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Table 4 Description of places of contamination, general population, Baromètre de Santé publique France, metropolitan France, 2021 (n: 1526)

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

  

Outdoor

Unventilated indoor

Ventilated indoor

Refused to answer, Don’t know

Contamination places

% [CI95%]

% [CI95%]

% [CI95%]

% [CI95%]

% [CI95%]

All places

100.0

5.8 [4.5–7.4]

47.9 [44.8–51.0 ]

43.4 [40.3–46.6]

2.9 [2.1-4.0]

Own, family or friends’ home

51.1 [48.0-54.2]

4.3 [1.9–6.2]

44.3 [39.9–48.8]

47.7 [43.2–52.3]

3.7 [2.4–5.6]

Place of worship

29.1 [26.4–31.9]

3.5 [2.0–6.0]

53.2 [47.4–58.8]

41.2 [35.6–47.0]

2.2 [1.1–4.4]

In a shop, shopping

5.4 [4.2–6.9]

2.9 [0.5–15.6]

74.7 [61.1–84.8]

19.6 [10.7–33.0]

2.8 [0.8–9.6]

Healthcare structure (hospital, medical or paramedical practice, laboratory)

4.9 [3.8–6.2]

 

69.6 [54.4–81.4]

30.5 [18.6–45.6]

 

Public transport

4.6 [3.6-6.0]

0.4 [0.05–2.9]

85.6 [72.7–92.9]

9.3 [3.7–21.3]

4.7 [1.3–16.2]

Restaurant, bar

3.8 [2.9-5.0]

16.4 [8.4–29.6]

46.0 [32.6–60.1]

36.3 [23.5–51.4]

1.3 [0.2–9.1]

Study place

2.8 [1.8-4.0]

8.8 [2.6–26.2]

36.7 [20.1–57.3]

53.0 [33.5–71.6]

1.5 [0.2–11.2]

Place of vacation, cottage, hotel, place of leisure

1.6 [1.0-2.7]

46.9 [23.1–72.2]

8.7 [2.6–25.3]

32.0 [11.7–62.4]

12.5 [3.6–35.3]

During a sporting activity

1.5 [1.0-2.4]

45.6 [23.4–69.7]

32.3 [14.3–57.8]

20.4 [7.0-46.3]

1.8 [0.2–13.5]

School, nursery, nanny

0.9 [0.5–1.9]

    

Sports gathering, concert

0.8 [0.4–1.6]

    

Wedding, funeral, family reunion

0.8 [0.4–1.8]

    

Non-collective transport: car, ambulance, taxi

0.7 [0.3–1.4]

    

Night club, club

0.7 [0.3–1.3]

    

Place of worship

0.5 [0.2-1.0]

    

Cultural activity (theatre, museum, library)

0.4 [0.2–0.8]

    

Other place

0.1 [0.4–2.1]

    
  1. Many possible responses. The distribution according to ventilation characteristics is only indicated when the number of participants reporting was higher than 10