Changes in smoke alarm coverage following two fire department home visiting programs: what predicts success?

Table 2 Smoke alarm coverage at baseline and follow-up: comparing the standard and enhanced programs ¹

All levels safe? ²		Standard program			Enhanced program			Total sample
		Follow up (N = 322)			Follow up (N = 350)			Follow up (N = 672) ³
		Yes	No	Total	Yes	No	Total	Yes	No	Total
Baseline	Yes	226 (78.47%)	62 (21.53%)	288 (100%)	269 (83.02%)	55 (16.97%)	324 (100%)	495 (80.88%)	117 (19.12%)	612 (100%)
Baseline	No	9 (26.47%)	25 (73.53%)	34 (100%)	5 (19.23%)	21 (80.77%)	26 (100%)	14 (20.33%)	46 (76.67%)	60 (100%)
Total		235 (72.98%)	87 (27.02%)	322 (100%)	274 (78.28%)	76 (21.71%)	350 (100%)	509 (75.74%)	163 (24.26%)	672 (100%)

¹Paired t-test for changes from baseline to follow-up between Standard versus Enhanced: t = 0.68 (p = 0.50).
²All Levels Safe was defined as working long life battery operated or hard-wired alarms on all levels of the home.
³Smoke alarm status at follow up was unavailable for 51 households in the standard and 31 households in the enhanced area.

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