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Table 4 Advice recollection for the 'Do Not Drink' and 'Boil Water' stages.

From: Communication, perception and behaviour during a natural disaster involving a 'Do Not Drink' and a subsequent 'Boil Water' notice: a postal questionnaire study

 

'Do Not Drink' (N = 142)

'Boil Water' (N = 116)

 

n

%

n

%

there was one advice: do not use

23

16.2

1

0.9

there was one advice: do not drink

33

23.2

9

7.8

there was one advice: boil

24

16.9

31

26.7

there was one advice: safe

2

1.4

58

50.0

not sure what the advice was

10

7.0

9

7.8

there was more than one type of advice

50

35.2

8

6.9