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. 2020 Jan 13;102(3):629–633. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0311

Table 2.

Reported Zika-related knowledge and behaviors stratified by age of children of 37 women interviewed in Fortaleza, Brazil (June 2016)

Has child(ren), all older than 12 years (n = 16) Has child(ren), some younger than 12 years (n = 16) Has no children (n = 5) Total (n = 37)
Heard about Zika on TV 12 (75%) 16 (100%) 4 (80%) 32 (86%)
Heard about Zika on radio 12 (75%) 9 (56%) 3 (60%) 24 (75%)
Very or extremely worried about Zika 12 (75%) 14 (88%) 3 (60%) 29 (78%)
Rated own knowledge about Zika as high or very high 7 (44%) 5 (31%) 1 (20%) 13 (35%)
Protects herself from Zika using condoms 2 (13%) 4 (25%) 2 (40%) 8 (22%)
Protects herself from Zika using bednets 1 (6%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (3%)
Protects herself from Zika using long clothes 4 (25%) 2 (13%) 1 (20%) 7 (19%)
Protects herself from Zika by cleaning 11 (69%) 14 (88%) 3 (11%) 28 (76%)