Table 3.

Socioeconomic characteristics associated with adoption of key water treatment and hand hygiene behaviors among friends and relatives of antenatal clinic program participants, controlling for district, Blantyre and Salima Districts, Malawi, 2007–2008

Characteristic	Confirmed WaterGuard use, OR (95% CI)	Correct handwashing demonstration, OR (95% CI)
Salima	2.33 (0.89–6.11)	1.33 (0.57–3.06)
Urban residence	1.35 (0.57–3.22)	1.27 (0.38–4.24)
Upper two wealth quintiles	1.93 (1.05–3.52)	1.39 (0.72–2.68)
Completed primary school	1.35 (0.66–2.76)	1.51 (0.61–3.73)
Literate	1.09 (0.39–3.05)	2.26 (1.15–4.45)
Improved water source	0.94 (0.45–1.97)	0.77 (0.35–1.68)
Association with hygiene kit recipient behavior
At baseline	1.66 (0.16–17.62)	0.70 (0.38–1.31)
At follow-up	2.85 (1.36–6.00)	2.08 (1.31–3.29)

OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.