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Table 3 Associations between the domestic presence of putative breeding sites (any type) and: (a) acknowledgement of concept ‘Mosquito Breeding1’; (b) acknowledgement of concept ‘Control Measure 1’ and (c) cumulative essential-concepts’ acknowledgement: EP-score

From: Strengthening the perception-assessment tools for dengue prevention: a cross-sectional survey in a temperate region (Madeira, Portugal)

  

Residents living in houses…

 

…WITH breeding-sites

….WITHOUT breeding-sites

 
  

n (%)

median (P25-P75)+

n (%)

median (P25-P75)+

p-value

(a) “Role of water-containers as breeding contributors (Concept 7)”

Acknowledged

699 (73 · 4)

-

177 (77 · 0)

-

0 · 272ˇ

Did not acknowledge

253 (26 · 6)

-

53 (23 · 0)

-

(b) “Source reduction as an effective domestic aegypti- control measure (Concept 9)”

Acknowledged

728 (76 · 5)

-

184 (80 · 0)

-

0 · 253ˇ

Did not acknowledge

224 (23 · 5)

-

46 (20 · 0)

-

(c) EP-score

952 (80 · 5)

5 · 0 (3 · 0 – 6 · 0)

230 (19 · 5)

5 · 0 (4 · 0 – 7 · 0)

0 · 001‘

  1. ‘Mann–Whitney test; ˇPearson test; +Weighted Average method.