Table 1.

Social Contact With Nonresident Family and Friends in a Typical Week Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Type of Contact and Residential Setting, Adults Aged 70 and Older

	Before			During			During vs. Before
	Weekly or more	Less than weekly	p	Weekly or more	Less than weekly	p	Remained weekly or more	Remained less than weekly	Change to weekly or more	Change to less than weekly	p
All
In person	60.5	39.5		39.0	61.0	++	35.5	36.0	3.5	25.0
Phone	89.2	10.8		86.6	13.4	++	83.5	7.7	3.1	5.7
Electronic	64.8	35.2		62.5	37.5	++	60.0	32.7	2.5	4.8
Video	21.4	78.6		26.0	74.0	++	17.9	70.4	8.1	3.5
By residential setting
In person
Residential care	55.8	44.2	**	21.7	78.3	**	19.5	42.0	2.3	36.3	**
Community, with limitations	54.6	45.4		36.3	63.7		33.0	42.1	3.3	21.6
Community, no limitations	62.6	37.4		41.2	58.8		37.6	33.7	3.7	25.0
Phone
Residential care	82.3	17.7	**	76.8	23.2	**	73.0	13.9	3.8	9.3	**
Community, with limitations	85.6	14.4		83.3	16.7		79.7	10.8	3.6	5.9
Community, no limitations	90.9	9.1		88.4	11.6		85.5	6.2	2.9	5.4
Electronic
Residential care	32.9	67.1	**	33.2	66.8	**	32.1	66.0	1.1	0.8	**
Community, with limitations	47.8	52.2		45.8	54.2		43.3	49.8	2.4	4.5
Community, no limitations	72.5	27.5		69.9	30.1		67.3	24.9	2.6	5.2
Video
Residential care	20.2	79.8		18.1	81.9	*	12.7	74.5	5.4	7.5	*
Community, with limitations	21.7	78.3		23.1	76.9		17.3	72.6	5.7	4.4
Community, no limitations	21.5	78.5		27.6	72.4		18.5	69.5	9.0	3.0

Notes: COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019. N = 3,098; 2,083 in community with no limitations, 806 in community with limitations, and 209 in residential care.

++p < .01 for χ ² test for difference from before; *p < .05 and **p < .01 for χ ² test for difference across settings.