Table 1 Characteristics of asymptomatic college students and staff participating in investigation of self-administered antigen testing, Georgia, February–April 2021
From: Evaluation of self-administered antigen testing in a college setting
Serial self-administered antigen testing participants N (%) | Participants with negative baseline antibody results who participated in self-administered antigen testing, and endline antibody testing N (%) | Paired testing participantsa N (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Total | 1347 | 324 | 665 |
Participant type | |||
Student | 983 (73.0) | 189 (58.3) | 449 (67.5) |
Staff | 363 (27.0) | 135 (41.7) | 216 (32.5) |
Affiliateb | 1 (0.0) | 0 | 0 (0.0) |
Age | |||
< 18 | 6 (0.5) | 0 | 1 (0.2) |
18–22 | 963 (71.5) | 189 (58.3) | 443 (66.6) |
23–34 | 75 (5.6) | 25 (7.7) | 45 (6.8) |
35–49 | 135 (10.0) | 53 (16.4) | 75 (11.3) |
50–64 | 142 (10.5) | 56 (17.3) | 90 (13.5) |
≥ 65 | 26 (1.9) | 1 (0.3) | 11 (1.7) |
Sex | |||
Male | 392 (29.1) | 97 (29.9) | 190 (28.6) |
Female | 955 (70.9) | 227 (70.1) | 475 (71.4) |
Race/ethnicity | |||
Non-Hispanic White | 1072 (79.6) | 262 (80.9) | 533 (80.5) |
Non-Hispanic Black | 72 (5.4) | 18 (5.6) | 32 (4.8) |
Hispanic | 105 (7.8) | 22 (6.8) | 48 (7.3) |
Asian | 33 (2.5) | 9 (2.8) | 20 (3.0) |
Non-Hispanic Multiracial | 47 (3.5) | 8 (2.5) | 26 (3.9) |
Other race/ethnicity | 9 (0.7) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.2) |
Unknown | 9 (0.7) | 4 (1.2) | 2 (0.3) |
Type of housing (students only) | |||
On campus housing | 873 (88.8) | 177 (93.7) | 25 (5.6) |
Off campus housing | 110 (11.2) | 12 (6.4) | 424 (94.4) |