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. 2022 Dec 19;22:954. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07917-y

Table 3.

Parameter estimates and p-values of zero-inflated negative binomial models for the total number and location-specific social contacts using age, gender, temporal and time use covariates

Variable Category Overall Home School Work Other places
Intercept 3.14(0.20) − 0.46(0.16) 1.25(1.32) 0.96(0.36) 3.93(0.25)
Time use (in hours)
 Home − 0.07(0.05E−1)** 0.04(0.04E−1)** 0.04(0.05) − 0.05(0.01)** − 0.15(0.01)**
 Schoola 0.06(0.01)** 0.01(0.01) 0.14(0.05)* − 0.10(0.02)**
 Workb 0.08(0.01)** − 0.01(0.06E−1)* 0.43(0.02)** − 0.16(0.01)**
Gender Male − 0.11(0.03)** − 0.05E−1(0.03) 0.01(0.19) -0.11(0.09) − 0.05(0.05)
Ref.: Female
Age group [3-6) yrs 0.47(0.19)* 0.05(0.17) 0.50(0.51) 0.41(0.20)*
Ref.: [0-3) yrs [6-12) yrs 0.41(0.18)* 0.09(0.13) 0.49(0.54) 0.51(0.18)**
[12-18) yrs 0.33(0.18) 0.09(0.14) 0.38(0.64) 0.50(0.18)**
[18-25) yrs 0.08(0.18) 0.05(0.15) 0.18(0.17)
[25-45) yrs 0.36(0.17)* 0.09(0.13) 0.49(0.16)**
[45-65) yrs 0.33(0.17)* 0.20(0.13) 0.47(0.16)**
65+ yrs 0.05(0.18) 0.08(0.13) 0.42(0.17)*
Household size 0.08(0.01)** 0.28(0.01)** − 0.18(0.09) − 0.05(0.04) 0.06(0.02)**
Class size 0.02(0.02)
Temporal factors Holiday weekday − 0.05(0.04) 0.03(0.04) − 5.83(1.21)** − 0.46(0.13)** 0.08(0.07)
Ref.: Regular weekday Regular weekend 0.11(0.05)* 0.02(0.05) − 3.74(0.26)** − 0.48(0.11)** 0.33(0.08)**
Holiday weekend − 0.11(0.07) − 0.02(0.05) − 37.77(21.31) − 1.21(0.18)** 0.13(0.10)
Sample size 1707 1707 227 1008 1707

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; a only include participants that spent time at school and reported class size; b only include participants from 25 to 65 year old; – not applicable