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. 2023 Jan 17;18(1):e0275404. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275404

Table 3. Summary of non-school related activities reported by parents/guardian of K-12 student close contacts.

Summary of reported activities conducted during the quarantine period All, n(%) Modified Quarantine, n(%) Standard Quarantine, n(%)
Total 227 26 201
All activitiesa
        0 activities 157 (69.2) 12 (46.2) 145 (72.1)
        1–2 activities 48 (21.1) 9 (34.6) 39 (19.4)
        3 or more activities 20 (8.8) 4 (15.4) 16 (8.0)
        Prefer not to answer 2 (0.9) 1 (3.8) 0 (0)
Interacted with other students outside of schoolc 28 (12.3) 9 (34.6) 19 (9.4)
    Additional non-school activitiesb
        0 activities 9 (32.1) 2 (22.2) 7 (36.8)
        1–2 activities 9 (32.1) 4 (44.4) 5 (26.3)
        3 or more activities 10 (35.7) 3 (33.3) 7 (36.8)
        Prefer not to answer 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Did not interact with other students outside of school 200 (88.1) 18 (69.2) 182 (90.5)
    Additional non-school activities
        0 activities 164 (82) 12 (66.7) 152 (83.5)
        1–2 activities 29 (14.5) 4 (22.2) 5 (13.7)
        3 or more activities 5 (2.5) 1 (5.6) 4 (2.2)
        Prefer not to answer 2 (1) 1 (5.6) 1 (0.5)

a: Includes both interactions with students and other activities

b: Other activities include: interacting with non-school friends, interacting with family members outside their household, going to a restaurant to dine in, attend events (such as church, parties, movies, etc), enter stores or businesses (such as grocery shopping, shopping, takeout food, etc), go to work or volunteer, visit gym or play sports, travel outside the city, or leave home for other reasons.

c: Includes interaction with students outside of school who are quarantined and not quarantined