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. 2020 Nov 4;15(11):e0240399. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240399

Table 1. Associations between participant social and demographic characteristics and thinking you have had COVID-19.

Participant characteristics Level Had COVID-19
Think have not had COVID-19 n = 4656 n (%) Think have had COVID-19 n = 1493 n (%) Odds ratio (95% CI) Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
Gender Male 2197 (75.9) 697 (24.1) Reference Reference
Female 2459 (75.5) 796 (24.5) 1.02 (0.91 to 1.15) 0.99 (0.87 to 1.12)
Age 18 to 24 years 1003 (70.5) 419 (29.5) Reference Reference
25 to 34 years 823 (67.3) 400 (32.7) 1.16 (0.99 to 1.37) 1.07 (0.89 to 1.28)
35 to 44 years 751 (71.9) 294 (28.1) 0.94 (0.79 to 1.12) 0.80 (0.66 to 0.98)
45 to 54 years 554 (77.2) 164 (22.8) 0.71 (0.58 to 0.87)* 0.62 (0.49 to 0.78)*
55 years and over 1525 (87.6) 216 (12.4) 0.34 (0.28 to 0.41)* 0.36 (0.29 to 0.44)*
Have a child No 2005 (76.4) 621 (23.6) Reference Reference
Yes 2386 (75.5) 776 (24.5) 1.05 (0.93 to 1.19) 1.30 (1.14 to 1.50)*
Employment status Not working 1714 (82.8) 357 (17.2) Reference Reference
Working 2871 (71.9) 1124 (28.1) 1.88 (1.65 to 2.15)* 1.24 (1.05 to 1.46)
Working in key sector No 3105 (80.5) 753 (19.5) Reference Reference
Yes 1551 (67.7) 740 (32.3) 1.97 (1.75 to 2.21)* 1.52 (1.32 to 1.75)*
Highest educational or professional qualification GCSE/vocational/A-level/No formal qualifications 3382 (76.1) 1060 (23.9) Reference Reference
Degree or higher (Bachelors, Masters, PhD) 1200 (74.3) 415 (25.7) 1.10 (0.97 to 1.26) 1.10 (0.95 to 1.26)
Region Midlands 781 (75.7) 251 (24.3) Reference Reference
South & East 1369 (76.7) 416 (23.3) 0.95 (0.79 to 1.13) 0.98 (0.81 to 1.19)
North 1120 (77.0) 335 (23.0) 0.93 (0.77 to 1.12) 0.95 (0.78 to 1.17)
London 701 (70.1) 299 (29.9) 1.33 (1.09 to 1.62)* 1.10 (0.89 to 1.36)
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland 685 (78.1) 192 (21.9) 0.87 (0.70 to 1.08) 0.89 (0.71 to 1.12)

*p≤.005.

†Adjusting for all other social and demographic characteristics and experimental group.