Volume 16, Number 8—August 2010
Letter
West Nile Virus Knowledge among Hispanics, San Diego County, California, USA, 2006
Table
Awareness of West Nile virus and PPB among survey respondents, San Diego County, California, USA, 2006*
Characteristic |
WNV awareness, no. (%), n = 226 |
p value† |
PPB use, no. (%), n = 149 |
p value† |
---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 149 (66.2) | – | 62 (41.6) | – |
Age, y‡§ | 0.026 | 0.188 | ||
18–29 | 37 (55.2) | 14 (38.9) | ||
30–44 | 52 (65.0) | 26 (50.0) | ||
45–64 | 40 (83.3) | 17 (42.5) | ||
>65 |
20 (66.7) |
5 (23.8) |
||
Education, y | 0.048 | 0.926 | ||
<12 | 121 (64.7) | 50 (41.3) | ||
>12 |
26 (81.3) |
11 (42.3) |
||
Preferred language for interview | 0.004 | 0.249 | ||
Spanish | 120 (62.2) | 47 (39.2) | ||
English |
29 (90.6) |
15 (51.7) |
||
Country of birth | 0.158 | 0.104 | ||
United States | 36 (76.6) | 19 (54.3) | ||
Other |
113 (63.5) |
43 (37.7) |
||
Years in United States | 0.004 | 0.183 | ||
<5 | 9 (34.6) | 5 (55.6) | ||
>5 |
104 (68.4) |
38 (36.2) |
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Gender | 0.602 | 0.042 | ||
M | 49 (63.6) | 15 (30.6) | ||
F |
100 (67.6) |
47 (47.0) |
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Region¶ | 0.018 | 0.151 | ||
Northern | 20 (48.8) | 5 (25.0) | ||
Central | 34 (64.2) | 11 (31.4) | ||
Southern | 95 (72.5) | 46 (48.9) |
*WNV, West Nile virus; PPB, personal protective behavior.
†Proportions were compared by using the χ2 test.
‡Awareness: 18–29 vs. 45–64, p = 0.003; 30–44 vs. 45–64, p = 0.064; 45–64 vs. >65, p = 0.089; other comparisons are nonsignificant.
§Adoption of PPB: 30–44 vs. >65, p = 0.045; other comparisons are nonsignificant.
¶Awareness: northern region vs. southern region 3, p = 0.033; other comparisons are nonsignificant.