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Table 5 Association with safe hygiene practices

From: Pesticide retailers’ knowledge and handling practices in selected towns of Tanzania

Practice

Factor associated

p-value#

Safe Container Disposal

Registered firm 40%

0.06

Unregistered firm: 19%

 

Town location close: 44%

0.05

Town location other: 23%

Standard safety requirements available: 57%

0.04*

Standard safety requirements missing:28%

Long cumulative staff experience: 59%

0.03

Short cumulative staff experience: 33%

Absence leaking containers:

Registered firm: 36%

0.04

Unregistered firm: 15%

 

Absence of unlabelled containers: 17%

<0.01

 

At least one unlabelled container: 82%

 
  1. #Unless otherwise indicated, p values based on Chi-squared testing; *Fishers Exact Test.