Higher risk, higher protection: COVID-19 risk among immigrants in France-results from the population-based EpiCov survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Immigrants and ethnic/racialized minorities have been identified as being at higher risk of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) infection, but few studies report on their exposures and prevention behaviours. This study aims to examine the social distribution of COVID-19 exposure (overcrowding, working outside the home, use of public transport to go to work) and prevention behaviours (use of face masks, washing hands, respect for physical distance) in France during the first wave of the epidemic.

Methods

We used the EpiCov population-based survey from a random sample of individuals aged 15 years or more. We determined the distribution of the self-reported outcomes according to migratory status and sex, using χ2 tests. We modelled the probability of outcomes with logi

SUBMITTER: Gosselin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9341671 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature