Table 4.

The practice of floriculture respondents toward safe use of pesticides in Bahirdar City floriculture farm, Northwest Ethiopia, March 2020.

Variables	Categories	Frequency	%
Use personal protective equipment	Never	113	37.7
	Sometimes	106	35.3
	Always	81	27.0
Type of personal protective equipment used	Facemask	15	5.0
	Eye Google	20	6.7
	Gloves	113	37.7
	Cap	20	6.7
	Gawn	178	59.3
	Boots	42	14.0
	Pants	21	7.0
Compliance with pesticide concentration	Yes	104	34.7
	No	196	65.3
Take bath after pesticide application	Yes	218	72.7
	No	82	27.7
Changing cloth before going home	Yes	167	55.7
	No	133	44.3
Follow pesticide label of instruction	Yes	103	34.3
	No	197	65.7
Safe pesticide container storage	Yes	102	34.0
	No	198	66.0
Eat and drink inside the workplace	Yes	194	64.7
	No	106	35.3
Considering wind direction during pesticide application	Yes	106	35.3
	No	194	64.7
Cigarette smoking	Yes	1	0.3
	No	299	99.7
Alcohol drinking	Yes	8	2.7
	No	292	97.3
Overall practices	Good	184	61.3
	Poor	116	38.7

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

Mean practices = 0.38 (SD ± 0.48).