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Table 3 Parental safety confidence for Safe at Home survey participants

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

Parental safety confidence questions

Not confidenta

Confidentb

nc

%

nc

%

I am__that I do everything that is recommended by home safety experts

220

50.1

219

49.9

I am__that I can take actions to make my home as safe as possible

119

27.2

319

72.8

I am__that I know the most common home injury hazards

152

34.8

285

65.2

I am__that I can purchase the exact home safety products and devices I need

125

28.5

314

71.5

I am__that I can correctly install the safety products and devices in my home

155

35.4

283

64.6

I am__that I know what to do to make my home as safe as possible

158

36.1

280

63.9

I am__that taking safety actions will keep my child from being injured in and around my home

121

27.6

318

72.4

  1. aNot confident includes moderately confident, slightly confident, and not at all confident
  2. bConfident includes extremely confident and very confident
  3. cSome categories do not total 499 because missing values were not included