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. 2021 Dec 21;75(1):e276–e288. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab1040

Table 2.

Attributes of Participants Reporting High-Risk Exposure With Differing Characteristics of Contact

Participant Attribute Relationship to Contact Exposure Setting Duration of Exposure Nature of Contact
Nonhousehold Member Household Member Outdoor Exposure Only Any Indoor Exposure <3 Hours >3 Hours Nonphysical Contact Only Any Physical Contact
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
N = 559 N = 444 N = 91 N = 880 N = 252 N = 728 N = 363 N = 594
Age, years
0–6 12 (2.1) 25 (5.6) 1 (1.1) 35 (4.0) 3 (1.2) 34 (4.7) 2 (0.6) 31 (5.2)
7–12 31 (5.5) 30 (6.8) 3 (3.3) 53 (6.0) 6 (2.4) 53 (7.3) 20 (5.5) 36 (6.1)
13–17 31 (5.5) 36 (8.1) 8 (8.8) 54 (6.1) 6 (2.4) 55 (7.6) 18 (5.0) 40 (6.7)
18–29 183 (32.7) 115 (25.9) 29 (31.9) 258 (29.3) 81 (32.1) 208 (28.6) 121 (33.3) 163 (27.4)
30–49 195 (34.9) 156 (35.1) 33 (36.3) 310 (35.2) 95 (37.7) 252 (34.6) 131 (36.1) 209 (35.2)
50–64 78 (14.0) 57 (12.8) 10 (11.0) 123 (14.0) 42 (16.7) 91 (12.5) 49 (13.5) 83 (14.0)
≥65 29 (5.2) 25 (5.6) 7 (7.7) 47 (5.3) 19 (7.5) 35 (4.8) 22 (6.1) 32 (5.4)
Sex
Male 256 (45.8) 204 (45.9) 46 (50.5) 395 (44.9) 117 (46.4) 334 (45.9) 177 (48.8) 259 (43.6)
Female 303 (54.2) 240 (54.1) 45 (49.5) 485 (55.1) 135 (53.6) 394 (54.1) 186 (51.2) 335 (56.4)
Household income
Less than $50 000 146 (26.1) 98 (22.1) 21 (23.1) 219 (24.9) 62 (24.6) 178 (24.5) 93 (25.6) 147 (24.7)
$50 000–$100 000 121 (21.6) 111 (25.0) 17 (18.7) 205 (23.3) 54 (21.4) 170 (23.4) 76 (20.9) 141 (23.7)
$100 000–$150 000 84 (15.0) 43 (9.7) 11 (12.1) 114 (13.0) 36 (14.3) 91 (12.5) 37 (10.2) 84 (14.1)
More than $150 000 66 (11.8) 61 (13.7) 7 (7.7) 119 (13.5) 25 (9.9) 102 (14.0) 43 (11.8) 81 (13.6)
Refuse 91 (16.3) 79 (17.8) 19 (20.9) 141 (16.0) 44 (17.5) 120 (16.5) 65 (17.9) 92 (15.5)
Not sure 51 (9.1) 52 (11.7) 16 (17.6) 82 (9.3) 31 (12.3) 67 (9.2) 49 (13.5) 49 (8.2)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 250 (44.7) 190 (42.8) 30 (33.0) 396 (45.0) 105 (41.7) 325 (44.6) 144 (39.7) 274 (46.1)
Non-Hispanic Black 27 (4.8) 18 (4.1) 2 (2.2) 43 (4.9) 9 (3.6) 35 (4.8) 15 (4.1) 29 (4.9)
Hispanic (any race) 125 (22.4) 127 (28.6) 36 (39.6) 209 (23.8) 65 (25.8) 182 (25.0) 104 (28.7) 141 (23.7)
Asian 46 (8.2) 37 (8.3) 3 (3.3) 75 (8.5) 20 (7.9) 60 (8.2) 38 (10.5) 40 (6.7)
Native American 10 (1.8) 7 (1.6) 0 (0.0) 17 (1.9) 4 (1.6) 13 (1.8) 5 (1.4) 12 (2.0)
Native Hawaiian 4 (0.7) 1 (0.2) 1 (1.1) 4 (0.5) 2 (0.8) 3 (0.4) 4 (1.1) 1 (0.2)
More than 1 race 70 (12.5) 51 (11.5) 12 (13.2) 107 (12.2) 38 (15.1) 83 (11.4) 42 (11.6) 74 (12.5)
Refuse 27 (4.8) 13 (2.9) 7 (7.7) 29 (3.3) 9 (3.6) 27 (3.7) 11 (3.0) 23 (3.9)
Region
Predominantly urban regions
San Francisco Bay area 52 (9.3) 55 (12.4) 9 (9.9) 96 (10.9) 17 (6.7) 89 (12.2) 36 (9.9) 66 (11.1)
Greater Los Angeles area 47 (8.4) 49 (11.0) 13 (14.3) 82 (9.3) 19 (7.5) 78 (10.7) 33 (9.1) 64 (10.8)
Greater Sacramento area 64 (11.4) 64 (14.4) 15 (16.5) 106 (12.0) 36 (14.3) 84 (11.5) 52 (14.3) 69 (11.6)
San Diego and southern border 59 (10.6) 37 (8.3) 8 (8.8) 85 (9.7) 24 (9.5) 70 (9.6) 35 (9.6) 56 (9.4)
Predominantly rural regions
Central Coast 74 (13.2) 53 (11.9) 11 (12.1) 115 (13.1) 28 (11.1) 97 (13.3) 49 (13.5) 74 (12.5)
Northern Sacramento Valley 58 (10.4) 48 (10.8) 10 (11.0) 93 (10.6) 33 (13.1) 70 (9.6) 29 (8.0) 73 (12.3)
San Joaquin Valley 65 (11.6) 46 (10.4) 6 (6.6) 102 (11.6) 34 (13.5) 76 (10.4) 44 (12.1) 61 (10.3)
Northwestern California 72 (12.9) 44 (9.9) 12 (13.2) 99 (11.2) 38 (15.1) 74 (10.2) 47 (12.9) 62 (10.4)
Sierras region 68 (12.2) 48 (10.8) 7 (7.7) 102 (11.6) 23 (9.1) 90 (12.4) 38 (10.5) 69 (11.6)
County reopening tier
Purple (most restrictive) 102 (18.2) 98 (22.1) 23 (25.3) 174 (19.8) 59 (23.4) 140 (19.2) 84 (23.1) 112 (18.9)
Red 113 (20.2) 92 (20.7) 19 (20.9) 183 (20.8) 56 (22.2) 145 (19.9) 80 (22.0) 119 (20.0)
Orange 97 (17.4) 103 (23.2) 13 (14.3) 183 (20.8) 43 (17.1) 154 (21.2) 72 (19.8) 122 (20.5)
Yellow (least restrictive) 13 (2.3) 10 (2.3) 1 (1.1) 22 (2.5) 6 (2.4) 17 (2.3) 9 (2.5) 14 (2.4)
After 15 June 234 (41.9) 141 (31.8) 35 (38.5) 318 (36.1) 88 (34.9) 272 (37.4) 118 (32.5) 227 (38.2)
Vaccination
Unvaccinated 326 (63.3) 321 (74.5) 53 (61.6) 578 (69.6) 136 (58.1) 496 (71.8) 230 (68.2) 393 (69.3)
Partially vaccinateda 45 (8.7) 38 (8.8) 9 (10.5) 71 (8.6) 37 (15.8) 45 (6.5) 37 (11.0) 43 (7.6)
Fully vaccinated 144 (28.0) 72 (16.7) 24 (27.9) 181 (21.8) 61 (26.1) 150 (21.7) 70 (20.8) 131 (23.1)
Symptoms experienced
No symptoms 246 (44.0) 160 (36.0) 50 (54.9) 336 (38.2) 128 (50.8) 263 (36.1) 166 (45.7) 214 (36.0)
Symptoms 313 (56.0) 284 (64.0) 41 (45.1) 544 (61.8) 124 (49.2) 465 (63.9) 197 (54.3) 380 (64.0)
Level of anxiety about coronavirus disease 2019
Very anxious 89 (15.9) 66 (14.9) 17 (18.7) 135 (15.3) 40 (15.9) 114 (15.7) 57 (15.7) 93 (15.7)
Not very anxious 470 (84.1) 378 (85.1) 74 (81.3) 745 (84.7) 212 (84.1) 614 (84.3) 306 (84.3) 501 (84.3)

Percentages presented in the table should be interpreted to represent the proportion of cases or controls with each characteristic and not their prevalence within the general population.

An individual was considered partially vaccinated if their severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 test date with <14 days before their second dose of an mRNA vaccine product (Pfizer/BioNTech BNT-162b2 or Moderna mRNA-1273) or <14 days after their first dose of a single-dose product (Jansen Pharmaceutical Companies JNJ-78436735).