Table 2.

The baseline social contact matrix generated from the population-based contact diaries in eight European countries of the POLYMOD study.

Age groups	Mean daily contact within each age stratum
	0–14 years	15–49 years	50–64 years	≥65 years
0–14 years	6.28	3.71	0.55	0.24
15–49 years	1.77	11.60	1.60	0.28
50–64 years	1.34	6.52	2.57	0.52
≥65 years	0.89	2.97	1.34	1.55