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Table 2 Frequencies of in-school and out-of-school risk behaviors among students and staff in the 14 days prior to in-school exposure to a COVID-19 case in a school district in Georgia, December 2020–January 2021 (N=796)

From: Prevalence of risk behaviors and correlates of SARS-CoV-2 positivity among in-school contacts of confirmed cases in a Georgia school district in the pre-vaccine era, December 2020–January 2021

 

Elementary Students

N=469

Middle/High Students

N=248

Staff

N=79

Total

N=796

In-School Behaviors

 Any sports participationa

16 (3.4%)

103 (41.5%)

9 (11.4%)

128 (16.1%)

 Any non-sports extracurricular activitiesb

35 (7.5%)

21 (8.5%)

3 (3.8%)

59 (7.4%)

 Ever took school bus to get to school

317 (67.7%)

132 (53.2%)

-

449 (56.5%)

 Any unmasked time in schoolc

235 (50.5%)

109 (46.8%)

32 (43.8%)

376 (48.8%)

 Any unmasked time in school indoorsc

99 (21.3%)

74 (31.8%)

13 (18.1%)

186 (24.2%)

 Any unmasked time in school outdoors

200 (51.7%)

62 (45.6%)

24 (61.5%)

286 (50.9%)

 Any unmasked time in school sports

11 (2.4%)

91 (37.6%)

2 (2.6%)

104 (13.2%)

Out of school extracurricular activities

 Sports outside of school

15 (3.2%)

22 (8.9%)

1 (1.3%)

38 (4.8%)

 Non-sports extracurriculars out of school

26 (5.6%)

33 (13.4%)

9 (11.4%)

68 (8.6%)

History of travel

 Traveled outside of state

13 (2.8%)

11 (4.5%)

9 (11.4%)

33 (4.2%)

Visits to non-school indoor locations

 Visited any indoor location

313 (66.9%)

177 (71.4%)

70 (89.7%)

560 (70.5%)

 Grocery/retail

189 (40.4%)

99 (39.9%)

53 (67.1%)

341 (42.9%)

 Restaurant

69 (14.7%)

60 (24.2%)

25 (31.7%)

154 (19.4%)

 Church/religious locations

52 (11.1%)

28 (11.3%)

6 (7.6%)

86 (10.8%)

 Gym

8 (1.7%)

22 (8.9%)

9 (11.4%)

39 (4.9%)

 Club/bar

-

-

2 (2.5%)

2 (0.3%)

 Other indoor location

41 (8.8%)

24 (9.7%)

8 (10.1%)

73 (9.2%)

 Ever didn’t wear a mask in indoor locations

72 (15.4%)

70 (28.7%)

28 (35.4%)

170 (21.5%)

Social gatherings with non-HH members

 Any social gatherings with non-HH members

165 (35.2%)

108 (43.6%)

43 (54.4%)

316 (39.7%)

 Any unmasked indoor social gatherings

149 (31.9%)

95 (38.8%)

40 (51.3%)

284 (36.0%)

 Had social gatherings on ≥2 occasion

90 (19.2%)

62 (25.0%)

32 (40.5%)

184 (23.1%)

 Had social gatherings on ≥5 occasions

31 (6.6%)

15 (6.1%)

5 (6.3%)

51 (6.4%)

 Number of people in social gathering 1-2

47 (10.0%)

20 (8.1%)

9 (11.4%)

76 (9.6%)

 Number of people in social gathering 3-5

51 (10.9%)

41 (16.5%)

15 (19.0%)

107 (13.5%)

 Number of people in social gathering ≥6

66 (14.1%)

47 (19.0%)

19 (24.1%)

132 (16.6%)

Staff-Specific Behaviors

 Had in-person meetings with other staffd

-

-

30 (38.5%)

30 (38.5%)

 Had lunch with other staff indoors

-

-

23 (29.9%)

23 (29.9%)

 Spent time with other staff any other time

-

-

23 (29.9%)

23 (29.9%)

 Spent any unmasked time with other staff

-

-

23 (29.9%)

23 (29.9%)

  1. HH Household
  2. *Individual numbers may not add to denominator if participants declined individual questions
  3. aReported sports include basketball, cheerleading, wrestling, other (both elementary and middle/high); martial arts (elementary only); baseball, track, football, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, volleyball (middle/high only)
  4. bExtracurricular activities included after-school care, dance, band, choir, tutoring, drama club, theater
  5. cDoes not include meals
  6. dReported 100% mask use for in-school meetings with other staff
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