Table 1 Categorization of the data collected in household survey
Data variable | Category |
|---|---|
Storage area | In house (defined as any of the following areas: bedroom, bathroom, toilet, kitchen, chicken-shed, above ceiling boards) or general store (store containing pesticides, fertilizers, food crops, farm implements and others) |
Other locations (defined as storage in pesticide stores or elsewhere on the farm) | |
Education level | High education (defined as ≥ form 4) |
Low education (defined as < form 4) | |
Age | Old (defined as >30 years) |
Young (defined as ≤30 years) | |
Poisoning status | Ever poisoned (defined as lifetime poisoning) |
Never poisoned (defined as a never experienced lifetime APP) | |
Poisoning frequency | Highly poisoned (defined as reporting poisoning frequency > 2) |
Not highly poisoned (defined as reporting poisoning frequency of ≤ 2) | |
Product disposal | Safe disposal (defined as safe burning, burying, dumping in a hole, re-spraying on field, donating to others or using up the pesticide) |
Unsafe disposal (defined as dumping in public disposal sites, on the farm, in the toilet or in the bush/ground) | |
The use of PPE | Users (defined as reporting current use of at least one form of PPE) |
Non-users (defined as reporting no current use of PPE) | |
Pesticide container disposal | Safe disposal (defined as safe burning or burying) |
Unsafe disposal (defined as re-use for household activities or dumping on the farm, in the toilet or in public sites) | |
Gender | Male (defined as male respondent) |
Female (defined as female respondent) | |
Equipment calibration | Yes (defined as respondents practicing calibration) |
No (defined as respondents not practicing calibration) | |
Equipment washing area | Close (defined as directly in the drinking water source or within 10 meters from the drinking water source) |
Other (defined as more than 10 meters away from the drinking water source) | |
Knowledge on routes of exposure | High knowledge (defined as reporting over 2 exposure routes)Low knowledge (defined as reporting ≤ 2 exposure routes) |
Steps taken after poisoning | Health facility (defined as respondents attending health facilityl after poisoning) Other (defined as respondents not attending health facility after poisoning) |