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. 2021 Sep 8;21:928. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06604-8

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of respondents to the Umoya omuhle (2019) and Covid Social Contacts (2020) studies

2019 2020 R1: June-July 2020 R2: July–August
All Close contact Buildings & transport Close contact Buildings & transport Census population
Age
 15–29 613 36% 36 17% 15 14% 32 15% 17 17% 42%
 30–49 535 31% 50 23% 28 26% 47 22% 23 23% 33%
 50–64 342 20% 64 30% 35 33% 65 31% 28 28% 16%
 65 +  214 13% 66 31% 29 27% 66 31% 33 33% 10%
Sex
 Male 751 44% 101 47% 49 46% 97 46% 48 48% 42%
 Female 953 56% 115 53% 58 54% 113 54% 53 52% 58%
Household size
 1–3 293 17% 61 28% 33 31% 62 30% 27 27% 19%
 4–6 426 25% 60 28% 28 26% 60 29% 29 29% 34%
 7–9 429 25% 54 25% 29 27% 48 23% 22 22% 25%
 10 +  556 33% 41 19% 17 16% 40 19% 23 23% 22%
Residence
 Urban/peri-urban 837 49% 85 39% 37 35% 84 40% 41 41% 32%
 Rural 867 51% 131 61% 70 65% 125 60% 59 58% 59%
 Unknown 0 0 0 1 0.5% 1 1.0% 0.4%
Day reported
 Monday 239 14% 49 23% 22 21% 25 12% 15 15%
 Tuesday 242 14% 52 24% 24 22% 26 12% 12 12%
 Wednesday 239 14% 37 17% 20 19% 73 35% 35 35%
 Thursday 251 15% 40 19% 24 22% 70 33% 33 33%
 Friday 261 15% 0 0 1 0% 1 1%
 Saturday 245 14% 0 0 0 0
 Sunday 227 13% 38 18% 17 16% 15 7% 5 5%
Total 1704 216 107 210 101 36 311

Values are counts and percentages. Census population refers to proportions of residents aged 15 + in the area