Estimating fine age structure and time trends in human contact patterns from coarse contact data: The Bayesian rate consistency model
Fig 5
Empirical and estimated contact intensity patterns for Zimbabwe using the Bayesian rate consistency model for age-granular contact data and age-stratified contact data.
(Top row) Crude empirical contact intensity patterns. (Middle row) Posterior median contact intensity estimates from the Bayesian rate consistency model applied to fine-age contact data (i.e., the age of contacts is not aggregated into large age bands). (Bottom row) Posterior median contact intensity estimates from the Bayesian rate consistency model applied to coarse-age contact data (i.e., the age of contacts is aggregated into large age bands in a similar fashion to COVIMOD).