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Health Belief Questions and Responses |
Adolescent
Workers |
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(%) |
N=102 |
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How difficult do you think it would be to find |
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A little to Impossible |
80 |
(86.0) |
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Not difficult |
13 |
(14.0) |
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Are you exposed to pesticides while working in the fields? |
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Daily/Once a week/Once in a while |
59 |
(57.8) |
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Never |
43 |
(42.2) |
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Are there ways to protect yourself from exposure to pesticides? |
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Yes |
61 |
(59.8) |
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No |
41 |
(40.2) |
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Do you think pesticides can cause health problems? |
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Yes |
81 |
(79.4) |
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No or Not sure |
21 |
(20.6) |
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How often in the past month have you had fears about health effects of pesticides? |
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Never |
49 |
(48.0) |
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Daily/Once a month/Once a week |
53 |
(52.0) |
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Do you believe that you have become sick from being around pesticides?* |
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Yes, Enough to worry a great deal |
17 |
(16.8) |
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Yes, Enough to cause a little or no concern |
28 |
(27.7) |
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Not at all |
56 |
(55.4) |
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Do you believe that pesticides can affect the health of children born to farmworkers? |
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Yes, Enough to worry a great deal |
42 |
(41.1) |
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Yes, Enough to cause a little or no concern |
35 |
(34.3) |
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Not at all |
25 |
(24.5) |
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What are the chances that a [teenager] or [farmworker] working in the field will experience some health problems in the future? |
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Definitely to Somewhat likely |
83 |
(81.4) |
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No chance |
19 |
(18.6) |
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What are the chances that you will experience health problems in the future?* |
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Definitely to Somewhat likely |
75 |
(74.3) |
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No chance |
26 |
(25.7) |
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* Missing values – not all
adolescents answered questions