Table 4.

COVID-19 Exposures, Testing, and Medical Care: Overall and by Rural/Urban Residence

	Overall (N = 49 695)		Rural Residence (N = 3 923)		Urban Residence (N = 45 640)
	N	%	N	%	N	%	p Value
Ever exposed to another person diagnosed or suspected of having COVID-19							.0825
No, not that I know of	47 137	96.2	3 744	96.9	43 265	96.2
Yes, someone outside of household	1 495	3.1	97	2.5	1 396	3.1
Yes, someone living with me	346	0.7	23	0.6	321	0.7
Family member or close friend died of COVID-19							.0023
No	46 524	95.0	3 721	96.0	42 679	94.9
Yes	2 447	5.0	154	4.0	2 287	5.1
Tested for SARS-CoV-2							.0003
No	39 453	80.5	3 199	82.5	36 149	80.4
Yes	9 241	18.9	646	16.7	8 572	19.1
Unsure	287	0.6	31	0.8	256	0.6
If tested, test method*							.4283
Nasal swab	7 714	86.6	547	87.7	7 150	86.5	.1658
Throat swab	902	10.1	53	8.5	845	10.2	.5906
Saliva test	281	3.2	22	3.5	259	3.1	.0146
Blood test	1 139	12.8	60	9.6	1 074	13.0
If tested, number of times							.0066
1	6 480	71.9	486	77.4	5 977	71.5
2	1 555	17.3	96	15.3	1 454	17.4
3 or more	872	9.7	40	6.4	831	9.9
Unsure	104	1.2	6	1.0	98	1.2
If tested, positive test result							.1279
No	8 368	94.0	581	93.3	7 766	94.1
Yes	311	3.5	19	3.0	290	3.5
Unsure	223	2.5	23	3.7	200	2.4
If positive result, which test(s) were positive*							.8522
Nasal swab	222	79.6	13	81.3	207	79.3	.5070
Saliva test	7	2.5	0	0.0	7	2.7	.0995
Throat swab	22	7.9	3	18.8	19	7.3	.1518
Blood test	57	20.4	1	6.3	55	21.1
Ever hospitalized for COVID-19							.6938
No	214	71.6	11	64.7	202	72.1
Yes	81	27.1	6	35.3	75	26.8
Unsure	4	1.3	0	0.0	3	1.1

Notes: COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; SARS-CoV-2 = severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

*The COVID-19 survey allowed participants to mark multiple responses to this question.