Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Differential Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Occupation: Evidence from the Virus Watch prospective cohort study in England and Wales

 

N = 15,1901

Occupation

Administrative & secretarial

1,942 (13%)

Healthcare

1,272 (8.4%)

Indoor trades, process & plant

1,044 (6.9%)

Leisure & personal service

731 (4.8%)

Managers, directors & senior officials

1,249 (8.2%)

Other professional & associate

4,972 (33%)

Outdoor trades

372 (2.4%)

Sales & customer service

770 (5.1%)

Social care & community protective services

827 (5.4%)

Teaching, education & childcare

1,671 (11%)

Transport & mobile machine

340 (2.2%)

Age

< 30

1,164 (7.7%)

30–39

2,244 (15%)

40–49

3,127 (21%)

50–59

4,524 (30%)

60 +

4,131 (27%)

Sex

Female

8,479 (55.8%)

Male

6,686 (44%)

Unknown/Other2

25 (0.2%)

Ethnicity

White British

12,574 (84%)

White Other

1,371 (9.1%)

South Asian

476 (3.2%)

Other Asian

142 (0.9%)

Black

133 (0.9%)

Mixed/Multiple Ethnicity

244 (1.6%)

Other Ethnicity

80 (0.5%)

Unknown2

170 (1.1%)

Chronic Condition and/or Obesity

7,892 (52%)

Index of multiple deprivation quintile

1

1,493 (9.9%)

2

2,562 (17%)

3

3,085 (21%)

4

3,776 (25%)

5

4,103 (27%)

Unknown2

171 (1.1%)

Household income

£0-£24,999

2,277 (17%)

£25,000-£49,999

4,414 (32%)

£50,000-£74,999

3,303 (24%)

£75,000 +

3,692 (27%)

Unknown2

1,504 (9.9%)

Household size

1 person

3,272 (22%)

2 people

6,976 (46%)

3 people

2,329 (15%)

4 people

2,020 (13%)

5 people

493 (3.2%)

6 people

100 (0.7%)

Region

East Midlands

1,371 (9.0%)

East of England

2,922 (19%)

London

2,502 (16%)

North East

659 (4.3%)

North West

1,607 (11%)

South East

2,910 (19%)

South West

1,095 (7.2%)

Wales

390 (2.6%)

West Midlands

817 (5.4%)

Yorkshire and The Humber

746 (4.9%)

Unknown2

171 (1.1%)

  1. 1n (%) of available; 2 n (%) of total