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Table 4 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants

From: Implementing a pilot study of COVID-19 self-testing in high-risk populations and remote locations: results and lessons learnt

 

Type of site

Variable

Healthcare centre

Nursing home

School

Overall

N = 823

N = 116

N = 366

N = 1305

Age (mean, standard deviation)

46.5 (15.4)

47.7 (13.0)

48.8 (12.7)

47.2 (14.5)

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Gender

 Female

657

79.8%

98

84.5%

290

79.2%

1045

80.1%

 Male

165

20.0%

18

15.5%

76

20.8%

259

19.8%

 Prefer not to say

1

0.1%

0

0%

0

0%

1

0.1%

Education

 Elementary school

0

0%

1

0.9%

1

0.3%

2

0.2%

 High school

58

7.0%

17

14.7%

48

13.1%

123

9.4%

 Professional technical education

203

24.7%

52

44.8%

63

17.2%

318

24.4%

 Secondary school

7

0.9%

1

0.9%

1

0.3%

9

0.7%

 University (bachelor’s or master’s degree)

529

64.3%

44

37.9%

251

68.6%

824

63.1%

 University (PhD)

26

3.2%

1

0.9%

2

0.5%

29

2.2%

Occupation

 Administration

27

3.3%

1

0.9%

4

1.1%

32

2.5%

 Assistant

0

0%

0

0%

1

0.3%

1

0.1%

 Cleaner

20

2.4%

6

5.2%

25

6.8%

51

3.9%

 Cook

0

0%

3

2.6%

0

0%

3

0.2%

 Director

7

0.9%

2

1.7%

20

5.5%

29

2.2%

 Driver

7

0.9%

1

0.9%

7

1.9%

15

1.1%

 Laboratory personnel

11

1.3%

0

0%

0

0%

11

0.8%

 Librarian

1

0.1%

0

0%

8

2.2%

9

0.7%

 Maintenance staff

77

9.4%

8

6.9%

26

7.1%

111

8.5%

 Manager

0

0%

0

0%

1

0.3%

1

0.1%

 Medical doctor

314

38.2%

13

11.2%

3

0.8%

330

25.3%

 Nurse

228

27.7%

25

21.6%

6

1.6%

259

19.8%

 Other

80

9.7%

50

43.1%

15

4.1%

145

11.1%

 Sanitarian

51

6.2%

7

6.0%

0

0%

58

4.4%

 Social worker

0

0%

0

0%

1

0.3%

1

0.1%

 Teacher

0

0%

0

0%

249

68.0%

249

19.1%

Household membersa

 0

95

11.5%

16

13.8%

25

6.8%

136

10.4%

 1

175

21.3%

24

20.7%

56

15.3%

255

19.5%

 2

205

24.9%

26

22.4%

60

16.4%

291

22.3%

 3

180

21.9%

30

25.9%

87

23.8%

297

22.8%

  ≥ 4

168

20.4%

20

17.2%

138

37.7%

326

25.0%

Household members employed in the past 3 months

 0

201

24.4%

33

28.4%

132

36.1%

366

28.0%

 1

352

42.8%

44

37.9%

173

47.3%

569

43.6%

 2

180

21.9%

26

22.4%

42

11.5%

248

19.0%

 3

66

8%

11

9,5%

13

3,6%

90

6,9%

  ≥ 4

24

2.9%

2

1.7%

6

1.6%

32

2.5%

Children under 12 years in the household

 0

490

68.1%

69

69.0%

211

61.9%

770

66.3%

 1

133

18.5%

15

15.0%

60

17.6%

208

17.9%

 2

79

11.0%

16

16.0%

45

13.2%

140

12.1%

 3

13

1.8%

0

0%

20

5.9%

33

2.8%

  ≥ 4

5

0.7%

0

0%

5

1.5%

10

0.9%

Smartphone ownership

 No

113

13.7%

15

12.9%

127

34.7%

255

19.5%

 Yes

710

86.3%

101

87.1%

239

65.3%

1050

80.5%

COVID-19 vaccination doses received

 0

108

13.1%

52

44.8%

244

66.7%

404

31.0%

 1

26

3.2%

6

5.2%

6

1.6%

38

2.9%

 2

404

49.1%

46

39.7%

109

29.8%

559

42.8%

  ≥ 3

285

34.6%

12

10.3%

7

1.9%

304

23.3%

Previous diagnosis of COVID-19

 Yes

638

77.5%

97

83.6%

188

51.4%

923

70.7%

 No

166

20.2%

19

16.4%

176

48.1%

361

27.7%

 Don’t know/remember

19

2.3%

0

0%

2

0.5%

21

1.6%

Previous COVID-19 severity of symptoms

 Asymptomatic

83

13.2%

13

13.5%

6

3.2%

102

11.1%

 Flu-like symptoms

311

49.3%

22

22.9%

64

34.0%

397

43.4%

 Mild to moderate symptoms

216

34.2%

52

54.2%

100

53.2%

368

40.2%

 Severe symptoms

21

3.3%

9

9.4%

18

9.6%

48

5.2%

Previous medical conditions/risk factorsb

 None

635

77.2%

3

2.6%

305

83.3%

1034

79.2%

  1. aExcluding participants
  2. bChronic conditions (cancer; heart condition, stroke, or cerebrovascular disease; immunocompromised condition; cystic fibrosis; chronic lung, kidney, or liver disease; transplant etc.), Infections (HIV, tuberculosis, others), Diabetes, overweight, physical inactivity, Mental health/neurological conditions (schizophrenia spectrum disorder, depression, dementia, others), Disabilities, Pregnancy, Smoking (current or former), and Substance use disorder