Factors

It’s important for your child to wear a helmet when riding any

p-value

Disagreement/not sure

Partial agreement

Total agreement

No

%

No

%

No

%

Age in years

0.241^

21 - 30

4

6.0%

16

23.9%

47

70.1%

31 - 40

7

6.5%

20

18.5%

81

75.0%

41 - 50

8

6.7%

14

11.8%

97

81.5%

51 - 60

2

2.7%

14

18.7%

59

78.7%

>60

3

17.6%

2

11.8%

12

70.6%

Gender

0.437

Male

12

6.5%

36

19.6%

136

73.9%

Female

12

5.9%

30

14.9%

160

79.2%

Educational level

0.456

High school or less

4

5.3%

13

17.1%

59

77.6%

Bachelor’s degree

7

4.0%

28

16.1%

139

79.9%

Diploma

7

11.7%

10

16.7%

43

71.7%

Post-graduate degree

6

7.9%

15

19.7%

55

72.4%

Number of children

0.660

1 - 2

6

4.8%

26

21.0%

92

74.2%

3 - 4.

10

6.9%

21

14.6%

113

78.5%

5+

8

6.8%

19

16.1%

91

77.1%

Does any of the parents ride a Bicycle or Motorcycle or Quad bike?

0.279^

Father only

3

3.4%

15

16.9%

71

79.8%

Mother only

0

0.0%

3

50.0%

3

50.0%

Both of them

2

12.5%

3

18.8%

11

68.8%

None

19

6.9%

45

16.4%

211

76.7%

Does any of the parents when using a Bicycle or Motorcycle or Quad bike wear a helmet?

0.046*^

Father only

2

3.6%

7

12.5%

47

83.9%

Mother only

1

16.7%

2

33.3%

3

50.0%

Both of them

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

11

100.0%

None

2

5.3%

12

31.6%

24

63.2%

When do your children wear a helmet?

0.029*^

Don’t know/unsure

0

0.0%

5

17.9%

23

82.1%

They don’t own helmet

13

7.1%

42

23.1%

127

69.8%

They don’t ride any of them

6

10.0%

7

11.7%

47

78.3%

While riding a Bicycle

3

9.1%

2

6.1%

28

84.8%

While riding a Motorcycle or Quadbike

0

0.0%

6

23.1%

20

76.9%

While riding both (Bicycle and Motorcycle/Quadbike)

2

3.5%

4

7.0%

51

89.5%

Have they had any injuries while riding a Bicycle or Motorcycle or Quad bike?

0.049*

Yes

5

3.9%

30

23.4%

93

72.7%

No

12

7.0%

22

12.9%

137

80.1%

Don’t know

1

3.7%

7

25.9%

19

70.4%

Were they wearing a helmet while riding a Bicycle or Motorcycle or Quad bike when they sustained their injury?

0.518^

Yes

1

3.8%

3

11.5%

22

84.6%

No

4

4.1%

24

24.7%

69

71.1%

Don’t know

1

3.1%

10

31.3%

21

65.6%