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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 Lopman2Comments to Author 
Author affiliation: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.C. Kiti, A. Zelaya, H. Chen, S.S. Kim, S.M. Jenness, C.Y. Liu, K. Nelson, B. Lopman); Manhica Health Research Center, Manhica, Mozambique (C. Sacoor, E. Jamisse, C. Tchavana, O. Joaquim); Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA (O.G. Aguolu); Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (O.G. Aguolu, I. Yilirim); Polana Canico Health and Research Centre, Maputo, Mozambique (N. Cavele, A. Jose, I. Macicame); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA (N. Ahmed, F. Malik, S.B. Omer); Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala (H. Maldonado); Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (M. Kazi); Christian Medical College–Vellore, Vellore, India (R. Srinivasan, V.R. Mohan); Bocconi University, Milano, Italy (A. Melegaro); ISGlobal–Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain (A. Bardají)

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Table 3

Number of times participants reported visiting a location and the median number of persons reported per location on day 1 in study of social contact patterns, Mozambique, 2021–2022*

Place visited Rural
 Urban
Reported visits to location, no. (%) No. persons reported at location, median (IQR) Reported visits to location, no. (%) No. persons reported at location, median (IQR)
Other home 752 (48) 4 (3–6) 261 (29) 4 (3–7)
Street 369 (23) 2 (1–5) 342 (37) 4 (3–9)
Market/Shop 92 (6) 6 (3–12) 77 (8) 10 (3–30)
Transport/Hub 90 (5) 16 (11–18) 60 (6) 18 (12–20
Agricultural field 104 (7) 3 (1.8–6.3) 8 (1) 5.5 (1–6.8)
School 62 (3) 25 (15–25.8) 63 (6) 30 (24–33.5)
Work 45 (2) 6 (4–20) 54 (6) 6 (3–10)
Place of worship 26 (2) 20 (10.3–30) 23 (2) 30 (17.5–45)
Well 17 (1) 4 (2–6) 1 7
Playground 1 15 1 13
Other 45 (3) 10 (5–23) 47 7 (3.5–18)

*IQR, interquartile range.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These authors were co–principal investigators.

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