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Table 1 Influence of local government area of residence on encounter profiles

From: Social encounter profiles of greater Melbourne residents, by location – a telephone survey

 

Boroondara mean

Hume mean

P-value

 

(95 % CI)

(95 % CI)

 

Number of listed encounters

 Public spaces

2.2 (1.6–2.8)

1.4 (0.9–1.8)

0.029

 Retail & hospitality

3.3 (2.9–3.7)

2.7 (2.3–3.0)

0.013

Number of unique addresses

 Retail & hospitality

1.8 (1.6–2.0)

1.4 (1.3–1.6)

0.007

Participants’ total encounter duration (Hours)

 Participant total

6.2 (5.5–6.9)

7.5 (6.6–8.4)

0.028

Participants' total physical encounter duration (Hours)

 Arts & culture

0.5 (0.4–0.7)

1.1 (0.8–1.5)

0.004*

Participants' total number of known contacts

 Female 18–19

6.5 (4.6–8.4)

12.7 (6.9–18.5)

0.048*

Participants' total number of household contacts

 Female 18–19

2.4 (1.5–3.2)

5.0 (2.5–7.6)

0.05*

Participants' total number of non-household contacts

 Male, age 20–29

2.9 (1.7–4.2)

5.2 (3.7–6.8)

0.025*

Participants' total number of unknown contacts

 Female, age 50–59

2.8 (2.1–3.4)

1.5 (1.0–1.9)

0.002

 Female, age 60–69

2.1 (1.5–2.7)

1.2 (0.6–1.8)

0.027

 Female, age 70 or more

1.7 (1.2–2.1)

0.7 (0.3–1.0)

<0.001

 Male, age 60–69

1.9 (1.2–2.6)

0.9 (0.5–1.4)

0.022

  1. *Indicates both sample sizes are smaller than 60, which may affect validity of the p value