Table 3.

Baseline knowledge, attitudes and practices of school children towards water, sanitation and hygiene

Question/Variable	Control arm (n = 122)	Intervention arm (n = 86)	p-value for difference between arms
Do you always wash your hands after defecation?	0.5082	0.5581	0.479
Do you always wash your hands after urination?	0.1393	0.3605	< 0.001
Do you always wash your hands before eating?	0.8525	0.9419	0.044
Do you always wash your hands when they are dirty?	0.7377	0.7907	0.380
Do you mostly wash your hands with soap or ash?	0.5328	0.3721	0.023
When you have to urinate at school, do you always use the toilet?	0.7541	0.7674	0.826
When you have to defecate at school, do you always use the toilet?	0.9754	0.9535	0.391
When you have to urinate at home, do you always use the toilet?	0.6148	0.5814	0.630
When you have to defecate at home, do you always use the toilet?	0.9344	0.8953	0.313
In your opinion is there a problem with the toilets at school?	0.3525	0.4884	0.050
In your opinion is there a problem with the toilets at home?	0.3115	0.2907	0.750
Do you ever miss school because of the toilets being unpleasant or not private enough?	0.9672	1	0.092
Do you ever carry water to school?	0.4672	0.4767	0.894
Are you ever thirsty at school and do not have water?	0.2295	0.3488	0.060
Total WASH-KAP score	8.377	8.826	0.1315

The p-values in bold indicate a significant difference between arms