Volume 27, Number 11—November 2021
Dispatch
Association of Shared Living Spaces and COVID-19 in University Students, Wisconsin, USA, 2020
John Paul Bigouette
, Laura Ford, Hannah E. Segaloff, Kimberly Langolf, Juliana Kahrs, Tara Zochert, Jacqueline E. Tate, Douglas Gieryn, Hannah L. Kirking, Ryan P. Westergaard, and Marie E. Killerby
, Laura Ford, Hannah E. Segaloff, Kimberly Langolf, Juliana Kahrs, Tara Zochert, Jacqueline E. Tate, Douglas Gieryn, Hannah L. Kirking, Ryan P. Westergaard, and Marie E. Killerby
Table 1
Demographics of on-campus university students in study of coronavirus disease transmission, Wisconsin, USA, September 2–December 19, 2020
| Characteristic | Overall |
COVID-19 cases* | Non–COVID-19 cases | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total no. persons |
2,187 |
528 |
1,659 |
||
| Age, y, mean (SD) |
19.3 (1.1) |
19.3 (1.2) |
19.2 (0.9) |
<0.001 |
|
| Sex, no. (%) | |||||
| F | 1,326 (60.6) | 324 (61.3) | 1,002 (60.4) | 0.641 | |
| M | 820 (37.5) | 192 (36.4) | 628 (37.8) | ||
| Unknown |
41 (1.9) |
12 (2.3) |
29 (1.8) |
||
| Race, no. (%) | 0.017 | ||||
| Alaska Native or Native American | 13 (0.6) | 5 (0.9) | 8 (0.5) | ||
| Asian | 86 (3.9) | 13 (2.5) | 73 (4.4) | ||
| Black or African American | 99 (4.5) | 20 (3.8) | 79 (4.8) | ||
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 33 (1.5) | 1 (0.2) | 32 (1.9) | ||
| White | 1,737 (79.4) | 434 (82.2) | 1,303 (78.5) | ||
| Other | 23 (1.1) | 2 (0.4) | 21 (1.3) | ||
| Unknown/declined |
196 (9.0) |
53 (10.0) |
143 (8.6) |
||
| Ethnicity, no. (%) | 0.014 | ||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 127 (5.8) | 17 (3.2) | 110 (6.6) | ||
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,744 (79.7) | 431 (81.6) | 1,313 (79.2) | ||
| Unknown/declined |
316 (14.5) |
80 (15.2) |
236 (14.2) |
||
| Dormitory, no. (%) | <0.001 | ||||
| Dorm A | 176 (8.1) | 33 (6.2) | 143 (8.6) | ||
| Dorm B† | 206 (9.4) | 40 (7.6) | 166 (10.0) | ||
| Dorm C | 313 (14.3) | 78 (14.8) | 235 (14.2) | ||
| Dorm D‡ | 269 (12.3) | 83 (15.7) | 186 (11.2) | ||
| Dorm E | 264 (12.1) | 45 (8.5) | 219 (13.2) | ||
| Dorm F† | 405 (18.5) | 126 (23.9) | 279 (16.8) | ||
| Dorm G† | 204 (9.3) | 53 (10.0) | 151 (9.1) | ||
| Dorm H |
350 (16.0) |
70 (13.3) |
280 (16.9) |
||
| Shared bedroom, no. (%)§ | 0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 1,630 (74.5) | 423 (80.1) | 1,207 (72.8) | ||
| No |
557 (25.5) |
105 (19.9) |
452 (27.2) |
||
| Shared living space, no. (%)† | <0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 1,787 (81.7) | 472 (89.4) | 1,315 (79.3) | ||
| No | 400 (18.3) |
56 (10.6) | 344 (20.7) | ||
*A laboratory-confirmed case was defined as a positive SARS-CoV-2 antigen or reverse transcription PCR test result for any on-campus student during the fall semester. †First-year student dormitories. ‡Only suite-style dormitory made up of suites where <4 students were housed in either 4 single-occupancy or 2 double-occupancy bedrooms with the suite’s own bathroom, common area, and kitchen. §Students who share a bedroom with >1 students.
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