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Table 2 Responses to “Knowledge” questions (n = 82; 5 closed-ended and 1 open-ended). Responses for the open-ended question were assigned as “correct” or “incorrect” time values

From: Public knowledge, attitudes and practices of vehicle submersion incidents: a pilot study

Questionnaire Item

Sample

n (%)

Aware Group

n (%)

Aware vs. Unaware

p-value

Knowledge of media report(s) involving vehicle submersion

  

0.002*

 Yes

71 (87)

35 (100)

 

 No

11 (13)

0 (0)

 

Personal knowledge involving a vehicle submersion incident

  

0.50

 Yes

10 (12)

3 (9)

 

 No

72 (88)

32 (81)

 

Knowledge of the advised self-rescue protocol

  

0.01*

 Yes

5 (6)

5 (14)

 

 No

77 (94)

30 (86)

 

If a vehicle enters water intact and right-side-up, will it float right-side-up?

  

0.25

 Yes (correct response)

63 (77)

25 (71)

 

 No (incorrect response)

19 (23)

10 (29)

 

If a vehicle that enters the water intact and upside-down, will it right itself?

  

0.80

 Yes (correct response)

21 (26)

8 (23)

 

 No (incorrect response)

61 (74)

27 (77)

 

How long does it take for a sinking vehicle to become completely submerged?

  

0.45

 2-4 minutes (correct response)

23 (28)

7 (20)

 

 Any other time value (incorrect response)

59 (72)

28 (80)

 
  1. *significant difference (p ≤ 0.05)