Volume 14, Number 7—July 2008
Research
Household Responses to School Closure Resulting from Outbreak of Influenza B, North Carolina
April J. Johnson*
, Zack S. Moore*†, Paul J. Edelson*, Lynda Kinnane‡, Megan Davies*†, David K. Shay*, Amanda Balish*, Meg McCarron*, Lenee Blanton*, Lyn Finelli*, Francisco Averhoff*, Joseph Bresee*, Jeffrey Engel†, and Anthony Fiore*
, Zack S. Moore*†, Paul J. Edelson*, Lynda Kinnane‡, Megan Davies*†, David K. Shay*, Amanda Balish*, Meg McCarron*, Lenee Blanton*, Lyn Finelli*, Francisco Averhoff*, Joseph Bresee*, Jeffrey Engel†, and Anthony Fiore*Table 4
Employment and childcare status of adults and households during school closure, Yancey County, North Carolina, 2006*
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Adults employed outside home (N = 438) |
315 (72) |
| Occupations of those employed outside home (N = 315) | |
| Healthcare | 35 (11) |
| Education | 36 (11) |
| Industry |
27 (9) |
| No. homes where all adults in home employed (N = 220) | 118 (54) |
| Adults who can work from home (in homes where all adults in the house work outside the home, N = 218) |
39 (18) |
| Missed worked from Oct 23 through Nov 15 (N = 315) | 76 (24) |
| Median no. days missed (range) |
3 (1–14) |
| Reason for missed work (N = 76) | |
| Own illness | 36 (47) |
| Had to take care of ill family members | 18 (24) |
| School closure |
14 (18) |
| Childcare (N = 220) | |
| Someone home during the day who could provide childcare | 167 (76) |
| Had to make special arrangements | 22 (10) |
| Child had to spend >1 nights away from home for childcare purposes | 7 (3) |
| Had to spend extra money for childcare | 2 (1) |
*Values are no. (%) unless otherwise indicated.
