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. 2022 Mar 4;6(3):e33314. doi: 10.2196/33314

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of respondents (N=4097).

Characteristics Total respondents Younger males Younger females Older males Older females
Age (years), mean (SD) 50.2 (16.8) 35.4 (8.7) 35.7 (8.5) 64.8 (7.9) 64.7 (7.9)
Ethnicity, n/N (%)

Chinese 3330/4097 (81.27) 802/1024 (78.32) 756/1022 (73.97) 867/1027 (84.42) 905/1024 (88.38)

Malay 315/4097 (7.69) 107/1024 (10.45) 148/1022 (14.48) 49/1027 (4.77) 50/1024 (4.88)

Indian 354/4097 (8.64) 84/1024 (8.20) 84/1022 (8.22) 91/1027 (8.86) 56/1024 (5.47)

Others 98/4097 (2.39) 31/1024 (3.03) 34/1022 (3.33) 20/1027 (1.95) 13/1024 (1.27)
Education level, n/N (%)

Tertiary 1296/4097 (31.63) 488/1024 (47.66) 489/1022 (47.85) 214/1027 (20.84) 105/1024 (10.25)
Employment statusa, n/N (%)

Employed 2728/4097 (66.59) 870/1024 (84.96) 872/1022 (85.32) 548/1027 (53.36) 438/1024 (42.77)
Digital device usageb, n/N (%)

Owns a smartphone 3712/4097 (90.60) 1022/1024 (99.80) 1019/1022 (99.71) 871/1027 (84.81) 800/1024 (78.13)

Heard of TraceTogether 3818/4097 (93.19) 987/1024 (96.39) 972/1022 (95.11) 934/1027 (90.94) 925/1024 (90.33)

Willing to use TraceTogether (presharing) 3143/4097 (76.71) 739/1024 (72.17) 767/1022 (75.05) 806/1027 (78.48) 831/1024 (81.15)

Willing to use TraceTogether (postsharing; 36 [0.9%] missing) 3674/4061 (90.47) 908/1021 (88.93) 924/1018 (90.77) 903/1010 (89.41) 939/1012 (92.79)
Form factor preference (willing to use TraceTogether postsharing; 127 [3.5%] missing), n/N (%)

Smartphone app 1900/3547 (53.56) 604/872 (69.27) 602/887 (67.87) 399/872 (45.76) 295/916 (32.21)

Token 1647/3547 (46.43) 268/872 (30.73) 285/887 (32.13) 473/872 (54.24) 621/916 (67.79)

aFull-time, part-time, self-, or temporary employment.

bUptake of TraceTogether was not presented in this table, as uptake rates changed over time with the policy measures. Refer to Figure 2 for bimonthly uptake rates.