Table 1.

Personal characteristics of field test sample. Values are numbers (percentages) of participants unless stated otherwise

Characteristics	Respondents (n=274)
Age (years):
Mean (SD)*; range	45.0 (10.0); 21-70
Sex:
Female	240 (88)
Male	34 (12)
Ethnicity:
White	253 (92)
Asian or Asian British	7 (3)
Black, African, Caribbean, or black British	3 (1)
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	11 (4)
Other ethnic group	0 (0)
Occupational status:
Employed full time	114 (42)
Employed but currently not working	51 (19)
Employed part time	39 (14)
Furloughed	7 (3)
Retired	6 (2)
Caregiver	3 (1)
In full time education	3 (1)
Voluntary work	3 (1)
Unemployed	20 (7)
Other	28 (10)
Month and year of SARS-Co-V-2 infection:
December 2019	3 (1)
January-December 2020	233 (85)
January-May 2021	38 (14)
Positive PCR test result for SARS-Co-V-2 infection†:
Yes	129 (47)
No	137 (50)
Do not know	8 (3)
Positive lateral flow test result for SARS-Co-V-2 infection†:
Yes	22 (8)
No	227 (83)
Do not know	25 (9)
Admitted to hospital for SAR-Co-V-2 infection:
Yes	11 (4)
No	263 (96)
Admitted to ICU for SARS-Co-V-2 infection:
Yes	0 (0)
No	274 (100)
Attended hospital emergency department for SARS-Co-V-2 infection:
Yes	111 (41)
No	163 (59)
Vaccine status:
Two doses	187 (68)
One dose	70 (25)
No dose	17 (6)
Received shielding letter from UK government‡:
Yes	12 (4)
No	262 (96)
Care home resident:
Yes	3 (1)
No	271 (99)
Mean (SD) EQ-5D-5L utility score	0.490 (0.253)

SD=standard deviation; PCR=polymerase chain reaction; ICU=intensive care unit; EQ-5D-5L=health related quality of life instrument.

^*n=263 respondents.

^†Owing to difficulties accessing PCR and lateral flow tests in the early weeks of the pandemic, not all participants had access to testing.

^‡Letter to indicate clinical vulnerability requiring enhanced social distancing.