Health risk factors associated with pesticide use by watermelon farmers in Central region, Ghana

Environmental Systems Research

Table 8 Correlation relationship between burning sensation and explanatory variables

Variables	Sign	Significance
Gender	Ambiguous (±)	s
Age	+	s
Low educational	+	ns
Reading manufacturer’s instruction	+	ns
Knowledge to identity crop pest	−	s
Knowledge to identity crop disease	+	s
Wearing of cover all	−	ns

Significant for coefficient: p < 0.05; s for significant and ns for non-significant; + and − signs indicate positive or negative correlation