Table 7.

Mean self-protection ability (±SE) against public health hazards in citizens, poultry farmers, and poultry veterinarians (1 = absolutely not; 5 = absolutely yes).

	Citizens	Poultry farmers	Poultry veterinarians	Test statistics	P value
Pathogens on chicken meat	3.65a ± 0.024	4.35b ± 0.121	4.56b ± 0.202	F(2,83.04) = 53.67	<0.001
Chicken pathogens spread through air	2.71 ± 0.024	2.87 ± 0.091	2.85 ± 0.116	F(2, 2379) = 1.12	0.327
Chemicals in eggs	2.66a ± 0.027	2.60a ± 0.141	1.78b ± 0.146	F(2, 81.44) = 17.34	<0.001

^a,bMeans within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05, Post-hoc Games Howell multiple comparisons test).