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. 2023 Jan 23;23:41. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-03845-1

Table 2.

Social distancing measures between private and public insurance

Public Insurance
(n = 25)​
Private Insurance
(n = 26)​
p-value*
1 or more caregiver in house moved to remote work​ 2 (8%)​ 21 (81%)​  < 0.001​
Location of Home​
 Stayed in NYC​ ​23 (92%)​ ​10 (38%)  < 0.001​
 Changed Homes ​ 1 (4%)​ 16 (62%)​
Reasons for Changing Home​
 Larger/More Social Distancing​ 0​ (0%) 11 (42%)​ ​ < 0.001​
 Left NYC ​ 0​ (0%) 12 (46%)​  < 0.001​
 Other​ 1 (4%)​ 7 (27%)​ 0.05​
Housing Type
 Public Housing​ 7 (28%)​ 0​ (0%) 0.004​
All Modes of Transportation Used​
 Public Transportation (vs not)​ 11 (44%)​ ​1 (4%)​ ​ < 0.001​
 Walk/Bike ​ 19 (76%)​ 15 (58%)​ 0.2
 Own Car​ 3 (12%)​ 21 (81%)​  < 0.001​
 Taxi/Car Service (eg. Uber)​ 9 (36%)​ 4 (15%)​ 0.1
 I don’t travel or leave home​ 1 (4%)​ 4 (15%)​ 0.4
Crowding​ (Mean [SD]​)
 How Many People in Home 4.6 [1.8]​ 4.6 [2.2] 1.0
 Number of Bedrooms​ 3.5 [0.83] 4.8 [2.1] 0.004​
 People/# of bedrooms 1.4 [0.64] 1.01 [0.4] 0.04

*Fisher’s exact test used to test hypothesis