Table 5.
Participant attitudes towards Zika virus, stratified by pregnancy status and gender
| 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%) |
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