Research Article
Effectiveness of a Participatory Program on Pesticide Use Behavior and Blood Cholinesterase Levels in Chiang Mai Province, Northern Thailand
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of farmers and consumers.
| | Characteristics | Number (%) | Χ2
value | Farmers
N = 32 | Consumers
N = 48 |
| | Gender | | | 9.800 (0.002) | | Male | 17 (53.1) | 9 (18.8) | | | Female | 15 (46.9) | 39 (81.2) | | | Age | | | — | | <30 | 0 (0.0) | 4 (8.3) | | | 30–40 | 0 (0.0) | 4 (8.3) | | | 41–50 | 7 (21.9) | 12 (25.0) | | | 51–60 | 25 (78.1) | 28 (58.4) | | | Mean ± SD | 54.0 ± 5.0 | 48.6 ± 9.4 | | | Status | | | 58.833 (<0.001) | | Single | 4 (12.5) | 4 (8.3) | | | Married | 25 (78.1) | 35 (73.0) | | | Widow | 1 (3.1) | 5 (10.4) | | | Divorced | 2 (6.3) | 4 (8.3) | | | Education | | | 174.800 (<0.001) | | No education | 2 (6.3) | 2 (4.2) | | | Primary school | 27 (84.4) | 25 (52.1) | | | Lower secondary school | 0 (0.0) | 6 (12.5) | | | High school | 2 (6.2) | 10 (20.8) | | | Diploma | 1 (3.1) | 1 (2.1) | | | Bachelor or above | 0 (0.0) | 4 (8.3) | | | Behavior about pesticides use | | | 4.835 (0.031) | | Spray | 19 (59.4) | 0 (0.0) | | | Working with chemical | 13 (40.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
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. Significance using the independent t-test. |
