Table 1. Selected comparisons between socio-demographic characteristics and the use of channels of information regarding dengue.
Age vs GPs | Users n (%) | Total number of subjects | p-value |
18–50 years | 36 (22.4) | 161 | 0.003^ |
≥ 51 years | 17 (10.1) | 168 | |
Age vs Social media | Users n (%) | Total number of subjects | p-value |
18–50 years | 22 (13.7) | 161 | < 0.001^ |
≥ 51 years | 6 (3.6) | 168 | |
Age vs Internet | Users n (%) | Total number of subjects | p-value |
18–50 years | 31 (19.3) | 161 | < 0.001^ |
≥ 51 years | 11 (6.5) | 168 | |
Education vs Internet | Users n (%) | Total number of subjects | p-value |
Illiterate and primary school | 3 (4.0) | 75 | < 0.001^ |
Secondary school | 13 (10.6) | 123 | |
Intermediate vocational school | 13 (15.5) | 84 | |
Higher vocational education | 13 (27.7) | 47 | |
Education vs GPs | Users n (%) | Total number of subjects | p-value |
Illiterate and primary school | 9 (12.0) | 75 | 0.01^ |
Secondary school | 26 (21.1) | 123 | |
Intermediate vocational school | 6 (7.1) | 84 | |
Higher vocational education | 12 (25.5) | 47 | |
Education vs Newspapers | Users n (%) | Total number of subjects | p-value |
Illiterate and primary school | 26 (34.7) | 75 | 0.01^ |
Secondary school | 73 (59.3) | 123 | |
Intermediate vocational school | 42 (50.0) | 84 | |
Higher vocational education | 27 (57.4) | 47 | |
Occupation vs GPs | Users n (%) | Total number of subjects | p-value |
Unemployed | 5 (8.2) | 61 | 0.01^ |
Paid job (manual) | 24 (17.3) | 139 | |
Paid job (not manual) | 18 (26.9) | 67 | |
Retired | 6 (9.7) | 62 | |
Income (ANG/month)1 vs Television | Users n (%) | Total number of subjects | p-value |
0–999 | 27 (81.8) | 33 | 0.04^ |
1000–2499 | 101 (75.4) | 134 | |
2500–4999 | 86 (74.1) | 116 | |
≥5000 | 24 (55.8) | 43 |
1Antillean Guilders, 1 ANG = 0.54 USA dollars and 0.47 EUR.
^ Chi-square test