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Table 2 Parental perception of home safety, overall and by child age-group

From: Stay-at-home, Safe at Home? A survey of parental home safety practices before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

na

%

Younger only

Older only

Mix older and younger

p value

n

%

n

%

n

%

Perceived perception of home safety

Considering home safe

        

0.0430

 No change

365

76.5

188

72.0

65

87.8

112

78.9

 

 Considered home more safe during SAH order

65

13.6

40

15.3

5

6.8

20

14.1

 

 Considered home less safe during SAH order

47

9.9

33

12.6

4

5.4

10

7.0

 

Noticing unsafe areas of the home

        

0.3048

 No change

309

69.3

160

65.8

53

74.7

96

72.3

 

  No change: safe

166

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

 

  No change: unsafe

143

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

 

 Noticed more unsafe home areas during SAH order

34

7.6

22

9.1

2

2.8

10

7.6

 

 Noticed less unsafe home areas during SAH order

103

23.1

61

25.1

16

22.5

26

19.7

 
  1. aSome categories do not total 499 because missing values were not included