Household Survey of Pesticide Practice, Deliberate Self-Harm, and Suicide in the Sundarban Region of West Bengal, India

Table 3

Sources of information about ill-effects of pesticide on crops and health as reported by households using pesticides (𝑛=1221).

Sources of information**	Crops 𝑛=320	Health 𝑛=452
	(26.2%)^∗	(37.0%)^∗
Agricultural department	27 (8.4)	22 (4.9)
Fellow farmer	113 (35.3)	238 (52.7)
Media	25 (7.8)	39 (8.6)
Gram Panchayats	1 (0.3)	3 (0.7)
Personal experience	218 (68.1)	287 (63.5)
Pesticide company	9 (2.8)	15 (3.3)
Pesticide shop	63 (19.7)	106 (23.5)
Others	8 (2.5)	9 (2.0)

∗Percentage is with reference to households using pesticides (𝑛=1221).
∗∗Individuals responded to more than one category.