Table 1.
Demographic information, practice of consuming environmental friendly disinfectants and environmental knowledge regarding disinfectants among participants (n = 1,861).
| Participant attribute | Number (%) | Participants who agreed or strongly agreed that they pay special attention to the environmental certification label on the product, and only buy the environmental certified disinfectant products | Participants who are using environmental friendly hand sanitizers | Participants whose family is using environmental friendly disinfectants for household environmental disinfection | Self-evaluated environmental knowledge score, Mean ±SD | Objectively assessed environmental knowledge score, Mean ±SD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (%) | χ2 | P- value | Number (%) | χ2 | P- value | Number (%) | χ2 | P- value | ||||
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 869 (47) | 125 (14) | 11.076 | 0.001 | 133 (15) | 0.365 | 0.546 | 78 (9) | 0.543 | 0.461 | 2.43 ± 1.56 | 2.08 ± 1.94 |
| Female | 992 (53) | 201 (20) | 162 (16) | 99 (10) | 2.41 ± 1.88 | 2.15 ± 2.01 | ||||||
| Age | ||||||||||||
| 18–20 years | 642 (34) | 84 (13) | 20.508 | 0.000 | 53 (8) | 52.672 | 0.000 | 11 (2) | 70.199 | 0.000 | 2.32 ± 1.40 | 2.09 ± 2.08 |
| 20–40 years | 549 (30) | 126 (23) | 126 (23) | 78 (14) | 2.53 ± 1.93 | 2.14 ± 1.41 | ||||||
| 41–65 years | 638 (34) | 112 (18) | 114 (18) | 85 (13) | 2.41 ± 1.89 | 2.13 ± 1.55 | ||||||
| >65 years | 32 (2) | 4 (13) | 2 (6) | 3 (9) | 2.66 ± 1.37 | 1.94 ± 0.83 | ||||||
| Residence | ||||||||||||
| Municipalities or provincial capital cities | 789 (42) | 175 (22) | 75.755 | 0.000 | 128 (16) | 18.447 | 0.000 | 89 (11) | 6.174 | 0.046 | 2.49 ± 1.45 | 2.16 ± 2.06 |
| Other cities | 669 (36) | 139 (21) | 129 (19) | 60 (9) | 2.31 ± 1.92 | 2.13 ± 1.72 | ||||||
| Villages and towns | 403 (22) | 12 (3) | 38 (9) | 28 (7) | 2.47 ± 1.86 | 2.01 ± 1.87 | ||||||
| Education level | ||||||||||||
| Junior college or below | 677 (36) | 42 (6) | 136.941 | 0.000 | 99 (15) | 4.926 | 0.085 | 64 (9) | 0.297 | 0.862 | 2.50 ± 1.77 | 2.06 ± 1.99 |
| Undergraduate | 930 (50) | 188 (20) | 144 (15) | 91 (10) | 2.32 ± 1.90 | 2.15 ± 1.49 | ||||||
| Postgraduate | 254 (14) | 96 (38) | 52 (20) | 22 (9) | 2.56 ± 1.94 | 2.17 ± 1.94 | ||||||
| Healthcare professional background | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 358 (19) | 52 (15) | 2.747 | 0.097 | 115 (32) | 72.624 | 0.000 | 26 (7) | 2.604 | 0.107 | 2.47 ± 1.33 | 2.19 ± 1.38 |
| No | 1,503 (81) | 274 (18) | 180 (12) | 151 (10) | 2.41 ± 2.02 | 2.10 ± 2.00 | ||||||