Behaviours and symptoms by age category of Communities, Households and SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiology COVID Cohort
| Total | 18–49 years | 50–59 years | 60+ years | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Total | 6740 | 100.0 | 4922 | 73.0 | 792 | 11.8 | 1026 | 15.2 |
| Behaviours in the past month | ||||||||
| Avoided groups>20 | 6014 | 90.3 | 4331 | 89.1 | 730 | 92.6 | 953 | 94.4 |
| Avoided handshakes or hugs | 5958 | 90.4 | 4265 | 88.9 | 742 | 95.0 | 951 | 94.2 |
| Bought firearm | 369 | 5.5 | 345 | 7.0 | 14 | 1.8 | 10 | 1.0 |
| Worked from home | 4015 | 59.6 | 3294 | 66.9 | 414 | 52.3 | 307 | 29.9 |
| Wore gloves | 3912 | 58.0 | 2825 | 57.4 | 473 | 59.7 | 614 | 59.8 |
| Wore mask | 6234 | 93.3 | 4510 | 92.6 | 748 | 94.6 | 976 | 95.5 |
| Stockpiled personal protective equipment (PPE) | 1917 | 28.9 | 1509 | 31.3 | 168 | 21.4 | 240 | 23.5 |
| Stockpiled food | 2644 | 39.7 | 2078 | 42.9 | 264 | 33.4 | 302 | 29.6 |
| Quarantined | 4270 | 66.0 | 3229 | 68.3 | 444 | 58.3 | 597 | 60.8 |
| Symptoms since last survey/in past month | ||||||||
| COVID-19-like illness | 1129 | 16.8 | 902 | 18.3 | 117 | 14.8 | 110 | 10.7 |
| New cough | 653 | 9.7 | 543 | 11.1 | 56 | 7.1 | 54 | 5.3 |
| Fever | 302 | 4.5 | 249 | 5.1 | 32 | 4.1 | 21 | 2.1 |
| Shortness of breath | 481 | 7.2 | 369 | 7.5 | 52 | 6.6 | 60 | 5.9 |
| Coughing blood | 47 | 0.7 | 45 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.2 |