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. 2020 Jul 21;54:75. doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054002810

Table 5. Social distancing indicators by age group. Epicovid19/RS study, April 2020.

  Age (years)

0-10 11-19 20-39 40-59 60+
To what extent are you socially distancing? (p < 0.001)    
Isolated 42.9 33.3 16.6 17.6 40.0
Quite 34.8 37.5 38.5 43.6 42.0
Some 11.9 19.7 23.9 23.9 12.3
Little 6.6 5.5 11.4 8.5 3.4
Very little 3.8 4.0 9.6 6.5 2.2
What have your routine activities been? (p < 0.001)
I have been staying home all the time 58.9 35.9 9.3 9.3 34.7
I have only been leaving home only for essentials, such as groceries 24.4 34.4 41.8 47.2 48.0
I have been leaving home from time to time to run errands and stretch my legs 9.1 15.9 10.1 11.0 9.3
I have been going out every day for regular activities 5.9 6.7 6.2 7.1 3.4
I have been out of the house all day, every day, either for work or for other regular activities 1.7 7.1 32.6 25.5 4.7
Who has been in the house? (p < 0.001)          
Only those relatives who also live in the house, if any—no one else 53.0 45.4 57.3 54.5 49.5
Close relatives visit once or twice a week 30.3 34.7 27.3 28.3 33.5
Close relatives visit nearly every day 7.32 7.6 6.2 6.8 8.9
Distant relatives or other people visit once or twice a week 4.9 7.1 5.4 6.4 3.8
Distant relatives or other people visit nearly every day 4.5 5.2 3.8 4.0 4.4