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Table 1 Participant characteristics in the COVIMOD survey waves one to four compared to the POLYMOD survey

From: Individual social contact data and population mobility data as early markers of SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics during the first wave in Germany—an analysis based on the COVIMOD study

 

POLYMOD

COVIMOD

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Wave 4

30/04 to 06/05/2020

14/05 to 21/05/2020

28/05 to 04/06/2020

11/06 to 22/06/2020

N

Percent

N

Percent

N

Percent

N

Percent

N

Percent

1341

1560

1356

1081

1890

Age category

 0–4

89

6.9

46

2.9

36

2.7

21

1.9

56

3.0

 5–9

92

7.1

48

3.1

41

3.0

30

2.8

62

3.3

 10–14

110

8.5

73

4.7

63

4.7

45

4.2

87

4.6

 15–19

121

9.3

95

6.1

66

4.9

45

4.2

108

5.7

 20–24

117

9.0

83

5.3

60

4.4

28

2.6

109

5.8

 25–34

132

10.2

173

11.1

148

10.9

96

8.9

219

11.6

 35–44

156

12.0

137

8.8

124

9.2

91

8.4

164

8.7

 45–54

184

14.2

235

15.1

209

15.4

174

16.1

275

14.6

 55–64

160

12.4

265

17.0

244

18.0

237

21.9

321

17.0

 65–69

74

5.7

270

17.3

245

18.1

199

18.4

313

16.6

 70–74

33

2.5

89

5.7

73

5.4

79

7.3

118

6.2

 75–79

14

1.1

35

2.2

34

2.5

29

2.7

48

2.5

 80+

13

1.0

11

0.7

11

0.8

7

0.6

10

0.5

 Missing

46

0

2

0

0

Sex of participants

 Female

722

55.4

748

48.1

638

47.1

536

49.6

901

47.8

 Male

581

44.6

806

51.9

717

52.9

544

50.4

985

52.2

 Missing

38

6

1

1

4

Household size

 1

250

18.6

232

14.9

256

18.9

268

24.8

487

25.8

 2

411

30.6

412

26.4

351

25.9

270

25.0

439

23.2

 3

339

25.3

514

32.9

447

33.0

343

31.7

544

28.8

 4 or more

341

25.4

402

25.8

302

22.3

200

18.5

420

22.2

Weekday for which contacts were reported

 Monday

227

17.2

50

3.2

60

4.4

128

11.8

642

34.0

 Tuesday

237

18.0

63

4.0

89

6.6

143

13.2

246

13.0

 Wednesday

222

16.8

54

3.5

293

21.6

87

8.0

172

9.1

 Thursday

179

13.6

914

58.6

613

45.2

489

45.2

320

16.9

 Friday

186

14.1

144

9.2

117

8.6

132

12.2

196

10.4

 Saturday

152

11.5

88

5.6

63

4.6

66

6.1

81

4.3

 Sunday

117

8.9

247

15.8

121

8.9

36

3.3

233

12.3

 Missing

21

0

0

0

0

  1. Missing in COVIMOD included participants who preferred not to answer the question