Increased awareness and knowledge of Lyme Borreliosis and tick bite prevention among the general population in France: 2016 and 2019 health barometer survey

Table 5 Proportion of the French population using protective measures against tick bites according to sociodemographic characteristics and survey year, Health Barometer 2016 and 2019, France

	Wearing long sleeves and pants			Checking for and removing ticks			Using at least one of the three protective measures^a
	2016 (N = 14,875)	2019 (N = 9611)	p-value	2016 (N = 14,875)	2019 (N = 9611)	p-value	2016 (N = 14,875)	2019 (N = 9611)	p-value
	%	%		%	%		%	%
Yes (often/sometimes)	66	74	< 0.001	47	54	< 0.001	76	83	< 0.001
Sex
Male	67	72	0.02	44	51	0.006	77	82	0.006
Female	64	74	< 0.001	50	57	0.002	76	84	< 0.001
Age (years)
18–24	56	58	NS	51	46	NS	73	71	NS
25–34	65	72	NS	56	56	NS	75	81	NS
35–44	65	72	0.03	52	58	NS	78	84	NS
45–54	67	69	0.3	45	54	0.01	76	81	NS
55–64	68	79	< 0.001	43	54	< 0.001	79	88	< 0.001
65–75	66	80	< 0.001	41	49	0.01	75	88	< 0.001
Level of LB regional incidence
High incidence	67	76	< 0.001	55	64	0.01	81	87	0.006
Medium incidence	68	68	NS	55	60	NS	79	82	NS
Low incidence	64	73	NS	43	47	0.03	74	81	< 0.001
Level of urbanization of the place of residence
Rural	68	75	< 0.001	50	58	< 0.001	79	85	< 0.001
< 20,000 inhabitants	67	72	NS	46	54	0.02	76	82	NS
20,000–99,999 inhabitants	68	76	NS	50	56	NS	79	87	0.03
100,000–199,999 inhabitants	58	82	< 0.001	50	64	NS	71	89	0.001
> = 200,000 inhabitants	59	70	0.01	42	44	NS	71	78	NS
Paris urban area	65	67	NS	43	41	NS	74	78	NS
Socio-professional category
Farmers	70	68	NS	47	57	NS	82	79	NS
Craftsman/shopkeeper/business owner	55	71	0.004	34	53	< 0.001	68	81	0.01
Executive/intellectual profession	68	72	NS	48	53	NS	76	79	NS
Intermediate profession	66	73	0.005	53	51	NS	78	83	0.03
Employees	63	76	< 0.001	46	57	< 0.001	74	87	< 0.001
Blue-collar workers	70	74	NS	46	54	0.04	80	83	NS
No professional activity	56	57	NS	44	30	NS	66	76	NS

^aUsing repellent, wearing long sleeves and pants, or checking for and removing ticks

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