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Table 2 Household and outside contacts during first wave lockdown among 1850 participants. Shown is the household situation and some aspects of behavior involving outside contacts for the 1850 participants (via self-completion questionnaire). Sensitivity analyses restricting to immediate responders (May 13th to June 12th, 2020) showed the same (Supplementary Table 3)

From: Changes in healthcare seeking and lifestyle in old aged individuals during COVID-19 lockdown in Germany: the population-based AugUR study

Household and outside contacts

Overall

n = 1850

Women

n = 972

Men

n = 878

Household

 Living alone, % (n)

36.4 (664)

50.9 (489)

20.3 (175)

 Living with 1 person, % (n)

62.3 (1137)

47.7 (458)

78.7 (679)

 Living in a nursing home, % (n)

1.3 (23)

1.5 (14)

1.0 (9)

Outside contacts

 Contact with infected personb, % (n)

1.0 (18)

0.8 (7)

1.3 (11)

 Living with younger generationa, % (n)

2.7 (50)

2.0 (19)

3.5 (31)

 Using public transportc, % (n)

25.6 (465)

30.5 (291)

20.2 (174)

 Doing errandsc, % (n)

81.4 (1488)

80.8 (778)

82.1 (710)

 Having a help come to the householdc, % (n)

18.0 (325)

19.7 (186)

16.1 (139)

  1. aDefined as additional person in household with < 50 years of age. bContact for > 15 min at a distance < 1.5 m or person in the same household infected. cDefined as ever using public transport / ever doing errands / ever having a help come to the household during February 1st until July 12th, 2020
  2. Available n (overall, women, men): Contact with infected person 1783/ 927 / 856; living with younger generation person 1824/ 961 / 863; using public transport 1814/ 953 / 861; doing errands 1828/ 963 / 865; having a help come to the household 1809/ 945 / 864;