Association of County-Level Socioeconomic and Political Characteristics with Engagement in Social Distancing for COVID-19
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Abstract
The U.S. is the epicenter of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In response, governments have implemented measures to slow transmission through “social distancing.” However, the practice of social distancing may depend on prevailing socioeconomic conditions and beliefs. Using 15–17 million anonymized cell phone records, we find that lower per capita income and greater Republican orientation were associated with significantly reduced social distancing among U.S. counties. These associations persisted after adjusting for county-level sociodemographic and labor market characteristics as well as state fixed effects. These results may help policymakers and health professionals identify communities that are most vulnerable to transmission and direct resources and communications accordingly.
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Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:Limitations of this study include the potential for omitted-variable and ecological biases due to aggregate, cross-sectional data. Social distancing may also be measured with error, given that the data do not sample all …
SciScore for 10.1101/2020.04.06.20055632: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:Limitations of this study include the potential for omitted-variable and ecological biases due to aggregate, cross-sectional data. Social distancing may also be measured with error, given that the data do not sample all cell-phone users and do not reflect non-users. Regardless, our findings underscore the heterogeneity of communities’ engagement in public health responses to COVID-19. These patterns may help policymakers and health professionals identify communities that are most vulnerable to transmission and direct resources and communications accordingly. Additional research as new data become available is necessary to correlate these findings with infection rates and mortality.
Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.04.06.20055632: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable ) 95 % C . I . P Value Per capita income –1.36 ( –2.49 , –0.23 ) 0.018 Share of Trump voters 4.12 ( 3.05 , 5.19 ) <0.001 Percentage male 0.33 ( –0.04 , 0.70 ) 0.079 Percentage Black 2.20 ( 1.60 , 2.81 ) Table 2: Resources
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.04.06.20055632: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable ) 95 % C . I . P Value Per capita income –1.36 ( –2.49 , –0.23 ) 0.018 Share of Trump voters 4.12 ( 3.05 , 5.19 ) <0.001 Percentage male 0.33 ( –0.04 , 0.70 ) 0.079 Percentage Black 2.20 ( 1.60 , 2.81 ) Table 2: Resources
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
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