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Volume 31, Number 1—January 2025
Research
Social Contact Patterns in Rural and Urban Settings, Mozambique, 2021–2022
Moses C. Kiti1, Charfudin Sacoor1, Obianuju G. Aguolu, Alana Zelaya, Holin Chen, Sara S. Kim, Nilzio Cavele, Edgar Jamisse, Corssino Tchavana, Americo Jose, Ivalda Macicame, Orvalho Joaquim, Noureen Ahmed, Carol Y. Liu, Inci Yildirim, Kristin Nelson, Samuel M. Jenness, Herberth Maldonado, Momin Kazi, Rajan Srinivasan, Venkata R. Mohan, Alessia Melegaro, Fauzia Malik, Azucena Bardaji, Saad B. Omer2, and Ben Lopman2
Table 1
Characteristics of study participants in rural and urban sites in Mozambique in a study of social contact patterns, 2021–2022
| Characteristic | No. (%) participants |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Overall, N = 1,363 | Rural, n = 676 | Urban, n = 687 | |
| Sex* | |||
| F | 666 (49) | 332 (49) | 334 (49) |
| M |
696 (51) |
343 (51) |
353 (51) |
| Participant age | |||
| <6 mo | 128 (9) | 62 (9) | 66 (10) |
| 6–11 mo | 146 (11) | 82 (12) | 64 (9) |
| 1–4 y | 135 (10) | 63 (9) | 72 (10) |
| 5–9 y | 122 (9) | 64 (9) | 58 (8) |
| 10–14 y | 125 (9) | 61 (8) | 64 (9) |
| 15–19 y | 124 (9) | 64 (9) | 60 (9) |
| 20–29 y | 125 (9) | 64 (9) | 61 (9) |
| 30–39 y | 125 (9) | 64 (9) | 61 (9) |
| 40–59 y | 209 (15) | 89 (13) | 120 (17) |
| ≥60 y |
124 (9) |
63 (9) |
61 (9) |
| Able to read and write | |||
| Y |
701 (51) |
293 (43) |
408 (59) |
| Currently enrolled in school | |||
| Y |
368 (28) |
173 (26) |
195 (29) |
| Occupation or daily activity† | |||
| Child | 274 (23) | 144 (24) | 130 (22) |
| Unemployed | 162 (14) | 97 (16) | 65 11) |
| Student | 324 (27) | 153 (26) | 171 (29) |
| Homemaker | 33 (3) | 9 (2) | 24 (4) |
| Casual laborer | 78 (7) | 22 (4) | 56 (9) |
| Farmer | 70 (6) | 64 (11) | 6 (1) |
| Businessperson | 66 (6) | 7 (1) | 59 (10) |
| Office worker | 83 (7) | 27 (5) | 56 (9) |
| Retired | 20 (2) | 5 (1) | 15 (3) |
| Other |
74 (6) |
58 (10) |
14 (2) |
| Regular mask use | |||
| Y |
942 (69) |
435 (64) |
507 (74) |
| Acute gastroenteritis: diarrhea/vomiting | 27 (2) | 15 (2) | 12 (2) |
| Acute respiratory infection, >1 symptom |
233 (17) |
122 (18) |
111 (16) |
| Who filled the diary? | |||
| Self | 665 (49) | 361 (54) | 304 (44) |
| Fieldworker | 698 (51) | 315 (46) | 383 (56) |
*Two participants did not report their sex. †A total of 179 participants did not report their occupation or daily activity.
1These first authors contributed equally to this article.
2These authors were co–principal investigators.
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