Table 1 Observed contacts for the COVID-19 Canada and POLYMOD UK [6] surveys
From: Quantifying contact patterns in response to COVID-19 public health measures in Canada
Survey 1 (May) Mean (IQR) | Survey 2 (July) Mean (IQR) | Survey 3 (Sept) Mean (IQR) | Survey 4 (Dec) Mean (IQR) | POLYMOD Mean (IQR) | % Reduction in mean contacts: POLYMOD to Survey 1 (May) | % Reduction in mean contacts: POLYMOD to Survey 2 (July) | % Reduction in mean contacts: POLYMOD to Survey 3 (Sept) | % Reduction in mean contacts: POLYMOD to Survey 4 (Dec) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 2.21 (0,3) | 2.17 (0,3) | 4.76 (0,4) | 3.89 (0,3) | 10.8 (6,14) | 79.5% | 79.9% | 55.9% | 64.0% |
Age Group | |||||||||
18–29 years | 2.68 (1,3) | 2.47 (0,4) | 6.70 (0,5) | 5.24 (0,4) | 12.1 (7,16) | 77.9% | 79.6% | 44.6% | 56.7% |
30–39 years | 2.40 (1,3) | 2.25 (0,3) | 6.25 (0,5) | 4.51 (0,3) | 11.3 (6,15) | 78.8% | 80.1% | 44.7% | 60.1% |
40–49 years | 2.43 (0,3) | 2.25 (0,3) | 5.91 (0,5) | 3.93 (0,3) | 12.0 (6,17) | 79.8% | 81.3% | 50.8% | 67.3% |
50–59 years | 2.09 (0,3) | 2.05 (0,3) | 4.30 (0,3) | 4.18 (0,3) | 9.5 (5,13) | 78.0% | 78.4% | 54.7% | 56.0% |
60–69 years | 1.83 (0,3) | 2.19 (0,3) | 2.64 (0,3) | 3.04 (0,2) | 9.0 (5,12) | 79.7% | 75.7% | 70.7% | 66.2% |
70+ years | 1.65 (0,2) | 1.75 (0,3) | 1.94 (0,2) | 1.80 (0,2) | 7.6 (4,12) | 78.3% | 77.0% | 74.5% | 76.3% |
Gender | |||||||||
Female | 2.30 (1,3) | 2.35 (0,4) | 5.04 (0,4) | 3.70 (0,3) | 11.3 (6,15) | 79.6% | 79.2% | 55.4% | 67.3% |
Male | 2.12 (0,3) | 1.96 (0,3) | 4.46 (0,3) | 3.92 (0,3) | 10.2 (5,13) | 79.2% | 80.8% | 56.3% | 61.6% |
Neither | 1.14 (0,2) | 3.24 (0,5) | 4.48 (0,3) | 19.6 (2,53) | – | – | – | – | – |
Household size | |||||||||
1 | 1.29 (0,2) | 1.71 (0,3) | 4.12 (0,3) | 2.92 (0,2) | 7.4 (3,11) | 82.6% | 76.9% | 44.3% | 60.5% |
2 | 2.05 (1,3) | 2.23 (0,3) | 4.11 (0,3) | 3.44 (0,2) | 10.1 (5,13) | 79.7% | 77.9% | 59.3% | 65.9% |
3 | 2.40 (1,3) | 2.26 (0,3) | 4.90 (0,4) | 5.11 (0,3) | 11.2 (6,15) | 78.6% | 79.8% | 56.3% | 54.4% |
4 | 3.12 (2,4) | 2.45 (0,3) | 6.74 (0,5) | 5.05 (0,3) | 12.1 (7,16) | 74.2% | 79.8% | 44.3% | 58.3% |
5+ | 4.04 (2,5) | 2.88 (0,4) | 5.99 (0,5) | 4.83 (0,5) | 14.2 (9,17) | 71.5% | 79.7% | 57.8% | 66.0% |
Region | |||||||||
Atlantic | 2.15 (0,3) | 2.90 (1,4) | 4.67 (0,3) | 6.80 (0,4) | – | – | – | – | – |
Quebec | 2.01 (0,3) | 1.87 (0,3) | 5.51 (0,3) | 4.33 (0,2) | – | – | – | – | – |
Ontario | 2.11 (0,3) | 2.00 (0,3) | 4.11 (0,3) | 3.30 (0,3) | – | – | – | – | – |
West | 2.48 (1,3) | 2.46 (0,3) | 5.10 (0,4) | 3.63 (0,3) | – | – | – | – | – |
Survey completion | |||||||||
Weekday | 2.33 (1,3) | 2.16 (0,3) | 4.18 (0,3) | 3.84 (0,3) | – | – | – | – | – |
Weekend | 1.94 (0,3) | 2.18 (0,3) | 6.38 (0,5) | 5.60 (0,3) | – | – | – | – | – |