dialog of at least 3 words and skin-to-skin touching either with or without conversation.”	>15	>15	620	783	192	152	1,747	(27)
Finland	2005–2006	National	24	“either skin-to-skin contact such as a kiss or handshake (a physical contact), or a two-way conversation with three or more words in the physical presence of another person but no skin-to-skin contact (a nonphysical contact)”	>15	>15	327	362	155	131	975	(14)
France	2012	National	48	“talking to someone within a distance of less than 2 meters, or skin-to skin touching”	>15	>15	450	668	316	310	1,744	(15)
Germany	2005–2006	National	24	“either skin-to-skin contact such as a kiss or handshake (a physical contact), or a two-way conversation with three or more words in the physical presence of another person but no skin-to-skin contact (a nonphysical contact)”	>15	>15	426	553	137	144	1,260	(14)
Italy	2005–2006	National	24	“either skin-to-skin contact such as a kiss or handshake (a physical contact), or a two-way conversation with three or more words in the physical presence of another person but no skin-to-skin contact (a nonphysical contact)”	>15	>15	260	325	143	109	837	(14)
Luxembourg	2005–2006	National	24	“either skin-to-skin contact such as a kiss or handshake (a physical contact), or a two-way conversation with three or more words in the physical presence of another person but no skin-to-skin contact (a nonphysical contact)”	>15	>15	330	414	158	147	1,049	(14)
The Netherlands	2005–2006	National	24	“either skin-to-skin contact such as a kiss or handshake (a physical contact), or a two-way conversation with three or more words in the physical presence of another person but no skin-to-skin contact (a nonphysical contact)”	>15	>15	245	285	115	128	773	(16)
Poland	2005–2006	National	24	“either skin-to-skin contact such as a kiss or handshake (a physical contact), or a two-way conversation with three or more words in the physical presence of another person but no skin-to-skin contact (a nonphysical contact)”	>15	>15	341	370	156	143	1,010	(14)
United Kingdom	2005–2006	National	24	“either skin-to-skin contact such as a kiss or handshake (a physical contact), or a two-way conversation with three or more words in the physical presence of another person but no skin-to-skin contact (a nonphysical contact)”	>15	>15	339	368	144	154	1,005	(14)
United Kingdom	2012	National	24	“an interaction in close proximity with three or more words directed to the infant or a physical skin-to-skin contact between infant and another person”	Not available	>15	0	0	62	53	115	(28)
Western Pacific
Australia	2008	Greater Melbourne	72	“two-way or small group conversational exchange of at least 3 words, or any skin-to-skin contact”	>20	>15	11	54	0	0	65	(29)
Australia	2013	Greater Melbourne	24	“two-way face-to-face conversation of more than three words or any physical contact”	>18	>15	490	750	0	0	1,240	(30)
China	2010	Taiwan	24	“physical contacts and those nonphysical contacts with verbal communication made within 2 meters”	>15	>15	807	801	183	152	1,943	(22)
China	2015–2016	Hong Kong	24	“skin-to-skin touch such as a handshake (a physical contact) or a face-to-face conversation with three or more words in the physical presence of both the participant and the contact within two meters”	>15	>15	435	461	116	123	1,135	(13)
Vietnam	2007	Semirural community in Red River Delta	24	“either skin-to-skin contact (a physical contact), or a two-way conversation with three or more words in the physical presence of another person but no skin-to-skin contact”	>16	>16	264	346	125	125	860	(24)