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Table 4 Injury prevention practices, 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

%

Injury prevention practices

Safety behaviors changed during SAH order

        

< 0.0001

No change in behaviors

251

53.6

104

41.3

53

71.6

94

66.2

 

Yes, safety behaviors increased

199

42.5

133

52.8

20

27.0

46

32.4

 

Yes, safety behaviors decreased

18

3.9

15

6.0

1

1.4

2

1.4

 

Additional steps taken to childproof home

        

< 0.0001

No

270

57.7

116

45.7

65

87.8

89

63.6

 

Yes

198

42.3

138

54.3

9

12.2

51

36.4

 

Purchased or installed any safety device for home

        

< 0.0001

No

285

61.0

128

50.8

66

89.2

91

64.5

 

Yes

182

39.0

124

49.2

8

10.8

50

35.5

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