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. 2022 Jun;28(6):1233–1236. doi: 10.3201/eid2806.212580

Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of participants in study of community SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence during second wave of COVID-19 epidemic, by sex, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 2021*.

Characteristic Survey 1, January 27–February 6
Survey 2, April 24–May 19
Female Male Total Female Male Total
Age group, y n = 786 n = 1,234
0–19 132 (28.3) 123 (37.7) 255 (32.2) 261 (36.3) 208 (40.8) 469 (38.0)
20–39 205 (44.7) 103 (31.8) 308 (39.3) 278 (38.6) 165 (32.1) 443 (35.9)
>40
124 (27.0)
99 (30.7)
223 (28.5)

181 (25.1)
141 (27.4)
322 (26.1)
Marital status n = 638 n = 1,216
Single 186 (48.1) 133 (54.0) 319 (50.0) 442 (62.4) 365 (71.9) 807 (66.4)
Married or living as a couple 158 (40.8) 109 (43.4) 267 (41.9) 216 (30.5) 132 (26.0) 348 (28.6)
Divorced or separated 37 (9.6) 3 (1.2) 40 (6.3) 43 (6.1) 10 (2.0) 53 (4.4)
Widower or widow
6 (1.6)
6 (2.4)
12 (1.9)

7 (1.0)
1 (0.0)
8 (1.0)
Education n = 681 n = 1,227
None 26 (6.4) 11 (4.0) 37 (5.4) 75 (10.5) 45 (8.8) 120 (9.8)
Primary school 81 (19.8) 52 (19.1) 133 (19.5) 197 (27.6) 137 (26.8) 334 (27.2)
Secondary school 213 (52.1) 131 (48.2) 344 (50.5) 323 (45.2) 203 (39.7) 526 (42.9)
University
89 (21.8)
78 (28.7)
167 (24.5)

120 (16.8)
127 (24.8)
247 (20.1)
Profession n = 620 n = 1,192
Student 100 (26.6) 75 (30.7) 175 (28.2) 242 (34.9) 201 (40.4) 443 (37.2)
Sales or service 67 (17.8) 46 (18.9) 113 (18.2) 145 (20.9) 70 (14.1) 215 (18.0)
Women or men at home 102 (27.1) 0 (0.0) 102 (16.5) 126 (18.2) 4 (0.8) 130 (10.9)
Professional or manager 40 (10.6) 28 (11.5) 68 (11.0) 59 (8.5) 52 (10.4) 111 (9.3)
Construction 0 (0.0) 16 (6.6) 16 (2.6) 1 (0.0) 9 (1.8) 10 (0.8)
Unemployed 20 (5.3) 21 (8.6) 41 (6.6) 71 (10.2) 65 (13.1) 136 (11.4)
Other
47 (12.5)
58 (23.8)
105 (17.0)

50 (7.2)
97 (19.5)
147 (12.3)
Total 461 (58.7) 325 (41.3) 786 (100.0) 720 (58.3) 514 (41.7) 1,234 (100.0)

*Values are no. (%) participants.