Table 1.
Seat belt and mobile phone use rates by gender and vehicle type
| Variable | Overall | Seat belt use | p-value | Mobile phone use | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat belt use | <.001* | ||||
| Yes | 1,463 (72.75 %) | 52/1,463 (3.55 %) | |||
| No | 548 (27.25 %) | 98/548 (17.88 %) | |||
| Mobile phone use | |||||
| Yes | 150 (7.46 %) | ||||
| No | 1,861 (92.54 %) | ||||
| Gender | .491 | .575 | |||
| Male | 1,885 (93.73 %) | 1,368/1,885 (72.57 %) | 139/1,885 (7.37 %) | ||
| Female | 126 (6.27 %) | 95/126 (75.40 %) | 11/126 (8.73 %) | ||
| Car type | <.001* | <.001* | |||
| SUV | 631 (31.38 %) | 380/631 (60.22 %)a | 86/631 (13.63 %)a | ||
| Truck | 161 (8.01 %) | 121/161 (75.16 %)b | 10/161 (6.21 %)b | ||
| Pickup | 304 (15.12 %) | 234/304 (76.97 %)b | 13/304 (4.28 %)b,c | ||
| Car | 762 (37.89 %) | 590/762 (77.43 %)b | 39/762 (5.12 %)b | ||
| Van | 112 (5.57 %) | 97/112 (86.61 %)c | 1/112 (0.89 %)c | ||
| Taxi | 41 (2.04 %) | 41/41 (100.00 %)d | 1/41 (2.44 %)b,c | ||
| Time of day | <.001* | .261 | |||
| 7.00 am – 7.59 am | 300 (14.92 %) | 232/300 (77.33)b,c | 15/300 (5.00 %) | ||
| 8.00 am – 9.59 am | 303 (15.07 %) | 219/303 (72.28)a,c | 18/303 (5.94 %) | ||
| 10.00 am 11.59 am | 605 (30.08 %) | 431/605 (71.24)a,c | 52/605 (8.60 %) | ||
| 3.00 pm – 3.59 pm | 403 (20.04 %) | 319/403 (79.16)b | 32/403 (7.94 %) | ||
| 4.00 pm – 4.59 pm | 400 (19.89 %) | 262/400 (65.50)a | 33/400 (8.25 %) |
*significant difference at the five percent level
a,b,c,ddifferent superscript letters indicate significant differences