Skip to main content

Table 2 General Zika knowledge, stratified by pregnancy status and gender

From: A survey of the knowledge, attitudes and practices on Zika virus in New York City

Total participants (N = 223)

Pregnant

Non-pregnant

 

All

Females

Males

m (%)

m (%)

m (%)

m (%)

Had heard about Zika prior to taking the survey: (n = 222)

47 (94%)

128 (80.5%)

98 (84.4%)

28 (70.0%)

First head about Zika: (n = 189)

 Many years ago

0

9 (6.9%)

4 (4.0%)

4 (14.8%)

 Last year

28 (59.8%)

62 (47.7%)

54 (53.5%)

8 (29.6%)

 In the last few months

19 (40.4%)

57 (43.9%)

41 (40.6%)

15 (55.6%)

 In the last week

0

2 (1.5%)

2 (20.%)

0

aFirst heard about Zika from: (n = 190)

 Family, Friends or neighbors

1 (2.1%)

28 (16.3%)

23 (16.4%)

5 (17.2%)

 Church/ Community event

0

1 (0.6%)

1 (0.7%)

0

 Healthcare workers/Private doctor/ Pharmacy

6 (12.5%)

10 (5.8%)

10 (7.1%)

0

 Radio/ TV/ Posters/ Newspapers

34 (70.8%)

91 (52.9%)

72 (51.4%)

17 (58.6%)

 Internet/ Social media

17 (35.4%)

32 (18.6%)

25 (17.9%)

6 (20.7%)

 Government announcement

3 (6.25%)

10 (5.8%)

9 (6.4%)

1 (3.4%)

Think it is possible to get Zika in their community/local area now: (n = 211)

28 (57.1%)

88 (58.3%)

66 (58.9%)

22 (57.9%)

Had heard of Microcephaly before: (n = 218)

35 (71.4%)

90 (57.7%)

69 (60.0%)

19 (50.0%)

Had heard of Guillain-Barre Syndrome before: (n = 218)

16 (33.3%)

32 (20.4%)

28 (24.1%)

4 (10.5%)

Think they have enough information about Zika: (n = 214)

24 (51.1%)

50 (32.3%)

36 (31.6%)

13 (34.2%)

Want more information about Zika: (n = 145)

21 (84.0%)

91 (82.7%)

68 (86.1%)

22 (75.9%)

aWould like more information about the: (n = 203)

 Causes of Zika

21 (44.7%)

93 (89.4%)

65 (61.3%)

27 (73.0%)

 Signs and Symptoms of Zika

22 (46.8%)

99 (95.2%)

75 (70.8%)

24 (64.9%)

 Zika Prevention

23 (48.9%)

99 (95.2%)

72 (67.9%)

26 (70.3%)

 Zika Treatment

23 (48.9%)

103 (99.0%)

76 (71.7%)

27 (73.0%)

 Consequences of having Zika

19 (40.4%)

90 (86.5%)

67 (63.2%)

23 (62.2%)

  1. n = number of participants who responded to survey question; m = number who provided the response indicated; n = number of participants who responded to survey question; a=Multiple responses were possible for this question; Persons in the Pregnant group indicated that they were pregnant at the time of survey completion