Table 2.

Characteristics of pesticide use in pesticide exposed farmers.

Characteristics	Unit/Category	Mean ± SD or n (%)
Pesticide spraying	years	18.3 ± 11.7
Spraying	days/week	1.5 ± 1.5
Last spraying	days ago	10.2 ± 6.1
Wearing gloves	always or half of the time	4 (11%)
Wearing masks	always or half of the time	5 (13%)
Storage of equipment	inside of the home	4 (11%)
Where equipment is cleaned	nearby river or creek	4 (11%)
	outside the yard	31 (82%)
	at home	2 (5%)
Washing hands at spraying site	always	26 (68%)
Washing hands immediately at home	always	28 (74%)
Washing hands later at home	always	7 (18%)
Washings hands before going to bed	always	21 (55%)
Changing clothes after spraying	no	17 (45%)
Where left overs of containers disposed	in solid waste disposal	2 (5%)
	in yard	23 (61%)
	save it for next time	10 (27%)
	keep it at the house	2 (5%)
	keep it in the spaying device for the next time	1 (3%)
Container further used	yes	5 (13%)