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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by household, stratified by study wave

From: Longitudinal social contacts among school-aged children during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Bay Area Contacts among Kids (BACK) study

 

Total

(N = 1967 households)

Wave 1

(N = 612 households)

Wave 2

(N = 716 households)

Wave 3

(N = 639 households)

Number of household members

 Mean (SD)

3.77 (1.07)

3.71 (0.979)

3.82 (1.08)

3.77 (1.13)

 Median [Min, Max]

4.00 [2. 7]

4.00 [2.00, 6.00]

4.00 [2.00, 6.00]

4 [2. 7]

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

County

 Alameda

529 (26.9)

218 (35.6)

167 (23.3)

144 (22.5)

 Contra Costa

298 (15.1)

121 (19.8)

81 (11.3)

96 (15.0)

 Marin

22 (1.1)

4 (0.7)

11 (1.5)

7 (1.1)

 Napa

14 (0.7)

5 (0.8)

3 (0.4)

6 (0.9)

 San Francisco

388 (19.7)

69 (11.3)

146 (20.4)

173 (27.1)

 San Mateo

153 (7.8)

42 (6.9)

69 (9.6)

42 (6.6)

 Santa Clara

411 (20.9)

108 (17.6)

173 (27.1)

130 (20.3)

 Solano

68 (3.5)

22 (3.6)

32 (4.5)

14 (2.2)

 Sonoma

84 (4.3)

23 (3.8)

34 (4.7)

27 (4.2)

Race

 White Alone

1098 (55.8)

341 (55.7)

413 (57.7)

344 (53.8)

 Black or African American Alone

147 (7.5)

56 (9.2)

45 (6.3)

46 (7.2)

 Asian alone

510 (25.9)

159 (26.0)

171 (23.9)

180 (28.2)

 American Indian or Alaskan Native

13 (0.7)

4 (0.7)

3 (0.4)

6 (0.9)

 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone

5 (0.3)

2 (0.3)

2 (0.3)

1 (0.2)

 Some other race alone

103 (5.2)

23 (3.8)

44 (6.1)

36 (5.6)

 Two or more races

91 (4.6)

27 (4.4)

38 (5.3)

26 (4.1)

Hispanic

 Non-Hispanic household

1578 (80.2)

496 (81.0)

582 (81.3)

500 (78.2)

 Hispanic household

389 (19.8)

116 (19.0)

134 (18.7)

139 (21.8)

Household income

 Less than $19,999

110 (5.6)

34 (5.6)

40 (5.6)

36 (5.6)

 $20,000 to $39,999

158 (8.0)

51 (8.3)

54 (7.5)

53 (8.3)

 $40,000 to $59,999

188 (9.6)

53 (8.7)

71 (9.9)

64 (10.0)

 $60,000 to $79,999

205 (10.4)

61 (10.0)

75 (10.5)

69 (10.8)

 $80,000 to $99,999

205 (10.4)

58 (9.5)

72 (10.1)

75 (11.7)

 $100,000 to $149,999

394 (20.0)

107 (17.5)

140 (19.6)

147 (23.0)

 $150,000 or more

707 (35.9)

248 (40.5)

264 (36.9)

195 (30.5)

Multi-parent household

 Yes

1772 (90.1)

555 (90.7)

655 (91.5)

562 (87.9)

 No

195 (9.9)

57 (9.3)

61 (88.5)

77 (12.1)

Weekday of reported contacts

 Weekday

1611 (81.9)

510 (83.3)

615 (85.9)

486 (76.1)

 Weekend

356 (18.1)

102 (16.7)

101 (14.1)

153 (23.9)

Work from home1

 Adults work from home

1039 (54.9)

437 (74.2)

329 (48.0)

273 (44.3)

 Adults do not work from home

852 (45.1)

152 (25.8)

357 (52.1)

343 (55.7)

  1. Wave 1 corresponds to data collected between May 4–June 1 2020; Wave 2 was collected August 20–October 1 2020; Wave 3 was collected February 8– April 7, 2021
  2. 1Due to occasional missing values in this variable across each wave of data collection, the numbers do not sum to the total number of surveyed households across each wave. Percentages are calculated out of all households who completed this question in each survey