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Table 1 Proportions of symptomatic persons tested for SARS-CoV-2 and determinants, general population (healthcare professionals excluded), Baromètre de Santé publique France, 2021

From: SARS-CoV-2 testing, infection and places of contamination in France, a national cross-sectional study, December 2021

 

Proportion of persons tested for SARS-CoV-2

 

 N

% [CI95%]

PR [CI95%]

PRa [CI95%]

p-value

 

6932

65.6 [64.2–67.0]

   

Gender

     

 Man

3305

63.1 [61.0-65.2]

Reference

Reference

 

 Woman

3627

67.9 [66.0–70.0]

1.1 [1.0-1.1]

1.1 [1.0-1.1]

0.002

Professional situation

     

 Employed

4429

67.0 [65.2–68.8]

Reference

Reference

 

 Student

665

69.9 [65.7–73.8]

1.0 [1.0-1.1]

1.0 [1.0-1.1]

0.9

 Unemployed

483

58.7 [53.2–63.9]

0.9 [0.8–0.96]

0.9 [0.8–0.96]

0.006

 Retired

1074

61.7 [58.0-65.3]

0.9 [0.9–0.98]

1.0 [0.9-1.0]

0.3

 Other inactive

281

62.4 [55.2–69.1]

0.9 [0.8-1.0]

0.9 [0.8-1.0]

0.06

Household size (persons)

     

 1

1461

59.6 [56.4–62.7]

Reference

Reference

 

 2

2162

66.1 [63.6–68.5]

1.1 [1.0-1.2]

1.1 [1.0-1.2]

0.003

 3

1239

65.9 [62.6–68.5]

1.1 [1.0-1.2]

1.1 [1.0-1.1]

0.046

 4 or more

2070

68.0 [65.5–69.1]

1.1 [1.1–1.2]

1.1 [1.1–1.2]

0.03

Period of symptom onset

     

 January - May 2020

1259

31.0 [27.9–34.2]

0.7 [0.6–0.8]

0.7 [0.7–0.9]

< 0.001

 June - July 2020

2940

55.1 [47.8–62.1]

0.4 [0.4–0.5]

0.4 [0.4–0.5]

< 0.001

 August 2020 - February 2021

1259

74.6 [72.6–76.6]

Reference

Reference

 

 March - August 2021

1932

75.5 [73.1–77.8]

0.8 [0.7–0.9]

1.0 [1.0–1.0]

0.8

 September - December 2021

485

58.9 [53.3–77.8]

0.8 [0.5–1.1]

0.8 [0.7–0.9]

< 0.001

 Don’t know

32

58.5 [38.1–76.3]

0.7 [0.7–0.8]

0.8 [0.6–1.2]

0.3

  1. PRa are adjusted for region: persons residing in the Nouvelle Aquitaine (62.4% [57.0-67.5], PRa = 0.9 [0.8–0.99], p = 0.03) and Auvergne Rhone Alpes (63.2% [59.3–66.8], PRa = 0.9 [0.9–0.99], p = 0.02) regions were less frequently tested than those residing in the Ile-de-France region (reference) (66.4% [63.4–69.4]).