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. 2022 Feb 7;16:11786302221076250. doi: 10.1177/11786302221076250

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).