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Table 1 Frequency of Home Injuries and Ingestions1 Since the Start of the U.S. Coronavirus Pandemic and Associated Household Characteristics, Nationally Representative Sample, N = 2011, Surveyed June 17–29, 2020, N (Weighted Proportions)

From: National survey of home injuries during the time of COVID-19: who is at risk?

Household Characteristics

Injury and/or Ingestion2

 

Both

Either

Neither Injury nor Ingestion

Urbanicity

 Urban

171 (64)*

254 (45)*

404 (28)

 Suburban

80 (30)*

217 (38)*

750 (52)

 Rural

18 (7)*

99 (17)

285 (20)

Census Region

 Northeast

52 (19)

117 (20)

239 (17)

 Midwest

29 (11)*

99 (17)*

327 (23)

 South

118 (44)

217 (38)

538 (37)

 West

70 (26)

139 (24)

336 (23)

Combined Pre-Tax Household Income

 Less than $15,000

19 (7)

36 (6)

110 (8)

 $15,000 to $24,999

22 (8)

44 (8)

93 (6)

 $25,000 to $34,999

18 (7)

42 (7)

109 (8)

 $35,000 to $49,999

23 (9)

44 (8)

177 (12)

 $50,000 to $74,999

28 (10)*

84 (15)

265 (18)

 $75,000 to $99,999

37 (14)

77 (14)

202 (14)

 More than $100,000

122 (45)*

244 (43)*

484 (34)

Number of Children (< 18 years)

 0 children

41 (15)*

212 (37)*

1007 (70)

 1 child

98 (36)*

158 (28)*

252 (18)

 2 children

89 (33)*

133 (23)*

121 (8)

 3 children

35 (13)*

54 (9)*

31 (2)

 4+ children

6 (2)

14 (2)

28 (2)

Number of Adults (18+ year old)3

 1 adult

73 (27)

127 (22)

308 (21)

 2+ adults

196 (73)

444 (78)

1132 (79)

Changes in Time Spent at Home

 More time at home

152 (57)*

383 (67)

990 (69)

 No change

81 (30)*

123 (22)

282 (20)

 Less time at home

32 (12)*

50 (9)*

41 (3)

 Varies by person

4 (1)*

15 (3)*

127 (9)

  1. 1Since the coronavirus pandemic started in the U.S., have you or has anyone living in your home: 1) swallowed or eaten something that could make them sick, like a medication or a household product, a plant, or something else while in or around your home? Please do not include food allergies or food poisoning or poison ivy rashes or a reaction to a medication that was taken correctly; 2) had an injury where any part of their body was hurt while in or around your home? A home injury could be from a fall, a cut or scrape, getting hit by something, or from a burn or from something else that happened in or around your home?
  2. 2Both injury and ingestion is a subset of Either injury or ingestion
  3. 3Includes respondent
  4. *Statistically significant in comparison to the Neither group, p < 0.05