Research Article
Risk Perceptions of Environmental Hazards and Human Reproduction: A Community-Based Survey
Table 2
Percentages of sample who ranked each hazard as harmful or very harmful to human reproduction.
| | Sample | Pesticides | Household chemicals & paints | Radiation (e.g., pylons, microwaves, and phone masts) | Cosmetics and hair colours | Animal-borne diseases | | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | % |
| Total sample () | โ | 84.5 | 68.8 | 53.4 | 26.3 | 62.5 | Gender ( ) | | | | | | | โMale | 50.4 | 80.0 | 60.0 | 48.2 | 28.8 | 53.4 | โFemale | 49.6 | 89.1 | 77.8 | 58.6 | 31.9 | 71.7 | Age group () | | | | | | | โ18โ34 | 13.2 | 70.5 | 60.2 | 45.8 | 20.5 | 63.3 | โ35โ44 | 17.3 | 87.6 | 73.4 | 54.1 | 26.6 | 62.4 | โ45โ54 | 23.1 | 88.0 | 71.1 | 57.0 | 27.1 | 65.3 | โ55โ64 | 22.4 | 87.6 | 72.4 | 57.6 | 30.4 | 64.3 | โ65+ | 24.0 | 83.8 | 64.7 | 49.5 | 24.8 | 57.8 | Place of residence () | | | | | | | โCity | 52.0 | 84.1 | 68.4 | 51.2 | 25.2 | 62.5 | โTown | 25.5 | 84.1 | 68.8 | 53.3 | 27.7 | 63.2 | โRural | 22.2 | 86.1 | 69.6 | 58.6 | 27.9 | 62.1 | Children in the household () | | | | | | | โNo | 64.6 | 83.4 | 68.2 | 53.8 | 27.3 | 62.2 | โYes | 35.2 | 86.7 | 70.3 | 52.7 | 24.5 | 63.3 |
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Note. No response given to age (0.8%), place or residence (0.3%), and children in the household (0.2%).
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