Table 4.
Knowledge of and attitude to pesticides among officers in Hungary and Ethiopia.
| Characteristics | Categories | N (%) |
Hungary (n = 92) | Ethiopia (n = 234) | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | ||||
| Knowledge about pesticide products | Good | 239 (73) | 85 | 92 | 154 | 66 | <0.001 |
| Poor | 87 (27) | 7 | 8 | 80 | 32 | ||
| Knowledge about routes of pesticide exposure | Good | 221 (68) | 85 | 92 | 136 | 58 | <0.001 |
| Poor | 105 (32) | 7 | 8 | 98 | 42 | ||
| Attitude toward pesticide toxicity | Disagree | 31 (10) | 11 | 12 | 20 | 9 | <0.001 |
| Undecided | 76 (23) | 34 | 37 | 42 | 18 | ||
| Agree | 140 (43) | 25 | 27 | 115 | 49 | ||
| Strongly agree | 79 (24) | 22 | 24 | 57 | 24 | ||
| Opinion about the cost of pesticide products | Moderately expensive | 33 (10) | 13 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 0.309 |
| Very expensive | 122 (37) | 34 | 37 | 88 | 38 | ||
| Extremely expensive | 171 (53) | 45 | 49 | 126 | 54 | ||
| Attitude toward environmental pesticide pollution (water, food, air, and soil) | Disagree | 54 (17) | 24 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 0.001 |
| Undecided | 25 (8) | 12 | 13 | 13 | 6 | ||
| Agree | 109 (33) | 25 | 27 | 84 | 36 | ||
| Strongly agree | 138 (42) | 31 | 34 | 107 | 46 | ||
| Perceived health risk of pesticide use | Disagree | 64 (20) | 29 | 32 | 35 | 15 | <0.001 |
| Undecided | 37 (11) | 18 | 20 | 19 | 8 | ||
| Agree | 148 (45) | 25 | 27 | 123 | 53 | ||
| Strongly agree | 77 (24) | 20 | 22 | 57 | 24 | ||