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Table 1 Counts and weighted proportions illustrating some of the sociodemographic, spatial, and temporal variation available in the ATUS data set. Sample excludes Alaska and Hawaii

From: Analyzing the demographic, spatial, and temporal factors influencing social contact patterns in U.S. and implications for infectious disease spread

Total Sample N = 200,136 (excluding AK & HI)

Sex

N (wgt %)

Presence of kids in HH

Race/Ethnicity

 

Male

87,850 (48.4)

No

109,616 (59.8)

Non-Hispanic White

136,252 (68.2)

Female

112,286 (51.6)

Yes

90,520 (40.2)

Hispanic

27,273 (14.7)

      

Non-Hispanic Black

26,775 (11.7)

      

Non-Hispanic Other

9,836 (5.4)

Economy

  

Type of day

 

Employment status

 

Recession (12/01/2007–06/30/2009)

20,464 (9.7)

Weekday

99,711 (71.4)

Employed

124,356 (62.9)

Weekend

100,425 (28.6)

Not in the labor force

66,503 (5.4)

Non recession

179,672 (90.3)

   

Unemployed

9,277 (31.7)

Education status

  

Season

  

Age

 

Less than high school

30,801 (17.3)

Winter

51,874 (25.0)

15–19

12,173 (8.6)

High school degree

52,038 (29.3)

Spring

50,621 (25.0)

20–24

8,734 (8.6)

Some college

53,695 (25.0)

Summer

49,276 (25.0)

25–29

13,748 (8.6)

Bachelors degree

39,692 (18.1)

Fall

48,365 (25.0)

30–34

18,459 (8.3)

Advanced degree

23,910 (10.2)

   

35–39

20,225 (8.3)

      

40–44

20,488 (8.6)

      

45–49

18,912 (8.9)

Climatic region (state abbreviations)

     

50–54

17,486 (8.7)

Northeast (CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)

33,785 (17.1)

 

55–59

16,357 (8.0)

Southeast (AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, VA, DC)

22,708 (10.7)

 

60–64

14,410 (6.8)

Central (IL, IN, KY, MO, OH, TN, WV)

 

39,692 (20.2)

 

65–69

12,521 (5.3)

South (AR, KS, LA, MS, OK, TX)

 

8,771 (4.2)

 

70–74

9,522 (4.1)

North Central (IA, MI, MN, WI, MT, NE, ND, SD, WY)

26,768 (13.3)

 

75 + 

17,101 (7.4)

West (CA, NV)

  

35,721 (17.5)

   

Southwest (AZ, CO, NM, UT)

 

11,035 (5.2)

   

Northwest (ID, OR, WA)

  

21,656 (11.6)

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