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Table 4 Respondents’ attitudes toward the details of organic disposable sanitary pads’ labeling, mean (SD)

From: Women’s attitudes toward certification logos, labels, and advertisements for organic disposable sanitary pads: results from a multi-city cross-sectional survey

Item

Total (n = 500)

Frequency of purchase

Non-buyers (n = 52)

Occasional buyers (n = 286)

Habitual buyers (n = 162)

P value

Importance

 Overall

3.60 (0.66)

3.30 (0.78)a

3.60 (0.62)

3.70 (0.65)

0.001

 Expiration date

3.84 (0.82)

3.46 (0.90)a

3.84 (0.78)

3.96 (0.83)

0.001

 Manufacturer

3.42 (0.91)

3.02 (0.98)a

3.39 (0.90)

3.59 (0.87)

 < .001

 Ingredients

3.79 (0.87)

3.52 (0.98)

3.74 (0.87)

3.95 (0.82)c

0.004

 Storage

3.36 (0.86)

3.13 (0.93)

3.38 (0.84)

3.39 (0.88)

0.146

 Usage precautions

3.61 (0.92)

3.38 (1.07)

3.64 (0.89)

3.62 (0.93)

0.179

Reading

 Overall

3.18 (0.77)

2.79 (0.84)a

3.16 (0.70)b

3.35 (0.64)c

 < .001

 Expiration date

3.36 (1.03)

2.98 (1.15)

3.30 (0.95)

3.59 (1.09)c

 < .001

 Manufacturer

3.17 (1.00)

2.60 (1.00)a

3.15 (0.99)b

3.40 (0.97)c

 < .001

 Ingredients

3.25 (1.00)

2.75 (1.12)a

3.21 (0.96)b

3.48 (1.00)c

 < .001

 Storage

2.93 (0.95)

2.65 (1.06)

2.91 (0.90)

3.06 (0.99)

0.026

 Usage precautions

3.20 (1.02)

2.96 (1.00)

3.22 (0.98)

3.24 (1.10)

0.206

Understanding

 Overall

3.51 (0.65)

3.15 (0.72)a

3.50 (0.59)b

3.67 (0.69)c

 < .001

 Expiration date

3.77 (0.83)

3.52 (0.96)

3.76 (0.78)

3.88 (0.87)

0.021

 Manufacturer

3.49 (0.89)

3.06 (0.92)a

3.47 (0.87)b

3.68 (0.88)c

 < .001

 Ingredients

3.28 (0.90)

2.92 (1.05)a

3.26 (0.82)

3.45 (0.95)

0.001

 Storage

3.43 (0.89)

3.04 (1.00)a

3.42 (0.84)

3.57 (0.90)

0.001

 Usage precautions

3.59 (0.88)

3.21 (0.94)a

3.56 (0.83)

3.75 (0.90)

 < .001

  1. a–cScores within a row with different superscripts indicate significantly different means using Bonferroni post hoc