@article{ref1,
title="Attitudes toward bicycle helmet ownership and use by school-age children",
journal="American journal of diseases of children (1960)",
year="1990",
author="Koepsell, Thomas D. and Rivara, Frederick P. and DiGuiseppi, Carolyn G.",
volume="144",
number="1",
pages="83-86",
abstract="To identify attitudes toward bicycle helmet ownership and use, questionnaires were sent to parents of 2,178 third-graders; 1,057 (48.5%) returned valid responses. Of 931 children who had bicycles, 24% owned helmets, but only 56% of children who owned helmets wore them. Helmet ownership, but not use, was associated with higher parental education. Fifty-one percent of 704 parents of bicycle owners who had not purchased helmets said they had never thought of it, 29% thought helmets were too costly, and 20% felt their children would not wear them. Of 792 children who did not wear helmets, 25% said they did not wear them because their friends did not; 22% never thought about wearing helmets; and 16% found them uncomfortable. Efforts to increase the wearing of helmets should address helmet design, awareness, peer pressure, and cost.",
language="",
issn="0002-922X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}