This statistic shows how worried respondents in the U.S. were about personally experiencing the Zika virus by gender, as of July 2016. It was found that 17 percent of women were very worried about personally experiencing the Zika virus compared to just nine percent of men.
How worried are you personally about experiencing the Zika virus?
Original question: "Taking into consideration both your risk of contracting it and the seriousness of the illness, how worried are you personally about experiencing the Zika virus?"
Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding.
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The Economist. (July 12, 2016). How worried are you personally about experiencing the Zika virus? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/581863/us-citizens-worry-personally-experiencing-zika-virus-by-gender/
The Economist. "How worried are you personally about experiencing the Zika virus?." Chart. July 12, 2016. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/581863/us-citizens-worry-personally-experiencing-zika-virus-by-gender/
The Economist. (2016). How worried are you personally about experiencing the Zika virus?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/581863/us-citizens-worry-personally-experiencing-zika-virus-by-gender/
The Economist. "How Worried Are You Personally about Experiencing The Zika Virus?." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jul 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/581863/us-citizens-worry-personally-experiencing-zika-virus-by-gender/
The Economist, How worried are you personally about experiencing the Zika virus? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/581863/us-citizens-worry-personally-experiencing-zika-virus-by-gender/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
How worried are you personally about experiencing the Zika virus? [Graph], The Economist, July 12, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/581863/us-citizens-worry-personally-experiencing-zika-virus-by-gender/