College Students’ Perceptions of Worry and Parent Beliefs: Associations with Behaviors to Prevent Sun Exposure

Table 2

Sun protection behaviors and worry reported by college students.

Area	Question	Do not know		Never/rarely		Sometimes		Most of the time		Always
			%		%		%		%		%
Sun protection behaviors	I wear sunglasses	1	.2%	62	13.4%	187	40.6%	145	31.5%	66	14.3%
	I wear sunscreen	1	.2%	79	17.1%	221	47.8%	123	26.6%	37	8%
	I wear hats in the bright sun	1	.2%	174	37.7%	194	42.1%	74	16.1%	18	3.9%
	I wear chap stick with sunscreen in it	6	1.3%	130	28.2%	155	33.6%	92	20%	78	16.9%
	I wear a hat with a brim on it	2	.4%	195	42.4%	168	36.5%	67	14.6%	28	6.1%
Worry	I worry about getting too much sun on my skin	4	.9%	170	36.9%	190	41.1%	53	11.5%	44	9.5%

Note. Four hundred and sixty students answered the question about wearing a hat with a brim. Four hundred and sixty-one of the students answered the other sun protection questions.