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. 2021 Nov 1;102(2):115591. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115591

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of study participants.

Variable n (%) 95%CI
Sex
Male 536(53.8)
Female 461(46.2)
Occupation
Informal workers 367(36.8) 33.86–39.86
Formal workers (non-healthcare) 276(27.7) 24.98–30.55
Students 163(16.4) 14.17–18.78
Healthcare workers 124(12.4) 10.52–14.64
Unemployed 42(4.2) 3.12–5.65
Children (<14 y) 25(2.5) 1.69–3.69
Symptoms
Cough 738(16.1) 15.08–17.22
Headache 598(13.1) 12.12–14.07
Sore throat 596(13.0) 12.07–14.03
General weakness 548(12.0) 11.06–12.94
Nausea/vomiting 508(11.1) 10.22–12.04
History of fever/chills 426(9.3) 8.50–10.18
Runny nose 409(8.9) 8.14–9.80
Diarrhoea 271(5.9) 5.27–6.64
Pain-muscular/abdominal/chest/joint 253(5.5) 4.90–6.22
Irritability/confusion 138(3.0) 2.55–3.55
Shortness of breath 80(1.8) 1.40–2.17
Other 8(0.2) 0.08–0.34
Asymptomatic 3(0.1) 0.02–0.20