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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of respondents to the Umoya omuhle (2019) and Covid Social Contacts (2020) studies

From: Impact of the Covid-19 epidemic and related social distancing regulations on social contact and SARS-CoV-2 transmission potential in rural South Africa: analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys

	2019		2020 R1: June-July				2020 R2: July–August
	All		Close contact		Buildings & transport		Close contact		Buildings & transport			Census population
Age
15–29	613	36%	36	17%	15	14%	32	15%	17		17%	42%
30–49	535	31%	50	23%	28	26%	47	22%	23		23%	33%
50–64	342	20%	64	30%	35	33%	65	31%	28		28%	16%
65 +	214	13%	66	31%	29	27%	66	31%	33		33%	10%
Sex
Male	751	44%	101	47%	49	46%	97	46%	48		48%	42%
Female	953	56%	115	53%	58	54%	113	54%	53		52%	58%
Household size
1–3	293	17%	61	28%	33	31%	62	30%	27		27%	19%
4–6	426	25%	60	28%	28	26%	60	29%	29		29%	34%
7–9	429	25%	54	25%	29	27%	48	23%	22		22%	25%
10 +	556	33%	41	19%	17	16%	40	19%	23		23%	22%
Residence
Urban/peri-urban	837	49%	85	39%	37	35%	84	40%	41		41%	32%
Rural	867	51%	131	61%	70	65%	125	60%	59		58%	59%
Unknown	0		0		0		1	0.5%	1		1.0%	0.4%
Day reported
Monday	239	14%	49	23%	22	21%	25	12%	15		15%
Tuesday	242	14%	52	24%	24	22%	26	12%	12		12%
Wednesday	239	14%	37	17%	20	19%	73	35%	35		35%
Thursday	251	15%	40	19%	24	22%	70	33%	33		33%
Friday	261	15%	0		0		1	0%	1		1%
Saturday	245	14%	0		0		0		0
Sunday	227	13%	38	18%	17	16%	15	7%	5		5%
Total	1704		216		107		210		101			36 311

Values are counts and percentages. Census population refers to proportions of residents aged 15 + in the area

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