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Table 1 Survey 1 respondent descriptives

From: Characterising social contacts under COVID-19 control measures in Africa

 

Cameroon

n=1449

DRC

n=1351

Egypt

n=1206

Ethiopia

n=1571

Ghana

n=1338

Guinea

n=1283

Ivory Coast

n=1416

Kenya

n=1123

Liberia

n=1366

Mozambique

n=1314

Nigeria

n=1304

Senegal

n=1259

South Africa

n=1395

Sudan

n=1438

Tunisia

n=1218

Uganda

n=1286

Zambia

n=1290

Zimbabwe

n=1333

Gender n (col %)

 Female

698 (48%)

637 (47%)

603 (50%)

623 (40%)

675 (50%)

538 (42%)

640 (45%)

570 (51%)

662 (48%)

568 (43%)

644 (49%)

626 (50%)

714 (51%)

750 (52%)

611 (50%)

638 (50%)

629 (49%)

658 (49%)

 Male

751 (52%)

714 (53%)

603 (50%)

948 (60%)

663 (50%)

745 (58%)

776 (55%)

553 (49%)

704 (52%)

746 (57%)

660 (51%)

633 (50%)

681 (49%)

688 (48%)

607 (50%)

648 (50%)

661 (51%)

675 (51%)

Age group n (col %)

 19–29

789 (54%)

610 (45%)

592 (49%)

791 (50%)

797 (60%)

804 (63%)

493 (35%)

493 (44%)

655 (48%)

765 (58%)

550 (42%)

535 (42%)

463 (33%)

928 (65%)

248 (20%)

488 (38%)

862 (67%)

446 (33%)

 30–39

425 (29%)

429 (32%)

315 (26%)

477 (30%)

392 (29%)

290 (23%)

573 (40%)

364 (32%)

408 (30%)

348 (26%)

520 (40%)

427 (34%)

473 (34%)

298 (21%)

281 (23%)

382 (30%)

213 (17%)

387 (29%)

 40–49

158 (11%)

202 (15%)

170 (14%)

183 (12%)

96 (7%)

98 (8%)

239 (17%)

163 (15%)

186 (14%)

132 (10%)

191 (15%)

185 (15%)

271 (19%)

137 (10%)

295 (24%)

204 (16%)

129 (10%)

274 (21%)

 50–59

53 (4%)

81 (6%)

102 (8%)

71 (5%)

35 (3%)

59 (5%)

79 (6%)

80 (7%)

78 (6%)

44 (3%)

35 (3%)

73 (6%)

129 (9%)

55 (4%)

208 (17%)

124 (10%)

76 (6%)

140 (11%)

 60

24 (2%)

29 (2%)

27 (2%)

49 (3%)

18 (1%)

32 (2%)

32 (2%)

23 (2%)

39 (3%)

25 (2%)

8 (1%)

39 (3%)

59 (4%)

20 (1%)

186 (15%)

88 (7%)

10 (1%)

86 (6%)

Area

 Rural

809 (56%)

626 (46%)

658 (55%)

956 (61%)

675 (50%)

641 (50%)

597 (42%)

857 (76%)

653 (48%)

778 (59%)

722 (55%)

697 (55%)

589 (42%)

752 (52%)

397 (33%)

977 (76%)

758 (59%)

870 (65%)

 Urban

640 (44%)

725 (54%)

548 (45%)

615 (39%)

663 (50%)

642 (50%)

819 (58%)

266 (24%)

713 (52%)

536 (41%)

582 (45%)

562 (45%)

806 (58%)

686 (48%)

821 (67%)

309 (24%)

532 (41%)

463 (35%)

Household head education n (col %)

 No education

56 (4%)

10 (1%)

74 (6%)

326 (21%)

104 (8%)

386 (30%)

329 (23%)

77 (7%)

179 (13%)

146 (11%)

21 (2%)

351 (28%)

38 (3%)

119 (8%)

248 (20%)

311 (24%)

38 (3%)

49 (4%)

 Primary

430 (30%)

71 (5%)

105 (9%)

299 (19%)

224 (17%)

224 (17%)

470 (33%)

204 (18%)

134 (10%)

382 (29%)

85 (7%)

279 (22%)

273 (20%)

244 (17%)

489 (40%)

514 (40%)

145 (11%)

212 (16%)

 Secondary

298 (21%)

326 (24%)

352 (29%)

208 (13%)

394 (29%)

63 (5%)

161 (11%)

346 (31%)

359 (26%)

420 (32%)

522 (40%)

189 (15%)

693 (50%)

310 (22%)

147 (12%)

144 (11%)

323 (25%)

551 (41%)

 Tertiary

326 (22%)

634 (47%)

518 (43%)

596 (38%)

530 (40%)

377 (29%)

212 (15%)

439 (39%)

606 (44%)

308 (23%)

613 (47%)

276 (22%)

337 (24%)

648 (45%)

221 (18%)

285 (22%)

701 (54%)

389 (29%)

 Post-graduate

261 (18%)

292 (22%)

134 (11%)

106 (7%)

50 (4%)

204 (16%)

219 (15%)

37 (3%)

82 (6%)

23 (2%)

58 (4%)

114 (9%)

27 (2%)

105 (7%)

102 (8%)

17 (1%)

69 (5%)

83 (6%)

 Missing

78 (5.4%)

18 (1.3%)

23 (1.9%)

36 (2.3%)

36 (2.7%)

29 (2.3%)

25 (1.8%)

20 (1.8%)

6 (0.4%)

35 (2.7%)

5 (0.4%)

50 (4.0%)

27 (1.9%)

12 (0.8%)

11 (0.9%)

15 (1.2%)

14 (1.1%)

49 (3.7%)

Monthly income (USD) n (col %)

 $0–$100

355 (24%)

329 (24%)

153 (13%)

639 (41%)

287 (21%)

496 (39%)

282 (20%)

509 (45%)

804 (59%)

497 (38%)

343 (26%)

126 (10%)

166 (12%)

235 (16%)

106 (9%)

812 (63%)

435 (34%)

1109 (83%)

 $101–$500

583 (40%)

557 (41%)

750 (62%)

666 (42%)

642 (48%)

449 (35%)

808 (57%)

389 (35%)

395 (29%)

359 (27%)

576 (44%)

438 (35%)

389 (28%)

793 (55%)

698 (57%)

318 (25%)

647 (50%)

84 (6%)

 $501–$2000

116 (8%)

193 (14%)

90 (7%)

95 (6%)

149 (11%)

71 (6%)

197 (14%)

74 (7%)

43 (3%)

31 (2%)

74 (6%)

213 (17%)

254 (18%)

235 (16%)

302 (25%)

40 (3%)

125 (10%)

13 (1%)

 Over $2000

10 (1%)

85 (6%)

6 (0%)

16 (1%)

13 (1%)

12 (1%)

8 (1%)

8 (1%)

16 (1%)

5 (0%)

31 (2%)

70 (6%)

44 (3%)

18 (1%)

19 (2%)

4 (0%)

5 (0%)

8 (1%)

 Missing

385 (26.6%)

187 (13.8%)

207 (17.2%)

155 (9.9%)

247 (18.5%)

255 (19.9%)

121 (8.5%)

143 (12.7%)

108 (7.9%)

422 (32.1%)

280 (21.5%)

412 (32.7%)

542 (38.9%)

157 (10.9%)

93 (7.6%)

112 (8.7%)

78 (6.0%)

119 (8.9%)

Age

 Median [IQR]

28 [12]

30 [13]

30 [17]

29 [11]

28 [8.0]

26 [12]

33 [12]

31 [13]

30 [13]

28 [12]

30 [11]

31 [13]

35 [16]

26 [11]

41 [22]

32 [17]

26 [11]

34 [18]

Household size

 Median [IQR]

5.0 [4.0]

6.0 [4.0]

5.0 [2.0]

5.0 [3.0]

5.0 [4.0]

7.0 [5.0]

6.0 [4.0]

5.0 [3.0]

7.0 [4.0]

5.0 [3.0]

6.0 [3.0]

9.0 [6.0]

5.0 [3.0]

7.0 [4.0]

4.0 [2.0]

6.0 [4.0]

6.0 [3.0]

5.0 [2.0]

  1. Legend: The table shows the number (n) and percentage of total participants (col%) in a given country by gender, age group, household head education level, monthly income in US dollars, as well as the median and interquartile range (IQR) of the participants’ age and the reported size of the household they live in