Table 2.

Chi-square analysis between background and explanatory variables and FIRP2.

Variables		FIRP2 (likelihood of farm related injury occurrence to family members while working and living on farm)						Stats
		Low (215, 51.6%)		Neutral (37, 8.9%)		High (165, 39.6%)		Test
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Background variables	Year of study
	First stage (191, 45.8%)	94	49.2	21	11	76	39.8	2.16
	Second stage (226, 54.2%)	121	53.5	16	7.1	89	39.4
	Gender
	Male (195, 46.8%)	101	51.8	19	9.7	75	38.5	0.43
	Female (222, 53.2%)	114	51.4	18	8.1	90	40.5
	Farming experience
	A great deal (222, 53.2%)	106	47.7	24	10.8	92	41.4	12.18
	Quite a bit (80, 19.2%)	40	50	6	7.5	34	42.5
	Some (46, 11%)	25	54.3	4	8.7	17	37
	A little (35, 8.4%)	23	65.7	2	5.7	10	28.6
	None (34, 8.2%)	17	50	1	2.9	16	47.1
Social influences	a. Family/friends
	Yes (140, 33.6%)	93	66.42	17	12.1	30	21.43	6.48**
	No (277, 66.4%)	146	52.7	20	7.2	111	40.1
	b. Farmers
	Yes (161, 38.6%)	112	69.6	8	5.0	41	25.5
	No (256, 61.4%)	103	40.2	29	11.3	124	48.4	34.18***
	c. Advisors/lecturers
	Yes (57, 13.7%)	28	49.12	3	5.3	26	45.6	2.3
	No (360, 86.3%)	203	56.4	28	7.8	129	35.8
Experience	Near miss/close call
	Yes (106, 25.4%)	9	8.5	1	0.9	96	90.6	149.4***
	No (311, 74.6%)	206	66.2	36	11.6	69	22.2
	Severe injury
	Yes (58, 13.9%)	1	0	0.0	0.0	57	98.3	97.11***
	No (359, 86.1%)	214	59.6	37	10.3	108	30.1
Awareness	Someone who injured
	Yes (235, 56.4%)	90	38.3	17	7.2	128	54.5	50.20***
	No (182, 43.6%)	125	68.7	20	11	37	20.3
	Someone who died
	Yes (144, 34.5%)	20	13.9	9	6.3	115	79.9	152.5***
	No (273, 65.5%)	195	71.4	28	10.3	50	18.3

^*P < 0.05;

^**P < 0.01;

^***P < 0.001.