Perceived Health Risk
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Perceived Health Risk.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “How much, it at all, do you believe you and/or your family’s health is impacted by common environmental factors in and around your home?” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
Perceived Risk of Household Products
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Perceived Risk of Household Products.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “What factors in and around your home do you think pose a risk to your health and the health of your family?” (Prompted from list, select all that apply). The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
Perceived Risk of Household Environmental Factors
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Perceived Risk of Household Environmental Factors.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “What factors in and around your home do you think pose a risk to your health and the health of your family?” (Prompted from list, select all that apply). The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
Factors of Greatest Concern
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Factors of Greatest Concern.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “Which of the following are you the most concerned about for you and your family?” (Prompted from list, select all that apply). The 2014 respondents answered as follows:
Types of Chemicals/Products Posing Risk
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Types of Chemicals/Products Posing Risk.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “what types of chemicals, or products with chemicals, do you believe pose a risk to the health of you and your family?” (Prompted from list, select all that apply). The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
Nature of Risks Posed
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Nature of Risks Posed.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “What types of potential health problems from exposure to chemical substances in your home are you currently concerned?” (Prompted from list, select all that apply). The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
Perceptions on Mitigating Risk
This figure is titled “Perceptions on Mitigating Risk.” It shows five horizontal stacked bar graphs. All five graphs show the breakdown of answers to the question, “To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following?”
The first stacked bar graph deals with change respondents’ level of agreement regarding, “It’s possible to take steps to prevent or lower the health risk posed by common household products.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The second stacked bar graph deals with change respondents’ level of agreement regarding, “How consumers use or misuse common household products is a large part of the risk posed to health.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The third stacked bar graph deals with change respondents’ level of agreement regarding, “How consumers dispose of common household products is a large part of the risk posed to health.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The fourth stacked bar graph deals with change respondents’ level of agreement regarding, “It is possible to test for some chemicals in your home that pose a health risk.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The fifth stacked bar graph deals with change respondents’ level of agreement regarding, “Chemicals in common household products pose a significant health risk no matter how they are used or disposed of by consumers.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
Likelihood of Taking Action
This figure is titled “Likelihood of Taking Action” It shows a pie graph and a horizontal bar graph.
The pie graph deals with the breakdown of answers to the question, “Many of us know something is a health risk, but we don’t always do anything about it. If you had information about possible health risks in and around your home, and steps you could take, how likely would you be to make changes to reduce the risk?” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The horizontal bar graph deals with the breakdown of responses to the question, “Could you expand on why it is you feel this way?” The 434 respondents who are not likely to take action answered as follows:
Confidence in Knowledge to Take Action
This pie graph is titled “Confidence in Knowledge to Take Action.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “How confident are you that you know what steps to take to prevent or reduce the health risk to you and your family from environmental factors in and around your home?” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
Types of Actions Previously Taken
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Nature of Risks Posed.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “Have you personally taken any of the following steps in the past year to protect your health and the health of your family from environmental contaminants or factors in and around your home?” (Prompted from list, select all that apply). The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
Reasons for taking action
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Reasons for taking action.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “What prompted you to take these steps?” (Prompted from list). The 2079 respondents answered as follows:
Motivation to Act
This figure is titled “Motivation to Act.” It shows five horizontal stacked bar graphs. All five graphs show the breakdown of answers to the question, “How much of a reason are each of the following for you to take steps to prevent or reduce health risks from environmental factors in the home?”
The first stacked bar graph deals how much people take action to protect their home because of, “My health/the health of my family.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The second stacked bar graph deals how much people take action to protect their home because of, “It’s good for the environment.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The third stacked bar graph deals how much people take action to protect their home because of, “It increases the value of my home.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The fourth stacked bar graph deals how much people take action to protect their home because of, “Someone prompts me to take action.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The fifth stacked bar graph deals how much people take action to protect their home because of, “Someone else I know is doing it.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
Looking for Information on Steps to Take
This figure is titled “Looking for Information on Steps to Take” It shows a pie graph and a horizontal bar graph.
The pie graph deals with the breakdown of answers to the question, “Have you ever looked for information on what steps you can take to prevent or reduce risk from environmental contaminants in and around your home?” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The horizontal bar graph deals with the breakdown of responses to the question, “Generally, how helpful have you found the information to be in determining what to look for in possible health risks or steps you can take to reduce the risk to you and your family?” The 1164 respondents who looked for information answered as follows:
Looking for Information on Steps to Take
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Limitations of Information.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “What aspects about the information were not helpful?” (Prompted from list, select all that apply). The 648 respondents who did not find information completely helpful answered as follows:
Usefulness of Information
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Usefulness of Information.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “What aspects about the information were helpful?” (Prompted from list). The 512 respondents who did find information helpful answered as follows:
Reasons for Limitation of Information
This figure is titled “Reasons for Limitation of Information.” It shows six horizontal stacked bar graphs. All six graphs show the breakdown of answers to the question, “Sometimes there are things that keep us from getting the information we need or taking steps to prevent or reduce health risks from environmental factors in the home. To what extent have each of the following kept you and your family from taking action?”
The first stacked bar graph deals how much people have been prevented from taking action to protect their home because, “Too expensive to take steps/make changes.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The second stacked bar graph deals how much people have been prevented from taking action to protect their home because, “Lack of control to make certain changes.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The third stacked bar graph deals how much people have been prevented from taking action to protect their home because, “Information is not available when making decisions.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The fourth stacked bar graph deals how much people have been prevented from taking action to protect their home because, “Information is confusing/too technical/too complicated/too many competing messages.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The fifth stacked bar graph deals how much people have been prevented from taking action to protect their home because, “Information hard to find.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The sixth stacked bar graph deals how much people have been prevented from taking action to protect their home because, “Too time consuming to make changes.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
Barriers to Taking Action
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Barriers to Taking Action.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “Which of these do you find to be the largest single barrier to taking action to reduce the health risk of products around your home?” (Prompted list). The 1080 respondents who identified reasons for limited information answered as follows:
Impact of Information on Taking Action
This pie graph is titled “Impact of Information on Taking Action.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “Did you take these steps as a result of the information you heard or read?” The 1160 respondents who took steps answered as follows:
Nature of Impact on Action
This horizontal bar graph is titled “[IF YES] Nature of Impact on Action.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “What steps are you most likely to take to prevent or lower the health risk to you and your family from environmental factors in and around the home?” (Prompted from list). The 60 respondents answered as follows:
Incidence of Assessing Risk Before Purchase
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Incidence of Assessing Risk Before Purchase.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “Some people look for information while others do not. When you purchase a product, how often do you look for information about what these products contain before purchasing?” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
Interest in Information
This pie graph is titled “Interest in Information.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “How interested would you be in learning more about how to protect you health and the health of your family in and around the home?” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
Information: Household Products of Interest
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Information: Household Products of Interest.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “What types of environmental health factors in and around your home are you most interested in learning more about?” (Prompted from list, select all that apply). The 1894 respondents who are interested in learning more answered as follows:
Information: Environmental Factors of Interest
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Information: Environmental Factors of Interest.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “What types of environmental health factors in and around your home are you most interested in learning more about?” (Prompted from list, select all that apply). The 1894 respondents who are interested in learning more answered as follows:
Preferred Sources of Information
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Preferred Sources of Information.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “When looking for information on health risks (e.g., household chemicals, lead, carbon monoxide poisoning, radon, etc.) that may be present in your home, which sources would you prefer to access this information from?” (Prompted from list, select all that apply). The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
Format of Information
This horizontal bar graph is titled “Format of Information.” It shows the breakdown of answers to the question, “When looking for information on health risks (e.g., household chemicals, lead, carbon monoxide poisoning, radon, etc.) that may be present in your home, what format or source would you prefer to use to access this information?” (Prompted from list, select all that apply). The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
Perceived Trustworthiness of Information Producers
This figure is titled “Perceived Trustworthiness of Information Producers.” It shows six horizontal stacked bar graphs. All six graphs show the breakdown of answers to the question, “When looking for information on health risks (e.g., household chemicals, lead, carbon monoxide poisoning, radon, etc.) that may be present in your home, how trustworthy do you think the following sources of information are?”
The first stacked bar graph deals how much people trust the information coming from, “Health Canada.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The second stacked bar graph deals how much people trust the information coming from, “Health professionals.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The third stacked bar graph deals how much people trust the information coming from, “Non-profit health groups.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The fourth stacked bar graph deals how much people trust the information coming from, “Non-profit environmental groups.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The fifth stacked bar graph deals how much people trust the information coming from, “Product manufacturers/retailers.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The sixth stacked bar graph deals how much people trust the information coming from, “Building contractors/Home inspectors/Realtors.” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
Interest in an Information App
This figure is titled “Interest in an Information App” It shows a pie graph and a horizontal bar graph.
The pie graph deals with the breakdown of answers to the question, “How interested would you be in an app for your mobile device (e.g., phone or tablet) with information about household chemicals and actions you can take to protect you and your family from potential risks in and around your home?” The 2100 respondents answered as follows:
The horizontal bar graph deals with the breakdown of responses to the question, “If this type of app were available when would you be the most likely to use this information?” The 1287 respondents interested in a mobile app answered as follows: