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 (𝑛=1261)	—	84.5	68.8	53.4	26.3	62.5
Gender ( 𝑛=1261)
Male	50.4	80.0	60.0	48.2	28.8	53.4
Female	49.6	89.1	77.8	58.6	31.9	71.7
Age group (𝑛=1251)
18–34	13.2	70.5	60.2	45.8	20.5	63.3
35–44	17.3	87.6	73.4	54.1	26.6	62.4
45–54	23.1	88.0	71.1	57.0	27.1	65.3
55–64	22.4	87.6	72.4	57.6	30.4	64.3
65+	24.0	83.8	64.7	49.5	24.8	57.8
Place of residence (𝑛=1257)
City	52.0	84.1	68.4	51.2	25.2	62.5
Town	25.5	84.1	68.8	53.3	27.7	63.2
Rural	22.2	86.1	69.6	58.6	27.9	62.1
Children in the household (𝑛=1258)
No	64.6	83.4	68.2	53.8	27.3	62.2
Yes	35.2	86.7	70.3	52.7	24.5	63.3

Note. No response given to age 𝑛=10 (0.8%), place or residence 𝑛=4 (0.3%), and children in the household 𝑛=3 (0.2%).