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A comparative study of users and non-users of chemical pesticides among middle-class urban women in Roanoke and Richmond, Virginia, based on educational attainment and other selected variables

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dc.contributor.authorGraham, Frances Hilten
dc.contributor.committeechairGruenhagen, R. H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHeckel, Maynard C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMoore, Paul J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberVan Dresser, W. R.en
dc.contributor.departmentExtension Educationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:31:31Zen
dc.date.adate2013-03-12en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:31:31Zen
dc.date.issued1967-05-05en
dc.date.rdate2013-03-12en
dc.date.sdate2013-03-12en
dc.description.abstractOf the 394 urban women, over three-fourths (77.4 per cent) were users of pesticides, whereas almost one-fourth (22.6 per cent) were non-users. The ages of the respondents ranged from 15-19 years to over 70 years. The median age for users was 48 years and 51 years for non-users. There was no significant difference in the ages groups of users and non-users. The place of early residence (before 18 years of age) had no significant influence as to whether the woman was a user or non-user of pesticides. A majority of middle class urban women spent the early years of residence in the city.The median years of school completed by middle class urban women was 12.M. The users of pesticides had attained a significantly higher educational level than had the nonusers. High and low education levels were used as variables and comparisons of certain data were made on that basis.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvii, 86 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03122013-040044en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03122013-040044/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41546en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1967.G7.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 07751689en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectpesticide useen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1967.G7en
dc.titleA comparative study of users and non-users of chemical pesticides among middle-class urban women in Roanoke and Richmond, Virginia, based on educational attainment and other selected variablesen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineExtension Educationen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Instituteen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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