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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 31.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ind Med. 2009 Aug;52(8):645–653. doi: 10.1002/ajim.20722

TABLE III.

The Median Weekly Percentage of Time Outside Using the Various Sun Protection Behaviors From the Lifeguard Diary Descriptives, Overall, and by City

Overall (n = 162) Austin (n = 40) Phoenix (n = 41) Omaha (n = 41) Portland (n = 39)
Using sunglasses 82.4 71.9 90.4 83.9 83.9
Using sunscreen 51.23 6.2 76.4 52.0 50.0
Using a hat 15.7 37.0 33.3 0.0 31.5
Using a shirt 15.0 19.9 29.2 6.9 31.3
Using shade 17.2 31.2 25.6 11.9 9.1