Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of participants in the PICO-study and weighted seroprevalence in the general population of the Netherlands, first round of inclusion, by national sample and low vaccination coverage sample

National sampleLow vaccination coverage sample
TotalWeighted SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalenceTotalWeighted SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence
n%%95% CIn%%95% CI
Overall 26371002.82.1–3.75701002.91.4–6.3
Sex
Men118444.92.91.8–4.523340.94.01.5–10.6
Women145355.12.71.7–4.133759.11.90.7–4.9
Age categories
2–1750719.21.70.6–4.99316.30.0NA
18–3973527.94.93.2–7.519634.46.83.0–14.6
40–6491934.81.91.2–3.219834.72.40.7–8.3
65–9047618.12.51.2–5.18314.61.00.1–7.0
Region
North56621.51.30.4–3.2NANANANA
Mid-West42716.24.01.8–8.0NANANANA
Mid-East50819.33.11.3–6.2NANANANA
South-West46817.73.01.5–5.3NANANANA
South-East66825.32.71.4–4.7NANANANA
Low vaccination coverage municipalitiesNANANANA5701002.91.4–6.3
Ethnicity
Dutch230687.52.82.0–3.755597.43.01.4–6.5
Non-Dutch Western1596.02.00.6–7.1122.10.0NA
Non-Western1726.53.41.4–8.430.50.0NA
Educational level*
High125746.72.51.6–3.917330.72.30.5–9.4
Middle88334.23.52.0–6.225244.84.41.7–10.9
Low44217.12.21.0–5.013824.50.90.1–6.3
Religion
No religion132954.52.91.9–4.414528.00.30.0–3.7
Roman Catholic61325.13.41.7–6.6132.50.0NA
Other1194.90.0NA142.70.0NA
Protestant37915.53.01.6–6.434666.83.71.5–8.8
Orthodox-Reformed287.48.52.4–26.910229.57.41.8–26.8
Other35192.62.61.0–6.524470.52.20.9–5.3
  • NA, Not applicable.

  • *Maternal educational level was used for participants <15 years of age.

  • Missing: in the national sample: (maternal) educational level=55, religion=197; in the low vaccination coverage sample: (maternal) educational level=7, religion: 52.