Table 3.
Factors associated with the social contact rate prior to, during and post-lockdown periods in Puducherry, India
| Category | Total n (%) | Median number of Social Contacts (IQR) |
Adjusted IRR (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-lockdown (18-24 Mar 2020) (n=441) | 1st week of lockdown (25-31 Mar 2020) (n=429) | 4th week of lockdown (15-21 Apr 2020) (n=376) | 1st week post-lockdown (10-16 Jun 2020) (n=436) | Seven months post-lockdown (10-16 Feb 2020) (n=399) | |||
| Total sample | 441 (100) | 10 (5-15) | 0 (0-2) | 3 (1-9) | 0 (0-2) | 8 (5-13) | - |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 224 (50.8) | 13 (8-21) | 0 (0-2) | 4 (1-13) | 0 (0-2) | 8 (6-12)* | 1.48 (1.26-1.74)* |
| Female | 217 (49.2) | 6 (3-11) | 0 (0-2) | 2 (1-6) | 0 (0-2) | 7 (5-14) | Ref |
| Age group (years) | |||||||
| 18-30 | 117 (26.5) | 10 (5-15) | 0 (0-2) | 4 (1-12) | 0 (0-2) | 10 (5-16) | 1.23 (0.94-1.60) |
| 31-45 | 154 (34.9) | 9 (5-16) | 0 (0-2) | 3 (1-12) | 0 (0-2) | 7 (5-13) | 1.24 (0.99-1.54) |
| 46-59 | 107 (24.3) | 9 (5-13) | 0 (0-2) | 2 (0-6) | 0 (0–2) | 7 (5–11) | 1.10 (0.89-1.36) |
| ≥ 60 | 63 (14.3) | 10 (5-16) | 0 (0-1) | 3 (1-6) | 0 (0-2) | 10 (5-11) | Ref |
| Residence | |||||||
| Rural | 133 (30.2) | 10 (5-17) | 0 (0-3) | 3 (0-7) | 0 (0-2) | 6 (4-8) | Ref |
| Urban |
308 (69.8) |
11 (5-15) | 0 (0-2) | 3 (1-12) | 0 (0-2) | 9 (6-15) | 1.02 (0.90-1.17) |
| Household size | |||||||
| 1-2 | 136 (30.8) | 8 (4-15) | 0 (0–2) | 3 (1–8) | 0 (0–2) | 7 (5–12) | Ref |
| 3-4 | 245 (55.6) | 10 (5-16) | 0 (0–2) | 3 (1–11) | 0 (0–2) | 8 (5–13) | 1.10 (0.96-1.25) |
| > 4 | 60 (13.6) | 10 (5-15) | 0 (0–2) | 3 (1–8) | 0 (0–2) | 7 (6–14) | 1.10 (0.91-1.34) |
| Education | |||||||
| No formal education | 30 (6.8) | 10 (4-17) | 0 (0-2) | 2 (0-9) | 0 (0-1) | 6 (5-15) | Ref |
| Primary education | 164 (37.2) | 9 (5-15) | 0 (0-2) | 3 (1-7) | 0 (0-2) | 7 (5-12) | 0.76 (0.59-0.98)* |
| Secondary/Higher Secondary | 145 (32.9) | 10 (5-15) | 0 (0-1) | 3 (1-8) | 0 (0-2) | 8 (5-12) | 0.76 (0.59-0.99)* |
| Graduation and above | 102 (23.1) | 10 (5-16) | 0 (0-2) | 4 (4-17) | 0 (0-2) | 8 (5-15) | 0.96 (0.72-1.28) |
| Occupation | |||||||
| Employed | 259 (58.7) | 12 (7-17) | 0 (0-2) | 3 (1-12) | 0 (0-2) | 8 (6-13) | 0.99 (0.83-1.17) |
| Homemaker | 134 (30.4) | 5 (2-10) | 0 (0-2) | 2 (1-7) | 0 (0-2) | 6 (4-14) | Ref |
| Retired/Unemployed | 48 (10.9) | 12 (8-21) | 0 (0-1) | 4 (2-8) | 0 (0-2) | 6 (3-11) | 0.93 (0.73-1.19) |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Never married | 68 (15.4) | 11 (8-17) | 0 (0-2) | 4 (1-11) | 0 (0-2) | 12 (7-17) | 0.92 (0.65-1.36) |
| Currently married | 349 (79.1) | 10 (5-16) | 0 (0-2) | 3 (1-10) | 0 (0-2) | 7 (5-12) | 0.95 (0.71-1.26) |
| Widowed/Divorced | 24 (5.5) | 8 (4-12) | 0 (0-2) | 2 (0-6) | 0 (0-1) | 6 (4-11) | Ref |
| Day of week | |||||||
| Weekday | 375 (85.0) | 10 (5-15) | 0 (0-2) | 3 (1-10) | 0 (0-2) | 8 (5-14) | {Not included in the model} |
| Weekend | 66 (15.0) | 9 (6-16) | 0 (0-2) | 3 (0-7) | 0 (0-1) | 6 (4-8) | |
*P-value less than 0.05 – statistically significant; IRR-Incidence rate ratio; Ref-Reference category; IQR-Interquartile range