Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
Research
Work Attendance with Acute Respiratory Illness Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic, United States, 2018–2022
Table 5
Likelihood of working onsite among adults with COVID-19 illness who were scheduled to work, by day when COVID-19–positive PCR test result was available, United States, October 2020–June 2022*
Characteristic | Value |
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Scheduled to work on day 1 of COVID-19 illness† | |
COVID-19–positive PCR result available on day 1 of illness | 50.0 (6/12) |
COVID-19–positive PCR result available after day 1 of illness |
52.1 (483/928) |
Scheduled to work on day 2 of COVID-19 illness‡ | |
COVID-19–positive PCR result available on day 1 or 2 of illness | 5.2 (5/97)§ |
COVID-19–positive PCR result available after day 2 of illness |
25.0 (203/813) |
Scheduled to work on day 3 of COVID-19 illness¶ | |
COVID-19–positive PCR result available on day 1, 2, or 3 of illness | 4.7 (10/211)§ |
COVID-19–positive PCR result available after day 3 of illness | 17.2 (118/688) |
*Day of illness when COVID-19 positive result was available was computed by comparing the date of illness onset with the date that COVID-19–positive PCR test result was available. Values represent % worked onsite (no. worked onsite/no. scheduled to work). Worked onsite represents onsite only or hybrid work location. Analysis was restricted to persons with COVID-19 as shown in Table 4. †Unknown when COVID-19 positive PCR result was available = 80 persons. ‡Unknown when COVID-19 positive PCR result was available = 76 persons. §p<0.001. ¶Unknown when COVID-19 positive PCR result was available = 75 persons.