Table 1.
Socio‐demographic characteristics of the study sample
| Cohort "NC" | Cohort "PC" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | N | % | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 948 | 43.6% | 126 | 47.9% | |
| Female | 1224 | 56.4% | 137 | 52.1% | |
| Age categories | |||||
| <18 years | 224 | 10.3% | 40 | 15.2% | |
| 18‐54 years | 1006 | 46.3% | 132 | 50.2% | |
| ≥55 years | 942 | 43.4% | 91 | 34.6% | |
| Population density | |||||
| Low or Medium | 1162 | 53.5% | 100 | 38.0% | |
| High | 1010 | 46.5% | 163 | 62.0% | |
| Household size | |||||
| 1 person | 390 | 18.0% | 24 | 9.1% | |
| 2 to 4 people | 1649 | 75.9% | 216 | 82.1% | |
| ≥5 people | 133 | 6.1% | 23 | 8.7% | |
| Education | |||||
| Less than high school | 619 | 29.4% | 73 | 27.8% | |
| High school, post high school (no undergraduate degree) | 749 | 35.5% | 73 | 27.8% | |
| Undergraduate or graduate degree | 704 | 33.4% | 108 | 41.1% | |
| Other | 37 | 1.8% | 9 | 3.4% | |
| Occupation | |||||
| Employed | 1272 | 58.6% | 156 | 59.3% | |
| Unemployed | 115 | 5.3% | 13 | 4.9% | |
| Student | 263 | 12.1% | 47 | 17.9% | |
| Retired | 438 | 20.2% | 36 | 13.7% | |
| Other, Disability, Homemaker | 84 | 3.9% | 11 | 4.1% | |
| Professional sector | |||||
| Commerce, Industry and Building | 229 | 18.0% | 28 | 10.6% | |
| Administration / services | 338 | 26.6% | 35 | 13.3% | |
| Education | 190 | 14.9% | 21 | 8.0% | |
| Health | 121 | 9.5% | 22 | 8.4% | |
| Health (no clinic) | 42 | 3.3% | 7 | 2.7% | |
| Transportation | 43 | 3.4% | 3 | 1.1% | |
| Other | 309 | 24.3% | 40 | 15.2% | |
| Current working arrangement (employed workers) | |||||
| Teleworking | 345 | 13.2% | 43 | 27.7% | |
| Physically at work, only in contact with colleagues | 386 | 14.8% | 54 | 34.8% | |
| Physically at work, no contact | 72 | 2.8% | 11 | 7.1% | |
| Physically at work, contact with public | 407 | 15.6% | 43 | 27.7% | |
| Mixed arrangements | 62 | 2.3% | 4 | 2.6% | |
| Body Mass Index | |||||
| Normal or underweight | 905 | 45.9% | 95 | 42.0% | |
| Overweight | 713 | 36.2% | 90 | 39.8% | |
| Obese | 353 | 17.9% | 41 | 18.1% | |
| Smoking status | |||||
| Non‐smoker | 1366 | 64.8% | 198 | 75.3% | |
| Ex‐smoker | 415 | 19.7% | 44 | 16.7% | |
| Smoker | 328 | 15.6% | 21 | 8.0% | |
| Physical Exercise | |||||
| No | 1141 | 52.5% | 138 | 52.5% | |
| Yes | 1031 | 47.5% | 125 | 47.5% | |
| COVID‐19 Vaccine | |||||
| No | 2016 | 92.8% | 246 | 93.5% | |
| Yes | 156 | 7.2% | 17 | 6.5% | |