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

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Examining the association between Zika knowledge domains and participant or survey characteristics

		Knowledge of Zika transmission					Knowledge of Zika complications
			Unadjusted		Adjusted^a		Unadjusted		Adjusted^a
Model number	Demographic characteristics		β	P-value	β	P-value	β	P-value	β	P-value
1	Pregnancy		8.4	0.01*	6.21	0.04*	7.5	0.06	6	0.13
2	Travel History		4.16	0.13	2.49	0.34	−1.98	0.58	−3.26	0.36
3	Primary Language	Spanish	−7	0.01*	−6.28	0.01*	−3.63	0.31	−3.31	0.35
4	Primary Language	Other	−17.14	<0.0001*	−11.1	0.005*	−10.79	0.03*	−6.08	0.27
5	Survey Language		−6.43	0.04*	−8.52	0.004*	1.74	0.67	0.37	0.92
6	Language mismatch		−5.25	0.04*	−1.53	0.56	−6.94	0.04*	−4.58	0.2
7	Translator use		−12	0.01*	−3.71	0.45	−22.51	0.0002*	−18.81	0.005*

Reference groups: Model 1 = non-pregnant; Model 2 = did not travel; Model 3 = primary language English; Model 4 = survey language English; Model 5 = participant’s primary language matched survey language (language match); Model 6 = did not use translator to fill out the survey
^a Model adjusted for having heard about Zika before taking the survey
*=p < 0.05 for t-test of linear regression parameters

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