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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of universities that implemented each of the NPIs by explanatory variable categories

From: Survival analysis of factors affecting the timing of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions by U.S. universities

Number of Universities, N = 575

Non-pharmaceutical interventions to restrict movement

(n (%))

Explanatory variables

Move online

Campus housing

Cancel travel

Campus closed

Remote work

Private

166 (100.0%)

153 (92.2%)

151 (93.2%)

144 (91.1%)

151 (94.4%)

Public

409 (100.0%)

355 (86.8%)

388 (97.2%)

366 (91.3%)

396 (97.5%)

< 20 k students enrolled

423 (100.0%)

367 (86.8%)

390 (94.9%)

371 (90.7%)

399 (96.1%)

> 20 k students enrolled

152 (100.0%)

141 (92.8%)

149 (99.3%)

139 (92.7%)

148 (98.0%)

House Democrat

320 (100.0%)

280 (87.5%)

298 (95.2%)

295 (93.7%)

312 (98.1%)

House Republican

247 (100.0%)

221 (89.5%)

233 (97.1%)

208 (87.8%)

227 (94.6%)

Governor Democrat

321 (100.0%)

282 (87.9%)

302 (95.6%)

294 (93.6%)

309 (97.2%)

Governor Republican

254 (100.0%)

226 (89.0%)

237 (96.7%)

216 (88.2%)

238 (96.0%)

More Diverse faculty

235 (100.0%)

197 (83.8%)

216 (94.7%)

213 (93.8%)

227 (98.7%)

Less Diverse Faculty

340 (100.0%)

311 (91.5%)

323 (97.0%)

297 (89.5%)

320 (95.2%)

More Diverse students

257 (100.0%)

213 (82.9%)

234 (93.2%)

232 (92.1%)

247 (96.5%)

Less Diverse Students

318 (100.0%)

295 (92.8%)

305 (98.4%)

278 (90.6%)

300 (96.8%)

Religious Affiliation

72 (100.0%)

69 (95.8%)

65 (94.2%)

62 (89.9%)

65 (94.2%)

No Religious affiliation

503 (100.0%)

439 (87.3%)

474 (96.3%)

448 (91.4%)

482 (97.0%)

Health Infrastructure

207 (100.0%)

191 (92.3%)

199 (97.1%)

192 (93.7%)

202 (98.5%)

No Health Infrastructure

368 (100.0%)

317 (86.1%)

340 (95.5%)

318 (89.8%)

345 (95.6%)

Fewer Foreign Students

290 (100.0%)

247 (85.2%)

267 (95.0%)

246 (88.2%)

272 (95.8%)

More Foreign Students

285 (100.0%)

261 (91.6%)

272 (97.1%)

264 (94.3%)

275 (97.5%)

City/Suburb

482 (100.0%)

427 (88.6%)

453 (96.0%)

433 (92.1%)

463 (97.3%)

Town/Rural

93 (100.0%)

81 (87.1%)

86 (96.6%)

77 (86.5%)

84 (93.3%)

  1. Within each cell, “n” represents the number of universities that implemented the mitigation indicated by the column heading. The “(%)” represents the percentage that implemented the mitigation relative to the total number of universities in that explanatory variable category. Percentages reflect missing data which causes variation in percentages across columns