Why Do Parents with Toddlers Store Poisonous Products Safely?
Table 2
Differences between safe and unsafe storage of medications and cleaning products.
Medications stored safely (282)
Medications stored unsafely (25)
Cleaning products stored safely (042)
Cleaning products stored unsafely (54)
Demographic variables
Age of child is 11 through 13 months
49.2%
55.8%*
49.0%
54.1%*
Child cannot walk
51.1%
55.1%
50.0%
55.5%*
One child in family
36.9%
60.0%***
36.1%
53.2%***
Non-Dutch mother
5.5%
6.6%
4.6%
7.6%**
Mother is unemployed
32.4%
23.1%***
31.7%
27.2%*
Mother had lower education1
62.9%
53.2%***
62.9%
56.1%**
Father had lower education1
62.7%
55.5%**
63.5%
56.9%**
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
PMT constructs
Vulnerability ()
−1.54 (0.74)
−1.16 (0.91)***
−1.43 (0.79)
−0.79 (0.99)***
Severity ()
1.62 (0.74)
1.52 (0.82)**
1.75 (0.56)
1.60 (0.75)***
Response efficacy ()
1.35 (0.97)
1.35 (0.94)
1.54 (0.83)
1.45 (0.87)**
Self-efficacy ()
1.58 (0.78)
0.93 (1.09)***
1.57 (0.75)
0.66 (1.11)***
Advantages of safe behavior ()
1.91 (0.35)
1.79 (0.46)***
1.90 (0.34)
1.68 (0.55)***
Disadvantages of safe behavior ()
−1.69 (0.60)
−1.24 (0.90)***
−1.63 (0.65)
−1.01 (0.98)***
Social factors
Social support ()
0.34 (1.45)
0.02 (1.41)***
0.66 (1.33)
0.40 (1.33)***
Subjective norm ()
1.68 (0.68)
1.59 (0.70)***
1.60 (0.70)
1.42 (0.85)***
Descriptive norm ()
1.15 (0.80)
0.84 (0.84)***
1.14 (0.81)
0.80 (0.80)***
1Low educational level: intermediate level of secondary education or less. Differences in mean scores between the safe and unsafe storage conditions were evaluated by Chi-square test and by Mann-Whitney -test.
*significant at the 0.05 level.
**significant at the 0.01 level.
***significant at the 0.001 level.
