Table 2.

Parental arsenic awareness and youths drinking safely

Percentage of youths with parents who in 2006 reported of having heard of arsenic problem
Safe dub-districtsa	72.7 %
Unsafe sub-districtsb	92.9 %
Total	79.6 %
Percentage of youths in unsafe sub-districts who in 2006 were reported to drink safely
Head did not complete primary school	50.2 %
Head completed primary school	66.6 %
Below-median wealth	47.0 %
Above-median wealth	65.5 %
Total	56.9 %

^aSafe means tube well arsenic content in sub-district is ≤50 ppb

^bUnsafe means tube well arsenic content in sub-district is >50 ppb