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Table 5 Participant attitudes towards Zika virus, 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 (%)

Think that Zika is an important issue/problem in their community: (n = 207)

33 (71.7%)

121 (90.7%)

89 (80.9%)

29 (78.4%)

Feels that if person gets Zika, they and their family are discriminated or stigmatized because of it: (n = 201)

16 (36.4%)

33 (22.6%)

23 (21.7%)

9 (24.3%)

Feels that if a woman has a baby that has microcephaly or another disability, she will be discriminated against or stigmatized because of the child: (n = 197)

20 (46.5%)

42 (29.4%)

31 (30.1%)

11 (28.9%)

aParticipants are most worried that Zika: (n = 201)

 Zika can make you sick

18 (40.9%)

112 (77.2%)

80 (75.5%)

31 (86.1%)

 Zika can kill you

16 (36.4%)

106 (73.1%)

74 (69.8%)

31 (86.15)

 Zika can cause babies to have disabilities

42 (95.5%)

130 (89.7%)

93 (87.7%)

34 (94.4%)

 Zika can cause adults to have disabilities

14 (31.8%)

90 (62.1%)

64 (60.4%)

25 (69.4%)

 Zika can be sexually transmitted

21 (47.7%)

111 (76.6%)

80 (75.5%)

30 (83.3%)

 Zika will cause my child to be sick

25 (56.8%)

91 (62.8%)

64 (60.4%)

26 (72.2%)

 Safe abortion is not available to me if I get Zika when pregnant

10 (22.7%)

81 (55.9%)

54 (50.9%)

26 (72.2%)

  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