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. 2022 Jun 30;40:100605. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100605

Table 1.

Mean, median, and quantiles of reported contacts per day by contact location, type, demographic group, and serostatus for a probability sample of 3112 households representing the population aged ≥ 18 years, United States, 2020–2021.

Baseline
Follow-up
Sample
Weighted Sample
Statistical tests **
Characteristic Mean contacts Median contacts (25th, 75th, 90th percentiles) Mean contacts Median contacts (25th, 75th, 90th percentiles) N % (column) N % (column) T-test p-value *** K-S test p-value ***
Overall 13.9 4.0 2.0, 10.0, 27.0 14.5 5.0 2.0, 11.0, 26.0 3112 100 252117112 100 0.552 0.180
Nature of contact
Physical 5.9 4.0 1.0, 4.0, 10.0 7.8 2.0 0.0, 5.0, 10.0 0.322 0.654
Non-physical 10.2 2.0 0.0, 5.0, 16.0 9.6 2.0 0.0, 6.0, 15.0 0.722 0.685
Contact Location
Home 2.7 1.0 0.0, 3.0, 5.0 3.7 2.0 1.0, 3.0, 5.0 0.410 0.596
Work 10.4 0.0 0.0, 1.0, 16.0 9.4 0.0 0.0, 2.0, 15.0 0.568 0.993
School 0.2 0.0 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 0.243 1.000
Other 2.7 0.0 0.0, 2.0, 6.0 3.8 0.0 0.0, 2.8, 7.0 0.674 1.000
Age category
18–24 20.9 5.0 3, 20, 60 17.7 7.0 3, 16, 62 169 5.4 24823133 9.8 0.461 0.768
25–34 16 6.0 3, 13, 35 23.3 7.0 3, 14, 40 448 14.4 42037821 16.7 0.030 1.000
35–44 18.3 5.0 3, 13, 35 14.5 6.0 3, 14, 23 503 16.2 43010914 17.1 0.097 1.000
45–54 17.7 5.0 2, 11, 32 16.8 5.0 2, 12, 29 509 16.4 41649386 16.5 0.796 1.000
55–64 10.7 3.0 1, 7, 26 12.7 4.0 1, 10, 20 649 20.9 44192201 17.5 0.283 0.999
65 + 5.5 2.0 1, 5, 10 6.0 2.0 1, 6, 12 834 26.8 56403657 22.4 0.592 1.000
Sex
Female 12.5 4.0 2, 9, 26 11.3 5.0 2, 10, 20 1907 61.3 115127131 45.7 0.158 0.576
15 4.0 2, 10, 32 17.2 5.0 2, 12, 32 1205 38.7 136989980 54.3 0.251 1.000
Race/Ethnicity
Hispanic 11.8 4.0 2, 12, 34 14.8 6.0 2, 13, 31 388 12.5 41498755 16.5 0.242 0.931
Non-Hispanic White 14.3 4.0 2, 9, 26 14.0 5.0 2, 11, 23 2118 68.1 161730015 64.1 0.796 1.000
Non-Hispanic Black 16.1 3.0 1, 10, 40 15.5 3.0 1, 9, 42 409 13.1 26371146 10.5 0.846 1.000
Non-Hispanic Asian 6.8 3.0 2, 7, 19 11.3 5.0 2, 9, 26 145 4.7 16297586 6.5 0.019 0.626
Non-Hispanic Other 25.5 6.0 1, 13, 40 28.2 6.0 2, 21, 208 52 1.7 6219608 2.5 0.838 0.999
Income
$0 to $9,999 9.9 4.0 2, 6, 23 14.1 5.0 1, 10, 54 156 5.0 9175348 3.6 0.235 0.624
$10,000 to $24,999 28.9 4.0 1, 9, 71 19.2 4.0 1, 10, 31 282 9.1 21014175 8.3 0.102 1.000
$25,000 to $49,999 16.7 4.0 1, 12, 39 24.5 5.0 2, 14, 43 594 19.1 42517322 16.9 0.020 0.998
$50,000 to $74,999 9.8 4.0 2, 9, 21 12.1 5.0 2, 11, 20 540 17.4 40975725 16.3 0.214 1.000
$75,000 to $99,999 14 4.0 2, 10, 35 12.9 4.0 2, 9, 24 454 14.6 34753959 13.8 0.614 1.000
$100,000 to $149,999 12.9 4.0 2, 10, 32 9.2 4.0 2, 9, 17 534 17.2 44554817 17.7 0.009 1.000
$150,000 to $199,999 12.2 4.0 2, 9, 26 11.8 4.0 2, 11, 30 246 7.9 25854439 10.3 0.871 1.000
$200,000 or higher 9.5 4.0 2, 9, 22 12.4 6.0 2, 12, 22 306 9.8 33271326 13.2 0.150 0.943
Occupation*
Utilities 1.3 0.0 0, 0, 4 10.1 0.0 0, 0, 75 16 0.5 1624138 0.6 0.205 1.000
Construction 8.5 5.0 0, 16, 26 5.9 3.0 1, 10, 15 50 1.6 7468477 3.0 0.166 0.905
Manufacturing 4.4 2.0 0, 8, 15 12.3 0.0 0, 6, 30 50 1.6 8095010 3.2 0.085 0.982
Retail Trade 92 12.0 0, 65, 171 72.1 4.0 0, 30, 142 84 2.7 12398395 4.9 0.638 0.690
Transportation and Warehousing 24.3 6.0 0, 26, 85 3.2 0.0 0, 4, 10 57 1.8 4028061 1.6 0.000 0.446
Information 0.8 0.0 0, 0, 2 0.8 0.0 0, 0, 4 55 1.8 4702720 1.9 0.926 1.000
Finance and Insurance 1.7 0.0 0, 0, 10 2.2 0.0 0, 0, 6 105 3.4 9429022 3.7 0.520 1.000
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 1.5 0.0 0, 3, 8 1.9 0.0 0, 5, 6 29 0.9 2407083 1.0 0.635 1.000
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 1.5 0.0 0, 0, 5 2.1 0.0 0, 0, 6 254 8.2 17627427 7.0 0.327 1.000
Management of Companies and Enterprises 4 0.0 0, 0, 26 8.0 0.0 0, 0, 30 29 0.9 2279303 0.9 0.672 1.000
Administrative Services 4 0.0 0, 3, 15 2.1 0.0 0, 2, 7 25 0.8 1804659 0.7 0.380 1.000
Educational Services 8.5 0.0 0, 10, 20 12.2 0.0 0, 11, 30 227 7.3 11316238 4.5 0.160 1.000
Health Care and Social Assistance 16.4 2.0 0, 17, 46 10.0 2.0 0, 12, 29 313 10.1 24401663 9.7 0.003 1.000
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 4.7 0.0 0, 0, 10 3.6 0.0 0, 0, 5 50 1.6 3116292 1.2 0.717 1.000
Accommodation and Food Services 29.3 0.0 0, 10, 49 18.1 6.0 0, 26, 90 55 1.8 7428078 2.9 0.943 1.000
Other Services (except Public Administration) 10.4 0.0 0, 5, 10 4.2 0.0 0, 6, 13 75 2.4 6013537 2.4 0.292 1.000
Public Administration 3.7 0.0 0, 7, 12 2.3 0.0 0, 2, 9 37 1.2 2938101 1.2 0.326 1.000
Other 12.7 0.0 0, 3, 10 14.9 0.0 0, 5, 17 250 8.0 19646552 7.8 0.731 1.000
Household size
1 6.8 2.0 0, 5, 12 8.7 2.0 0, 8, 19 850 27.3 40909934 16.2 0.104 0.956
2 11.5 3.0 1, 8, 23 12.0 3.0 1, 8, 21 1228 39.5 104424631 41.4 0.722 1.000
3 14.9 5.0 2, 12, 32 14.4 7.0 3, 14, 28 448 14.4 42787020 17.0 0.817 0.958
4 20.3 6.0 3, 14, 42 18.2 7.0 3, 14, 28 383 12.3 39212704 15.6 0.466 0.999
5 + 23.6 7.0 4, 21, 40 28.7 7.0 3, 14, 39 203 6.5 24782822 9.8 0.464 1.000
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Serostatus at baseline (August-December 2020)
Positive 16.6 6.0 3, 36, 44 138 0.0 12316038 4.9
Negative 13.3 4.0 2, 9, 26 2974 1.0 239801073 95.1
Serostatus at follow-up (March-April 2021)
Positive 19.6 8.0 3, 14, 31 350 0.1 31360651 12.4
Negative 13.7 4.0 2, 10, 25 2762 0.9 220756460 87.6

* work, not total, contacts

** Statistical tests performed on weighted data

*** The t-test is sensitive to differences in means of the distributions; the K-S test is sensitive to shape of the distribution.

N, total participants. Weighted N: sum of the weights of participants. K-S: Kolmogorov-Smirnov.