From: Risk perceptions of drinking bottled vs. tap water in a low-income community on the US-Mexico Border
Activity | Mean | SD | Mean difference | P-value |
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Drinking-water activities | ||||
Drinking tap water in Nogales, AZ, USA | 4.7 | 0.8 | Ref | Ref |
Drinking tap water in Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.431 |
Drinking tap water in Nogales, Sonora, México | 4.8 | 0.6 | -0.1 | 0.972 |
Drinking tap water in San Francisco, CA, USA | 3.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | < 0.001* |
Drinking tap water in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 3.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | < 0.001* |
Drinking water from a well | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.00 |
Other activities | ||||
Drinking and driving | 4.8 | 0.6 | -0.2 | 1.00 |
Driving a car | 3.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | < 0.001* |
Exposure to pesticides | 4.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.984 |
Firing a gun | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.972 |
Listening to loud music | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.020* |
Playing American football | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.022* |
Riding a motorcycle | 2.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 | < 0.001* |
Riding in a car without a seatbelt | 4.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.971 |
Smoking | 3.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | < 0.001* |
Using Raid™ (insecticide) | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | < 0.001* |