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Table 1 Classification Tree Variables.

From: Mining social mixing patterns for infectious disease models based on a two-day population survey in Belgium

Variables

Code

Abbreviation

Tree Usage

Physical Contact

1 = 'yes';

2 = 'no'

touching

1*

Location

1 = 'home';

2 = 'work';

3 = 'school',

4 = 'transport';

5 = 'leisure';

6 = 'other-multiple'

location

1,2*,3,4

Frequency

1 = 'daily';

2 = 'weekly';

3 = 'monthly';

4 = 'few times a year';

5 = 'first time'

frequency

3*

Duration

1 = '0–5 min';

2 = '5–15 min';

3 = '15 min – 1 hour';

4 = '1–4 hours';

5 = '> 4 hours'

duration

4*

Age Contact

Continuous

agecon

1,2,3,4

Gender Contact

1 = 'male';

2 = 'female'

gencon

1,2,3,4

Age Participant

Continuous

agepar

1,2,3,4

Gender Participant

1 = 'male';

2 = 'female'

genpar

1,2,3,4

Occupation Participant

1 = 'working';

2 = 'retired';

3 = 'at home';

4 = 'unemployed/job seeking';

5 = 'in education';

6 = 'other'

occpar

1,2,3,4

Household Size Participant

Household Size

(including participant)

hhsize

1,2,3,4

Region

Brss = 'Brussels'

WlsG = 'Walloon region'

VlsG = 'Flanders'

region

1,2,3,4

Day of the Week

0 = 'Sunday';

1 = 'Monday';

2 = 'Tuesday';

3 = 'Wednesday';

4 = 'Thursday';

5 = 'Friday';

6 = 'Saturday'

dayofweek

1,2,3,4

Holiday Period

0 = 'no holiday period'

1 = 'holiday period';

holiday

1,2,3,4

  1. Variables used in classification tree analyses. 'Tree usage' refers to the use of the variables in the tree construction for tree 1: physical contact; 2: contact location; 3: contact frequency and 4: contact duration. '*' indicates that the variable was used as the response variable.