Social contact data collected from 1115 adults (aged 15+ years) located in Western Cape Province, South Africa. It is comprised of five data tables: [1] 'Main data' contains information on participant age, religion, education level, employment status, household income, duration lived in home, number of people in household, places worked in past 4 weeks; [2] 'Household data' contains information on the participants’ household members; [3] 'Close contacts data' contains detailed information on participants’ close contacts; [4] 'Building data' contains information on time spent and people present in indoor locations that the participants visited; and [5] 'Transport data' contains information on time spent and people present on transport used by the participants. The ODK questionnaire is also included.

The Main_data_sensitive and Close_contact_sensitive data contain additional information collected and analysed as part of the research. This information cannot be made openly available, due to the potential for indirect identification. Limited access for research verification and reuse may be permitted for use in ethically approved research by application to the study investigators, on condition that the work complies with ethical conditions applied in the original study and a data transfer agreement is signed by the recipient organisation. Interested parties are advised to contact the study investigators to discuss their proposed research. Consult data codebook for information on access conditions.

Social contact