Table 3.

Knowledge about pesticides by the study population in relation to reported incident(s) of acute pesticide poisoning within the last two years.

Characteristics	Pesticide poisoning (N=57)		No pesticide poisoning (N=302)		Total		p-value1
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Know the difference between fungicide and herbicide
Yes	33	57.9	149	49.3	182	50.7
No	24	42.1	153	50.7	177	49.3	0.237
Heard of pesticide awareness week?
Yes	33	57.9	177	58.6	210	58.5
No	24	42.1	125	41.4	149	41.5	0.920
Routes pesticides can enter the body?
Skin	49	86.0	267	88.4	316	88.0	0.603
Lungs (breathing)	52	91.2	282	93.4	334	93.0	0.559
Eyes	44	77.2	269	89.1	313	87.2	0.014
Palms of the hands	36	63.2	255	84.4	291	81.1	<0.001
Mouth	55	96.5	281	93.1	336	93.6	0.331
Do people get sick from pesticide runoff?
Yes	52	91.2	276	91.4	328	91.4
No	5	8.8	26	8.6	31	8.6	0.968
Is the water polluted from pesticide runoff?
Yes	53	93.0	273	90.4	326	90.8
No	4	7.0	29	9.6	33	9.2	0.536
Can a farmer obtain the same yields without pesticides?
Yes	10	17.5	43	14.2	53	14.8
No	47	82.5	259	85.8	306	85.2	0.519
Will the food be the same quality without pesticides?
Yes	10	17.5	45	14.9	55	15.3
No	47	82.5	257	85.1	304	84.7	0.612
Do pesticides pose a health problem in your community?
Yes	28	49.1	76	25.2	104	29.0
No	29	50.9	226	74.8	255	71.0	<0.001

BOLD alpha < 0.05