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Table 2 Comprehensiveness of county-level policies, by domain (January-March 2021)

From: The U.S. COVID-19 County Policy Database: a novel resource to support pandemic-related research

Panel A. Containment and Closure Policies

No policy documented

No restrictions

1: Least comprehensive

2

3

4: Most comprehensive

School closing

0.0%

1.2%

76.0%

15.2%

7.6%

-

Workplace closing

0.0%

5.3%

67.3%

8.2%

19.3%

-

Cancel public events

0.0%

0.0%

22.8%

28.7%

29.2%

19.3%

Restrictions on private gatherings

0.0%

0.6%

0.6%

3.5%

24.0%

71.3%

Close public transport

2.3%

67.8%

28.7%

1.2%

-

-

Stay at home requirements

0.0%

15.2%

64.9%

19.9%

-

-

Gym closing

0.0%

12.3%

55.0%

12.9%

19.9%

-

Restaurant closing

0.0%

3.5%

66.1%

5.3%

15.8%

9.4%

Bar closing

0.0%

4.1%

37.4%

9.4%

12.9%

36.3%

Movie theater closing

2.9%

3.5%

58.5%

9.4%

25.7%

-

Childcare closing

1.8%

4.1%

93.6%

0.6%

-

-

Hair salon/barber shop closing

0.0%

52.6%

29.8%

8.2%

9.4%

-

Restrictions on religious gatherings

0.0%

52.0%

17.0%

31.0%

-

-

Nursing home visitation restrictions

0.0%

7.0%

84.8%

8.2%

-

-

Curfew requirement

22.8%

34.5%

42.7%

-

-

-

Panel B. Economic Response Polices

No policy documented

No support

Policy present

   

Housing financial support

0.0%

23.4%

76.6%

-

-

-

Utility support

12.3%

22.8%

64.9%

-

-

-

Panel C. Public Health Policies

No policy documented

No policy

1: Least comprehensive

2

3

4: Most comprehensive

Public information campaigns

0.0%

11.7%

17.5%

70.8%

-

-

Testing policy

0.0%

1.8%

1.2%

7.6%

89.5%

-

Contact tracing

1.8%

2.9%

33.9%

61.4%

-

-

Facial coverings

0.0%

0.6%

12.3%

20.5%

66.7%

-

Vaccination policy

4.7%

1.2%

7.0%

26.3%

56.7%

4.1%

  1. Note: N = 171 counties in 7 states. Different policies have different numbers of possible categories, and dashes “-” indicate that a given category was not relevant or coded for a given policy. For counties with missing data on a given policy, data from state policies were used to infer local county policies