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Table 1 Participant characteristics associated with differences in median number of people contacted for participants ≤18 years, South Africa, 2018

From: A cross-sectional study measuring contact patterns using diaries in an urban and a rural community in South Africa, 2018

 

Univariate

Multivariable

Coefficient

95% CI

Coefficient

95% CI

Site

Rural

15

3 to 27

17

10 to 24

Urban

Reference

Reference

Age

< 7 years

Reference

Reference

7–13 years

6

1 to 11

9

4 to 14

14–18 years

7

− 7 to 21

13

4 to 22

Relationship to head of household

Grandchild

1

− 11 to 13

  

Child

2

− 10 to 14

  

Other child*

Reference

  

Gender

Male

2

−4 to 8

  

Female

Reference

  

Type of day investigated

Weekend day

Reference

  

Weekday

12

3 to 21

  

Day of week investigated

Monday

5

−1 to 11

1

−7 to 9

Tuesday

7

−4 to 18

2

−7 to 11

Wednesday

35

7 to 63

18

4 to 32

Thursday

27

11 to 43

12

1 to 23

Friday

9

−6 to 24

Omitted**

Saturday

Reference

Reference

Sunday

3

0 to 6

1

−4 to 6

HIV Status

Negative

Reference

  

Positive

5

−28 to 38

  
  1. 95% CI – 95% confidence interval
  2. *Other child – Includes relationships of participants younger than 18 years to the head of household (n): brother (10), sister (11), wife (1), cousin (5), niece (6), nephew (9), other relative (10), not related (2)
  3. **omitted because of collinearity