Table 3.

Respondent motorcycle helmet-wearing attitudes, behaviours and beliefs by motorcycle occupant type, Cambodia, 2011.

	Driver	Older passenger
Regular helmet-wearers*: Reasons for wearing a helmet
Save my life	96%	98%
Irregular helmet-wearers**: Reasons for not wearing a helmet***
Depended on where I drive	76%	47%
I forget	22%	31%
Inconvenient/uncomfortable	18%	23%
Helmet ownership†	95%	79%
Where respondent receives traffic safety information***
Television	91%	83%
Radio	56%	38%
Regular helmet-wearers: Whose opinion respondent respects for road safety information
Traffic police	51%	41%
Government officials	16%	23%
Family	22%	28%
Irregular helmet-wearers: Whose opinion respondent respects for road safety information
Traffic police	40%	42%
Government officials	21%	12%
Family	16%	30%

^*Regular helmet-wearers: Self-reported ‘always’ wear a helmet (driver n = 254; older passenger n = 57).

^**Irregular helmet-wearers: Self-reported ‘frequently,’ ‘sometimes,’ or ‘rarely/never’ wear a helmet (driver n = 255; older passenger n = 352).

^***Respondents can select more than one response.

^†drivers versus older passengers, p < 0.001; driver versus proxied child passengers, p < 0.001; older passengers versus proxied child passengers, p < 0.001.