Factors Correlated with Protective Behaviors Against Harms from Pesticide Use Among Populations at Risk in Hua-Roa Sub-district, Muang District, Ubon Ratchathani Province

Abstract

This analytically cross- sectional research aimed to investigate factors correlated with behaviors against harms from pesticide use among population at risk in Hua-Roa Sub-district and to identify essential predictive variables for those protective behaviors. The samples comprised 300 populations at risk randomized proportionately to size of the study populations of each village in the Sub-district. Data were collected by using questionnaires. Statistical analysis employed percentages, means, standard deviations, and multiple regression coefficient. The research results were as follows: 1. Six factors which included length of pesticide using time, attitudes toward pesticide using, marital status, educational level, monthly income, and knowledge regarding pesticide use show correlation ship with the protective behaviors (p<0.01)2. Essential predictive variables for protective behaviors against harms from pesticide use rank from attitudes toward protective behaviors included length of pesticide use time attitudes toward pesticide using, marital status, educational level, monthly income, and knowledge regarding