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Table 1 Characteristics of households surveyed from August to October 2018 from peri-urban locations in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras

From: Use of effective lids reduces presence of mosquito larvae in household water storage containers in urban and peri-urban Zika risk areas of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador

 

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

 

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

Total households

670

668

609

Avg number of containers/household

1.56 (1.04)

1.75 (1.77)

1.30 (1.66)

 Has no containers

4%

11%

24%

Avg number of washbasins/household

1.14 (0.56)

1.10 (0.38)

1.05 (0.37)

 Has no washbasins

5%

2%

3%

At this time of year, would you say there are a lot of mosquitoes around (vs. little or no mosquitoes around)

360 (54%)

430 (64%)

210 (35%)

Received a visit from someone talking about vector control in last year

391 (59%)

458 (69%)

404 (68%)

Reports covering household water storage containers/washbasins in last 7 days

298 (45%)

26 (4%)

79 (13%)

Reports scrubbing/cleaning container/washbasins in last 7 days

362 (54%)

83 (12%)

237 (39%)