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. 2022 Jun 17;40:100601. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100601

Table 1.

Sample description and mean number of daily contacts per person as recorded under different tiers.

Variables Overall
White tier
Yellow tier
Orange tier
Red tier
Sample size Mean (95 % CI) Sample size Mean (95 % CI) Sample size Mean (95 % CI) Sample size Mean (95 % CI) Sample size Mean (95 % CI)
Overall 1683 (100 %) 4.54 (4.32–4.76) 1025 (61 %) 5.09 (4.81–5.37) 292 (17 %) 4.28 (3.69–4.87) 160 (10 %) 3.55 (2.96–4.14) 206 (12 %) 2.96 (2.49–3.43)
Age
0–19 42 (2 %) 5.69 (4.01–7.37) 28 (3 %) 6.64 (4.18–9.11) 6 (2 %) 3.83 (1.69–5.98) 4 (2 %) 4.25 (2.73–5.77) 4 (2 %) 3.25 (1.25–5.25)
20–29 364 (22 %) 4.34 (3.95–4.73) 243 (24 %) 4.79 (4.28–5.3) 59 (2 0%) 3.81 (3.1–4.53) 33 (21 %) 2.48 (1.46–3.51) 29 (14 %) 3.83 (2.46–5.19)
30–39 560 (33 %) 4.27 (3.9–4.63) 383 (37 %) 4.69 (4.24–5.13) 82 (28 %) 3.67 (2.73–4.61) 34 (21 %) 2.94 (2.01–3.87) 61 (30 %) 3.16 (2.1–4.23)
40–49 325 (19 %) 5.34 (4.68–6) 206 (20 %) 5.79 (5–6.59) 48 (16 %) 5.81 (3.26–8.36) 32 (20 %) 4.53 (2.82–6.24) 39 (19 %) 3.03 (1.87–4.18)
50–59 224 (13 %) 4.71 (4.18–5.24) 108 (11 %) 5.51 (4.81–6.21) 42 (14 %) 5.12 (3.49–6.75) 27 (17 %) 4.37 (2.71–6.03) 47 (23 %) 2.68 (1.89–3.47)
60–69 112 (7 %) 4.11 (3.34–4.87) 44 (4 %) 5.5 (4.35–6.65) 32 (11 %) 3.94 (2.26–5.61) 16 (10 %) 3.31 (0.88–5.75) 20 (10 %) 1.95 (1.08–2.82)
70+ 56 (3 %) 3.32 (2.57–4.07) 13 (1 %) 3.23 (2.3–4.16) 23 (8 %) 3.52 (2.28–4.76) 14 (9 %) 3.79 (1.58–6) 6 (3 %) 1.67 (0.23–3.1)
Sex
Female 978 (58 %) 4.6 (4.34–4.87) 593 (58 %) 5.21 (4.86–5.56) 174 (60 %) 4.11 (3.53–4.69) 94 (59 %) 3.36 (2.56–4.16) 117 (57 %) 3.27 (2.6–3.95)
Male 705 (42 %) 4.46 (4.08–4.83) 432 (42 %) 4.92 (4.46–5.39) 118 (40 %) 4.53 (3.33–5.74) 66 (41 %) 3.82 (2.93–4.7) 89 (43 %) 2.55 (1.93–3.17)
Employment status
Employed 1317 (78 %) 4.66 (4.4–4.91) 834 (81 %) 5.14 (4.82–5.45) 219 (75 %) 4.44 (3.7–5.18) 109 (68 %) 3.63 (2.87–4.39) 155 (75 %) 3.1 (2.51–3.69)
Inactive 141 (8 %) 3.63 (3–4.27) 53 (5 %) 5 (3.91–6.09) 38 (13 %) 3.55 (2.12–4.99) 26 (16 %) 2.88 (1.58–4.19) 24 (12 %) 1.54 (0.97–2.11)
Student 157 (9 %) 4.82 (4.16–5.48) 98 (10 %) 5.15 (4.19–6.11) 24 (8 %) 4.38 (3.17–5.58) 18 (11 %) 4.5 (2.79–6.21) 17 (8 %) 3.88 (2.87–4.89)
Unemployed 68 (4 %) 3.56 (2.71–4.41) 40 (4 %) 4.08 (2.77–5.38) 11 (4 %) 3.36 (1.63–5.1) 7 (4 %) 2.29 (0.24–4.33) 10 (5 %) 2.6 (0.81–4.39)
Household size
At most 2 1070 (64 %) 3.74 (3.48–4) 634 (62 %) 4.27 (3.94–4.59) 204 (70 %) 3.71 (2.95–4.47) 93 (58 %) 2.48 (1.8–3.17) 139 (67 %) 2.21 (1.63–2.79)
3 295 (18 %) 5.23 (4.68–5.79) 190 (19 %) 5.42 (4.68–6.16) 33 (11 %) 6.3 (4.49–8.12) 36 (22 %) 4.69 (3.25–6.14) 36 (17 %) 3.81 (2.87–4.74)
4 256 (15 %) 6.46 (5.92–7) 160 (16 %) 7.3 (6.54–8.06) 50 (17 %) 4.88 (4.18–5.58) 22 (14 %) 5.36 (3.7–7.03) 24 (12 %) 5.17 (4.03–6.3)
5+ 62 (4 %) 7.18 (6.17–8.19) 41 (4 %) 7.61 (6.3–8.92) 5 (2 %) 8.2 (0.04–16.36) 9 (6 %) 5.56 (3.75–7.36) 7 (3 %) 6 (4.59–7.41)
Contact with a positive case within three weeks since interview date
No 1569 (93 %) 4.63 (4.4–4.85) 981 (96 %) 5.15 (4.85–5.44) 255 (87 %) 4.35 (3.69–5.01) 149 (93 %) 3.56 (2.96–4.17) 184 (89 %) 3.09 (2.58–3.6)
Yes 114 (7 %) 3.39 (2.74–4.05) 44 (4 %) 3.82 (2.69–4.95) 37 (13 %) 3.81 (2.61–5.01) 11 (7 %) 3.36 (0.24–6.49) 22 (11 %) 1.86 (1.1–2.63)