Table 3.
Summary of permutation test on the proportion of individuals with decreased contacts and paired mean difference before and after 10 pm and Rule of Six restrictions by age
| Comparison with proportion decreased | ||||||||
| Restriction | Contacts | N | Adults | Children | Decreased | Same | Increased | P value |
| ROS | ||||||||
| 5–17 | Exclude work and school | 464 | 0 | 464 | 167 (36%) | 179 (38.6%) | 118 (25.4%) | 0.0022 |
| 18–39 | Exclude work and school | 816 | 816 | 0 | 291 (35.7%) | 343 (42%) | 182 (22.3%) | < 0.001 |
| 40–59 | Exclude work and school | 1193 | 1193 | 0 | 396 (33.2%) | 488 (40.9%) | 309 (25.9%) | 0.0005 |
| 60+ | Exclude work and school | 1225 | 1225 | 0 | 403 (32.9%) | 475 (38.8%) | 347 (28.3%) | 0.0219 |
| 10 pm | ||||||||
| 5–17 | Exclude work and school | 550 | 0 | 550 | 167 (30.4%) | 239 (43.5%) | 144 (26.2%) | 0.1062 |
| 18–39 | Exclude work and school | 813 | 813 | 0 | 243 (29.9%) | 376 (46.2%) | 194 (23.9%) | 0.0103 |
| 40–59 | Exclude work and school | 1134 | 1134 | 0 | 350 (30.9%) | 507 (44.7%) | 277 (24.4%) | 0.002 |
| 60+ | Exclude work and school | 1196 | 1196 | 0 | 395 (33%) | 453 (37.9%) | 348 (29.1%) | 0.0452 |
| Comparison in mean difference | Median (IQR) | Mean | ||||||
| Restriction | Contacts | Before | After | Before | After | Difference (95% CI) | P value | |
| ROS | ||||||||
| 5–17 | Exclude work and school | 3 (2 to 4) | 3 (2 to 4) | 3.93 | 4.09 | 0.17 (− 0.35 to 0.76) | 0.5668 | |
| 18–39 | Exclude work and school | 2 (1 to 3) | 2 (1 to 3) | 2.89 | 2.3 | − 0.59 (− 1.09 to − 0.04) | 0.0183 | |
| 40–59 | Exclude work and school | 2 (1 to 3) | 2 (1 to 3) | 2.61 | 2.31 | − 0.3 (− 0.67 to 0.03) | 0.1055 | |
| 60+ | Exclude work and school | 2 (1 to 3) | 2 (1 to 3) | 2.56 | 2.6 | 0.04 (− 0.39 to 0.52) | 0.8797 | |
| 10 pm | ||||||||
| 5–17 | Exclude work and school | 3 (2 to 4) | 3 (2 to 4) | 3.85 | 4.84 | 0.98 (0.28 to 1.81) | 0.0115 | |
| 18–39 | Exclude work and school | 2 (1 to 3) | 2 (1 to 3) | 2.7 | 2.57 | − 0.13 (− 0.72 to 0.5) | 0.649 | |
| 40–59 | Exclude work and school | 2 (1 to 3) | 1 (1 to 3) | 2.4 | 2.54 | 0.14 (− 0.37 to 0.65) | 0.6183 | |
| 60+ | Exclude work and school | 2 (1 to 3) | 1 (1 to 3) | 2.54 | 2.09 | − 0.45 (− 0.88 to − 0.12) | 0.0039 | |
Two-sided p value calculated by counting the number of permutations where the magnitude of the test statistics is greater than the observed test statistics, and dividing by the number of permutations
ROS Rule of Six, IQR inter-quartile range