Most important reasons cited for wearing protective headgear during the 1999 playing season
| % of players who wore headgear for most of the 1999 playing season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reason indicated | All players (n=110) | Players with no recent head/neck injury history (n=50) | Players with a recent head/neck injury history (n=59) | Control team players (n=36) | Headgear team players (n=73) |
| Percentages within each column do not add to 100%, because two reasons were given. Data relate to cases without a missing response. Bold pairs of values are significantly different. | |||||
| I feel safer when I wear one | 54.1 | 62.7 | 36.0 | 52.8 | 49.3 |
| I don't want to get an injury | 42.2 | 44.1 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 38.4 |
| I like to | 20.0 | 23.7 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 20.5 |
| Participant in a study | 18.3 | 13.6 | 24.0 | 2.8 | 26.0 |
| I have had a previous injury | 14.7 | 5.1 | 26.0 | 22.2 | 11.0 |
| My parents make me | 9.2 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 13.9 | 6.8 |
| Everyone on my team does | 3.7 | 1.7 | 6.0 | 0 | 5.5 |
| My school makes me | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 0 | 4.1 |