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Table 1 Key socio-demographic characteristics of CONNECT participants and the Quebec general population

From: Time trends in social contacts before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: the CONNECT study

 

2016 Census

Pre-COVID

1st wave

Summer 2020 and 2nd wave

 

%

N

%weighted

N

%weighted

N

% weighted

Total

 

1291

 

546

 

4970

 

Age

  0–5 yrs old

6.2

222

6.6

40

8.4

298

7.0

  6–11 yrs old

6.6

163

8.1

31

5.7

225

7.5

  12–17 yrs old

5.9

91

6.8

60

8.0

506

7.3

  18–25 yrs old

9.3

98

8.5

53

9.1

506

9.3

  26–45 yrs old

26.4

204

27.9

181

26.3

1304

26.8

  46–65 yrs old

27.6

303

25.8

131

25.8

1539

26.0

  66–75 yrs old

10.6

162

9.7

45

9.8

514

9.7

  > 75 yrs old

7.4

48

6.4

5

6.8

78

6.5

Sex

  Male

49.6

609

49.9

238

49.2

2515

50.0

  Female

50.4

682

50.1

308

50.8

2455

50.0

Region

  Rural

18.8

239

15.5

66

12.1

836

16.2

  Urban

81.2

1049

84.5

480

87.9

4134

83.8

Region

  Greater Montreal

61.0

635

61.0

371

61.0

2815

60.9

  Other Quebec regions

39.0

642

39.0

175

39.0

2152

39.1

Household size

  1

33.3

239

23.2

125

23.3

968

19.6

  2

34.8

408

34.1

188

36.2

2049

39.6

  3

13.9

198

13.4

78

13.1

738

15.5

  4

12.1

268

17.1

108

18.9

824

17.8

  5 + 

6.0

178

12.3

47

8.5

391

7.6

Household composition

  Without 0–17-year-olds

61.0

734

65.2

346

65.2

3345

64.8

  With 0–5-year-olds

17.1

256

16.2

84

16.4

743

16.6

  If not, with 6–14-year-olds

14.0

255

16.1

90

15.8

734

16.0

  If not, with 15–17-year-olds

2.6

46

2.5

26

2.5

148

2.6

  0–17 without information

5.3

Level of education (among 25–64 yrs)

  No diploma, no degree

13.3

38

7.7

18

6.8

112

3.7

  Secondary (high) school

18.5

63

12.1

34

12.5

293

10.1

  College, cegep, other non-university certificate/diploma

38.8

184

37.6

99

32.3

916

31.9

  University

29.3

210

42.7

164

48.4

1483

54.2

Employment rate

  among 15–19 yrs old

47.3

10

22.9

8

22.2

98

31.7

  among 20–24 yrs old

72.1

37

42.5

20

55.4

160

51.1

  among 25–44 yrs old

85.2

179

81.8

147

83.9

1183

89.6

  among 45–64 yrs old

71.4

167

59.3

99

71.0

1074

72.8

  among ≥ 65 yrs old

10.3

22

8.6

10

13.7

159

19.6

Participation rate in education

  among 18–24 yrs old

55.0

51

67.9

33

68.9

319

70.3

  among 25–29 yrs old

14.0

12

19.5

7

16.5

66

18.2

  among 30–34 yrs old

8.0

7

15.0

5

8.5

40

9.8

Race/Ethnicity

       

  Caucasian

87.0

1124

88.5

460

87.6

4449

90.3

  Other

13.0

156

11.5

77

12.4

455

9.7

  Missing

 

11

9

66

Country of origin

  Canadian-born

85.0

1208

91.5

472

88.9

4498

89.8

  Foreign-born

15.0

83

8.5

72

11.1

466

10.2

  Missing

 

0

2

6

Mother tongue

       

  English

8.0

77

7.0

43

6.8

351

7.4

  French

79.0

1122

88.1

440

84.1

4288

86.3

  Other

13.0

54

4.9

56

9.2

291

6.3

  Missing

 

38

7

40

Type of occupation (workers)*

  0. Management

9.8

52

13.3

35

13.5

346

12.5

  1. Business, finance, administration

15.9

58

13.2

56

17.4

510

19.0

  2. Natural & applied sciences

6.7

31

8.2

33

11.6

350

13.6

  3. Health

7.0

48

10.8

32

9.6

224

8.3

  4. Education, law & social, community & gov. service

11.8

89

20.3

48

15.4

446

16.2

  5. Art, culture, recreation & sport

3.2

15

3.4

12

4.1

115

4.8

  6. Sales & services

23.2

67

15.1

41

12.2

382

13.7

  7. Trades, transport & equipment operators

13.5

43

12.6

26

11.0

240

8.6

  8. Natural resources, agriculture & related production

1.6

3

1.0

3

1.4

21

0.9

  9. Manufacturing & utilities

4.9

6

2.0

11

3.8

64

2.4

  Unknown

2.4

3

2

48

  1. Pre-COVID: February 1st 2018 to March 17th 2019; 1st wave: April 21st to May 25th 2020; Summer 2020 and 2nd wave: July 3rd 2020 to February 26th 2021
  2. Greater Montreal: Regions of Montréal, Laval, Montérégie, Lanaudière, Laurentides
  3. * 2016 National occupation classification