Non-seatbelt use and associated factors among Thai drivers during Songkran festival

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Seatbelt use experiences, attitudes and exposure to road safety awareness campaign of drivers during Songkran festival

Variables	Response options	Total		Non-seatbelt use of driver
				N	%
Seatbelt use experiences and attitudes
Been in accident before	No	10123	74.4	2726	27.0
	Yes	3482	25.6	1104	31.8
Driver status when in accident	Driver	2603	75.5	812	31.3
	Passenger	775	22.5	242	31.2
	Pedestrian	69	2.0	28	40.6
Not usually used a seatbelt before	No	6372	46.6	2303	36.3
	Yes	7310	53.4	1567	21.5
Intention to use a seatbelt	No	5662	41.5	1777	31.5
	Yes	7978	58.5	2081	26.2
Awareness of danger of no seatbelt use	Low	652	4.8	270	41.4
	Moderate	5769	42.2	1756	30.5
	High	7243	53.0	1841	25.5
Perceived risk about being caught by the police because of not wearing a seatbelt	No risk	1961	14.4	553	28.2
	Low risk	2494	18.3	821	32.9
	Moderate risk	5209	38.2	1367	26.3
	High risk	3975	29.1	1122	28.4
Caught not wearing a seatbelt	No	10045	73.6	2885	28.8
	Yes	3608	26.4	978	27.3
Exposure to road safety awareness (RSA) campaign
Heard of RSA campaign	No	1312	9.6	396	30.3
	Yes	12410	90.4	3485	28.2
Frequency of exposure to RSA campaign	Never	1059	7.8	365	34.5
	Not often	7342	54.1	2048	28.0
	Frequently	4928	36.3	1374	27.9
	Not sure	235	1.7	68	28.9
Talking to others about RSA campaign	Never	3878	28.3	1316	34.0
	Ever	7795	57.0	1999	25.7
	Not sure	2014	14.7	553	27.5
Follows TV news on RTI statistics	Never	1288	9.4	561	43.7
	Not often	7569	55.4	2149	28.5
	Frequently	4287	31.4	1024	24.0
	Not sure	514	3.8	129	25.3
How feels about RSA campaign	Not like	952	7.0	332	34.9
	Like a little bit	7566	55.2	2324	30.8
	Like very much	4567	33.3	1047	23.0
	Not sure	610	4.5	162	26.6
Perceived effect of RSA campaign	Low	1492	10.9	450	30.4
	Medium	4700	34.4	1621	34.6
	High	7473	54.7	1798	24.1

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