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Table 3 Number and percentage of 172 households that stored pesticides safe from children and adults at baseline and seven months after distribution of pesticide safe storage boxes

From: Community uptake of safe storage boxes to reduce self-poisoning from pesticides in rural Sri Lanka

 

Baseline

Follow-up

χ2

p

Children

    

Safe

110 (64%)

153 (89%)

  

Not safe

62 (36%)

19 (11%)

29.86

<0.001

Adults

    

Safe

87 (51%)

113 (66%)

  

Not safe

85 (49%)

59 (34%)

8.07

0.004