Table 2 Overall knowledge, perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, perceived self-efficacy, perceived outcome, social support, and safe pesticide-use behaviors distributed by level (n = 427)
Variables | n (%) |
|---|---|
Knowledge regarding pesticide use | Â |
 High (score of 10–15) | 408 (95.6) |
 Average (score of 5–9) | 18 (4.2) |
 Low (score of 0–4) | 1 (0.2) |
 (Mean = 12.28, SD = 1.69) |  |
Perceived severity of impact from pesticide use | |
 High (3.68–5.00) | 269 (63.0) |
 Average (2.34–3.67) | 155 (36.3) |
 Low (1.00–2.33) | 3 (0.7) |
 (Mean = 3.76, SD = 0.42) |  |
Perceived susceptibility to pesticide use | |
 High (3.68–5.00) | 314 (73.6) |
 Average (2.34–3.67) | 112 (26.2) |
 Low (1.00–2.33) | 1 (0.2) |
 (Mean = 3.87, SD = 0.41) |  |
Perceived self-efficacy in the modification of pesticide-use behaviors | |
 High (3.68–5.00) | 404 (94.6) |
 Average (2.34–3.67) | 19 (4.4) |
 Low (1.00–2.33) | 4 (1.0) |
 (Mean = 4.43, SD = 0.53) |  |
Perceived outcome of the modification of pesticide-use behaviors | |
 High (3.68–5.00) | 384 (89.9) |
 Average (2.34–3.67) | 43 (10.1) |
 (Mean = 4.17, SD = 0.52) |  |
Social support | Â |
 High (3.68–5.00) | 145 (34.0) |
 Average (2.34–3.67) | 235 (55.0) |
 Low (1.00–2.33) | 47 (11.0) |
 (Mean = 3.24, SD = 0.84) |  |
Safe pesticide-use behaviors | Â |
 High (3.68–5.00) | 339 (79.4) |
 Average (2.34–3.67) | 88 (20.6) |
 (Mean = 4.16, SD = 0.43) |  |