Unintended Sunburn: A Potential Target for Sun Protection Messages
Table 1
Respondent demographic, survey year, and weather characteristics for those sunburned unintentionally and those not sunburned (aside from survey year these are pooled over survey years 1999/00 to 2005/06).
Measure
Unintentional sunburn
Yes ()
No ()
% within category yes
% ()
% ()
Sex
0.425
Male
54.9 (184)
52.6 (1128)
14.0
Female
45.1 (151)
47.4 (1017)
12.9
Age group
0.616
15–19
10.2 (34)
10.3 (221)
13.3
20–29
15.2 (51)
15.9 (340)
13.0
30–39
23.3 (78)
19.8 (424)
15.5
40–49
22.1 (74)
21.8 (467)
13.7
50–59
20.3 (68)
20.8 (447)
13.2
60–69
9.0 (30)
11.5 (246)
10.9
Skin type
<0.001
I
28.5 (95)
23.9 (509)
15.7
II
62.2 (207)
57.1 (1214)
14.6
III
8.7 (29)
17.8 (379)
7.1
IV
0.6 (2)
1.2 (26)
7.1
Missing
2
17
City
0.421
Auckland
20.9 (70)
21.3 (457)
13.3
Hamilton
21.5 (72)
21.2 (454)
13.7
Wellington
16.4 (55)
19.7 (423)
11.5
Christchurch
19.4 (65)
19.8 (424)
13.3
Dunedin
21.8 (73)
18.0 (387)
15.9
Priority ethnicity
0.308
European
91.0 (303)
86.9 (1853)
14.1
Maori
4.2 (14)
7.0 (149)
9.0
Pacific
1.5 (5)
2.0 (43)
10.4
Asian
2.7 (9)
3.4 (72)
11.1
All others
0.6 (2)
0.8 (16)
11.1
Missing
2
12
Highest educational qualification
0.563
School cert. or less
29.9 (100)
26.3 (563)
15.1
Year 12-13
20.3 (68)
20.9 (449)
13.2
Certificate
24.8 (83)
25.5 (546)
13.2
Other
3.9 (13)
3.2 (69)
15.9
Degree
21.2 (71)
24.2 (518)
12.1
Occupation
0.173
Sales or white collar
29.3 (98)
28.3 (606)
13.9
Semiskilled
10.5 (35)
10.4 (223)
13.6
Skilled
18.5 (62)
14.2 (305)
16.9
Other
15.8 (53)
15.9 (340)
13.5
Professional
26.0 (87)
31.3 (671)
11.5
Survey month
<0.001
December
28.1 (94)
22.8 (489)
16.1
January
27.5 (92)
25.0 (536)
14.6
February
39.7 (133)
40.6 (870)
13.3
March
4.8 (16)
11.7 (250)
6.0
Survey year
0.222
1999/2000
33.7 (113)
31.9 (685)
14.2
2002/2003
28.4 (95)
33.1 (710)
11.8
2005/2006
37.9 (127)
35.0 (750)
14.5
Weather information
Mean temperature (°C)
22.3 (2.9)
21.7 (3.1)
0.160
Missing
7
34
Mean wind speed (Km/h)
19.4 (8.9)
19.8 (9.8)
0.023
Missing
7
5
Mean cloud cover (Octa)
3.6 (1.5)
3.7 (1.5)
0.554
Missing
99
480
UVR (joules)
738.2 (161.9)
715.1 (182.3)
0.006
Missing
1
17
Note. Fitzpatrick sun-sensitivity scale, modified. Percentages (may not be total 100% due to rounding). Other includes highest educational qualification unspecified and not knowing. Other includes occupations listed as student, unemployed, no main earner, other, and missing. % () reported except for mean (SD). Chi-square test for independence reported except for t-tests. Row percentages were calculated, representing the percentage of those unintentionally sunburned within each category of the measures.
