Lawn Care Awareness & Practices | Gardening Season | Totals (n = 2726) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2003 (n = 333) | 2004 (n = 289) | 2005 (n = 896) | 2006 (n = 479) | 2007 (n = 308) | 2008 (n = 421) |  |
Lawn care company applied pesticides^ †|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   Yes | 49 (14.7%, 10.9 - 18.5) | 40 (13.8%) | 69 (7.7%) | 18 (3.8%) | 9 (2.9%) | 19 (4.5%, 2.5 - 6.5) | 204 (7.5%) |
   No | 18 (5.4%) | 27 (9.3%) | 86 (9.6%) | 69 (14.4%) | 52 (16.9%) | 66 (15.7%) | 318 (11.7%) |
   Missing & Not Applicable | 266 (79.9%) | 222 (76.8%) | 741 (82.7%) | 392 (81.8%) | 247 (80.2%) | 336 (79.8%) | 2204 (80.9%) |
Household member applied pesticides^‡ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   Yes | 82 (24.6%, 20.0 - 29.3) | 58 (20.1%) | 145 (16.2%) | 83 (17.3%) | 43 (14.0%) | 47 (11.2%, 8.1 - 14.2) | 458 (16.8%) |
   No | 229 (68.8%) | 205 (70.9%) | 708 (79.0%) | 375 (78.3%) | 248 (80.5%) | 350 (83.1%) | 2115 (77.6%) |
   Missing & Not Applicable | 22 (6.6%) | 26 (9.0%) | 43 (4.8%) | 21 (4.4%) | 17 (5.5%) | 24 (5.7%) | 153 (5.6%) |
Aware of Natural Lawn Care Campaign*§(wgtd counts, wgtd%) | NA | NA | (n = 977) | (n = 531) | (n = 344) | (n = 456) | (n = 2308) |
   Yes |  |  | 359 (36.8%) | 210 (39.4%) | 133 (38.8%) | 172 (37.8%) | 875 (37.9%) |
   No |  |  | 473 (48.4%) | 300 (56.5%) | 197 (57.3%) | 269 (59.1%) | 1239 (53.7%) |
   Missing, Don't Know, Refused |  |  | 145 (14.9%) | 22 (4.1%) | 14 (3.9%) | 14 (3.1%) | 195 (8.4%) |
Lawn care company used natural lawn care methods^° |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   Yes | 16 (4.8%, 2.5 - 7.1) | 29 (10.0%) | 67 (7.5%) | 49 (10.2%) | 32 (10.4%) | 50 (11.9%, 8.8 - 15.0) | 243 (8.9%) |
   No | 23 (6.9%) | 21 (7.3%) | 46 (5.1%) | 19 (4.0%) | 13 (4.2%) | 17 (4.0%) | 139 (5.1%) |
   Missing & Not Applicable | 294 (88.3%) | 239 (82.7%) | 783 (87.4%) | 411 (85.8%) | 263 (85.4%) | 354 (84.1%) | 2344 (86.0%) |
Household member used natural lawn care methods^¶ | NA |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   Yes |  | 131 (45.3%, 39.6 - 51.1) | 518 (57.8%) | 290 (60.5%) | 196 (63.6%) | 279 (66.3%, 61.7 - 70.8) | 1414 (51.9%) |
   No |  | 130 (45.0%) | 333 (37.2%) | 163 (34.0%) | 97 (31.5%) | 109 (25.9%) | 832 (30.5%) |
   Missing & Not Applicable |  | 28 (9.7%) | 45 (5.0%) | 26 (5.4%) | 15 (4.9%) | 33 (7.8%) | 480 (17.6%) |