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Table 1 Number of contacts by demographic characteristics, occupations, and locations

From: Patterns of human social contact and mask wearing in high-risk groups in China

Characteristics

Number of participants n (%)

Individual contacts Mean (95% CI)

Group contacts Mean (95% CI)

Total contacts Mean (95% CI)

Overall

 

15,635

3.14 (3.13–3.15)

37.90 (37.20–38.70)

41.10 (40.37–41.83)

Sex

Male

8066 (51.6)

3.14 (3.13–3.15)

39.72 (38.63–40.81)

42.85 (41.76–43.94)

Female

7569 (48.4)

3.14 (3.13–3.15)

36.09 (35.13–37.06)

39.23 (38.27–40.20)

Age

[0, 5]

2844 (18.2)

3.20 (3.17–3.23)

53.39 (49.70–57.08)

56.59 (52.90–60.28)

[5, 10]

4314 (27.6)

3.17 (3.14–3.19)

54.78 (50.83–58.73)

57.95 (54.00–61.90)

[10, 15]

3842 (24.6)

3.18 (3.14–3.22)

55.21 (49.47–60.95)

58.39 (52.65–64.13)

[15, 20]

1269 (8.1)

3.13 (3.11–3.15)

39.27 (36.99–41.54)

42.40 (40.12–44.67)

[20, 30]

1356 (8.7)

3.20 (3.13–3.28)

48.45 (39.23–57.67)

51.65 (42.42–60.88)

[30, 40]

1240 (7.9)

3.10 (3.09–3.11)

33.06 (32.11–34.02)

36.16 (35.20–37.12)

[40, 50]

589 (3.8)

3.15 (3.13–3.16)

25.16 (24.19–26.13)

28.30 (27.33–29.27)

50 + 

181 (1.2)

3.14 (3.12–3.15)

38.50 (37.10–39.91)

41.64 (40.23–43.05)

Occupation

Delivery workers

1491 (9.5)

3.13 (3.11–3.15)

62.82 (58.76–66.87)

65.95 (61.89–70.01)

Medical workers

1904 (12.2)

3.22 (3.20–3.25)

47.19 (44.50–49.87)

50.41 (47.73–53.10)

Preschoolers

4616 (29.5)

3.13 (3.12–3.15)

25.74 (24.99–26.50)

28.88 (28.12–29.63)

Students

7624 (48.8)

3.12 (3.11–3.13)

38.20 (37.28–39.12)

41.32 (40.40–42.24)

Household income per capita, CNY

< 10,000

4744 (30.3)

3.15 (3.13–3.16)

41.20 (39.35–43.04)

44.34 (42.50–46.18)

10,000–29,999

2910 (18.6)

3.13 (3.12–3.15)

38.75 (37.00–40.50)

41.88 (40.13–43.64)

30,000–49,999

2464 (15.8)

3.12 (3.11–3.13)

36.96 (35.58–38.34)

40.08 (38.70–41.46)

50,000–99,999

2907 (18.6)

3.14 (3.13–3.16)

37.32 (35.69–38.94)

40.46 (38.83–42.09)

≥ 100,000

2610 (16.7)

3.16 (3.14–3.18)

36.16 (34.54–37.79)

39.32 (37.70–40.95)

Household size

1–2

5695 (36.4)

3.14 (3.12–3.15)

40.77 (39.40–42.14)

43.91 (42.54–45.28)

3–4

7440 (47.6)

3.13 (3.12–3.14)

36.30 (35.34–37.27)

39.43 (38.47–40.40)

≥ 5

2500 (16.0)

3.16 (3.14–3.18)

36.50 (34.81–38.20)

39.66 (37.96–41.36)

Province

Qinghai

8437 (54.0)

3.14 (3.12–3.15)

44.70 (42.48–46.93)

47.84 (45.62–50.07)

Shanghai

2978 (19.0)

3.12 (3.11–3.13)

35.33 (34.48–36.19)

38.46 (37.60–39.31)

Zhejiang

4220 (27.0)

3.17 (3.15–3.18)

38.46 (37.07–39.85)

41.62 (40.24–43.01)

  1. *N is the number of participants who provided complete contact data. CI confidence interval, CNY Chinese Yuan