Table 4.

Results of GLM estimates for the factors influencing hand washing practices

Indicators	Dependent value: Hand washing co-efficient	z value	95% conf. interval
Survey year
Year 2009 (1 if year 2009, 0 if year 2006 and 2011)	0.060	59.47***	0.0577-0.061
Year 2011 (1 if year 2011, 0 if year 2006 and 2009)	0.075	67.22***	0.0726-0.077
Education
Education of household heads (years)	0.002	15.56***	0.001-0.002
Education of respondents (years)	0.003	21.03***	0.002-0.003
Occupation
Occupation of HH (1=service, 0=others)	0.004	1.93*	−0.000-0.007
Occupation of HH (1=business, 0=others)	0.001	1	−0.001-0.003
Occupation of HH (1=farming, 0=others)	0.000	0.61	−0.001-0.002
Household assets
Electricity (1 if Yes, 0 if No)	0.000	0.85	−0.001-0.002
Television (1 if Yes, 0 if No)	0.013	11.49***	0.010-0.015
Roof material (1if concrete, 0 if others)	0.002	0.82	−0.003-0.008
Floor material (1if concrete, 0 if others)	0.008	4.49***	0.004-0.117
Wall material (1if concrete, 0 if others)	−0.000	−0.12	−0.002-0.002
Economic status
Perceived economic status (1 if deficit and 0 if surplus)	−0.008	−9.09***	−0.009-(−0.006)
Others
Tubewell ownership (1if yes, 0 if No)	0.0186	16.13***	0.016-0.021
Latrine ownership (1 if yes, 0 if No)	0.016	17.29***	0.014-0.018
Water availability near latrine (1 if Yes, 0 if No)	0.003	2.62**	0.000-0.004
Soap/ash near latrine (1 if Yes, 0 if No)	0.022	16.13***	0.019-0.025
Slipper near latrine (1 if Yes, 0 if No)	0.028	15.2***	0.024-0.032
Membership
BRAC member (1 if BRAC members, 0 if others)	0.008	6.49***	0.006-0.011
Other NGO member (1 if other NGO Member, 0 if BRAC member)	0.005	6.75***	0.004-0.007
Constant	0.177	115.19***	0.174-0.180

Note: ***, ** and * denote significant level at 1%, 5% and 10%, respectively.