Students’ Understanding and Use of Information on Care Labels on Clothes
Table 9.
Percentages of students who were able to identify the caresymbols.
|
| Frequency |
Percentage |
Frequency |
Percentage |
|
| Z- Do not wring |
135 |
84.9 |
24 |
15.1 |
|
|
| E- Hand wash |
127 |
79.9 |
32 |
20.1 |
|
|
| W- Do not iron |
126 |
79.2 |
33 |
20.8 |
|
|
| U- Iron (high) |
125 |
78.6 |
34 |
21.4 |
|
|
| F- Do not wash |
118 |
74.2 |
41 |
25.8 |
|
|
| V- Do not steam |
114 |
71.7 |
45 |
28.3 |
|
|
| S- Iron (low) |
114 |
71.7 |
45 |
28.3 |
|
|
| T- Iron (medium) |
111 |
69.8 |
48 |
30.2 |
|
|
| H- Only chlorine bleaching is allowed |
107 |
67.3 |
52 |
32.7 |
|
|
| R- Iron in any temperature (steam or dry) |
106 |
66.7 |
53 |
33.3 |
|
|
| Y- Do not dry clean |
89 |
56.0 |
70 |
44.0 |
|
|
| B- Machine wash (cold) |
80 |
50.3 |
79 |
49.7 |
|
|
| D- Machine wash (hot) |
75 |
47.2 |
84 |
52.8 |
|
|
| P- Dry flat |
71 |
44.7 |
88 |
55.3 |
|
|
| A-Machine wash (normal) |
70 |
44.0 |
89 |
56.0 |
|
|
| O- Drip dry |
70 |
44.0 |
89 |
56.0 |
|
|
| M- Do not dry |
67 |
42.1 |
92 |
57.9 |
|
|
| J- Bleaching is not allowed |
66 |
41.5 |
93 |
58.5 |
|
|
| Q- Dry in shade |
66 |
41.5 |
93 |
58.5 |
|
|
| I-Only non-chlorine bleaching is allowed |
65 |
40.9 |
94 |
59.1 |
|
|
| X- Dry clean |
65 |
40.9 |
94 |
59.1 |
|
|
| K- Tumble dry |
64 |
40.3 |
95 |
59.7 |
|
|
| G- Bleaching is allowed |
60 |
37.7 |
99 |
62.3 |
|
|
| C-Machine wash (warm) |
54 |
34.0 |
105 |
66.0 |
|
|
| L- Do not tumble dry |
48 |
30.2 |
111 |
69.8 |
|
|
| N- Line dry |
40 |
25.2 |
119 |
74.8 |
|
|
|
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