HAT TYPEa N (%) Adults N=403a (%) Children N=51a (%) P Value Male N=285a (%) Female N=169a (%) P Value
No Hatb 126 (27.8) 322 (70.9)b 115 (28.5) 294 (72.9) 11 (21.6) 28 (54.9) FE<0.0005dχ20.007dχ2 0.295 68 (23.9) 202 (70.9) 58 (34.3) 120 (71.0) FE 0.056χ2 0.977χ2 0.016d
Visorb 6 (1.3) 6 (1.5) 0 2 (0.7) 4 (2.4)
Capb 190 (41.9) 173 (42.9) 17 (33.3) 132 (46.3) 58 (34.4)
Bucketc 50 (11) 132 (29.1)c 37 (9.2) 109 (27.1) 13 (25.5) 23 (45.1) 32 (11.2) 83 (29.1) 18 (10.7) 49 (29.0)
Legionnairesc 3 (0.7) 0 3 (5.9) 2 (0.7) 1 (0.6)
Wide-brimmed hatc 79 (17.0) 72 (17.9) 7 (13.7) 49 (17.2) 30 (17.8)
SLEEVE LENGTH N (%) Adults (%) Children (%) P Value Male (%) Female (%) P Value
Sleeveless tope 51 (11.3) 404 (89.4)e 46 (11.5) 358 (89.3) 5 (9.8) 46 (90.2) FE0.864χ20.841 9 (3.2) 264 (93.0) 42 (25.0) 140 (83.3) χ2<0.0005dχ2 0.001d
Cap sleevese 5 (1.1) 4 (1.0) 1 (2.0) 0 5 (3.0)
Short sleevese 348 (77) 308 (76.8) 40 (78.4) 255 (89.8) 93 (55.4)
¾ sleevesf 15 (3.3) 48 (10.6)f 14 (3.5) 43 (10.7) 1 (2.0) 5 (9.8) 5 (1.8) 20 (7.0) 10 (6.0) 28 (16.7)
Long sleevesf 33 (7.3) 29 (7.2) 4 (7.8) 15 (5.3) 18 (10.7)
Table 1: Hat type and sleeve length of spectators at V8 Supercar Championship Townsville 2009, by age and gender. a HAT TYPE is missing for 3 subjects (1 man, 1 woman & 1 boy); b Non-SunSmart headwear [i.e no hat/cap/visor]; cSunSmart recommended hat styles [i.e. wide-brimmed/ legionnaires/bucket hat]; Upper p-value compares 6 categories of hat styles (no hat/visor/cap/bucket/wide-brimmed); Middle p-value compares 2 categories of hat styles (Non-SunSmart headwear including no hat vs SunSmart hats); Lower p-value compares no hat vs hat of any kind; dstatistically-significant result (i.e. p<0.05); FE Fisher’s Exact Test;χ2 Pearson’s Chi-squared Test; SLEEVE-LENGTH is missing for 5 subjects (Four adults & one child); eNon-SunSmart sleeve types [i.e sleeveless/cap-sleeve/short-sleeve]; fSunSmart recommended sleeve-styles [¾ and full length sleeves]; Upper p-value compares 5 sleeve lengths (sleeveless/cap-sleeves/short-sleeves/¾ sleeves/long sleeves); Lower p-value compares Non-SunSmart vs SunSmart recommended sleeve-lengths.