Why Do Parents with Toddlers Store Poisonous Products Safely?

Table 1

Characteristics of family, child, history of previous injury, and poisoning preventive behavior (𝑛=1722 respondents).

Socio-demographic characteristics, history of previous injury and poisoning preventive behavior	𝑛	% (unless otherwise specified)
Family characteristics
Mean age of respondent in years	32.4	SD 4.5 Range 16–60
Mother is respondent	1541	90.1
Education level of mother is low^1	1037	61.1
Education level of father is low^1	1046	62.5
Mother is not employed	521	31.1
Father is not employed	54	3.2
Mother is of non-Dutch ethnicity	101	5.9
Father is of non-Dutch ethnicity	94	5.5
Single parent	33	1.9
One child in family	736	43.0
Child characteristics
Mean age of child in months	13.5	SD 1.4 Range 11–18
Boy	901	52.7
Child can crawl	1664	97.3
Child can walk independently	811	47.5
Lifetime prevalence of medically attended unintentional injury	123	7.3
Poisoning preventive behavior
Medications stored safely	1282	74.4
Cleaning products stored safely	1042	60.5

¹Low educational level: intermediate secondary education or less.