Table 2. Logistic regression models for respondents or a member of household, and respondents only having COVID symptoms.
| Characteristics | Respondents or a member of household having symptoms | Respondents only having symptoms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COVID symptoms present/absent | Adjusted odds ratios (95% CI) | COVID symptoms present/absent | Adjusted odds ratios (95% CI) | |||
| N = 324/3817 | % | N = 202/3939 | % | |||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 149/1840 | 7.5 | Ref | 85/1904 | 4.3 | Ref |
| Female | 175/1977 | 8.1 | 1.11 (0.89–1.40) | 117/2036 | 5.4 | 1.30 (0.97–1.74) |
| Age group | ||||||
| 18–45 years | 218/1724 | 11.2 | Ref | 126/1816 | 6.5 | Ref |
| 46–65 years | 84/1403 | 5.6 | 0.55 (0.42–0.71) | 61/1426 | 4.1 | 0.61 (0.44–0.84) |
| 66+ years | 22/690 | 3.1 | 0.30 (0.18–0.47) | 15/697 | 2.1 | 0.29 (0.16–0.50) |
| Education | ||||||
| Some college/university and higher | 237/2874 | 8.4 | Ref | 150/2961 | 4.8 | Ref |
| High school and under | 87/943 | 7.6 | 1.25 (0.96–1.62) | 52/978 | 5.1 | 1.16 (0.83–1.61) |
| Visible minority | ||||||
| No | 256/3359 | 7.1 | Ref | 155/3460 | 4.3 | Ref |
| Yes | 68/458 | 12.9 | 1.55 (1.08–2.20) | 47/479 | 8.9 | 2.08 (1.34–3.15) |
| Number of household members | ||||||
| Two people | 108/1479 | 6.8 | Ref | 79/1507 | 5.0 | Ref |
| Lived alone | 29/626 | 4.4 | 0.69 (0.45–1.02) | 29/626 | 4.5 | 1.01 (0.64–1.53) |
| Three people | 77/704 | 9.9 | 1.17 (0.85–1.61) | 45/736 | 5.8 | 0.86 (0.57–1.28) |
| Four or more people | 110/1008 | 9.8 | 1.19 (0.89–1.59) | 48/1070 | 4.3 | 0.72 (0.49–1.05) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| English and other European | 252/3305 | 7.1 | Ref | 158/3399 | 4.4 | Ref |
| Indigenous* | 27/195 | 12.2 | 1.31 (0.83–2.01) | 19/203 | 8.5 | 1.34 (0.76–2.24) |
| Others† | 45/317 | 12.4 | 1.20 (0.79–1.80) | 25/337 | 7.0 | 0.87 (0.50–1.47) |
| Province/region | ||||||
| Ontario | 129/1448 | 8.2 | Ref | 83/1493 | 5.3 | Ref |
| British Columbia | 44/495 | 8.2 | 1.08 (0.77–1.51) | 23/516 | 4.2 | 0.80 (0.51–1.24) |
| Quebec | 65/922 | 6.6 | 0.93 (0.66–1.29) | 42/945 | 4.2 | 0.85 (0.56–1.27) |
| Prairie provinces | 63/674 | 8.5 | 1.09 (0.79–1.49) | 39/697 | 5.2 | 0.98 (0.66–1.45) |
| Atlantic provinces | 23/278 | 7.6 | 1.11 (0.68–1.76) | 15/287 | 5.0 | 0.99 (0.53–1.74) |
*Indigenous populations including First Nations, Inuit, or Métis.
†“Others” ethnicity includes Caribbean, Central or South American, African, Middle Eastern, Central Asian, Chinese, Filipino, South Asian, other Asian, and Oceania.
Bolded values indicate significance at 95% confidence interval. Adjustment was for the other variables in the table.
The number reporting COVID symptoms was 341 in unweighted analyses and 334 after weighing the sample to the Canadian census data, showing the sampling frame as robust.