Table 2.

Characteristics of food, personal and environmental hygiene of participants at Woreta Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 310)

Variable	Frequency	Percent (%)
Are dinning utensils Clean
Yes	282	91.0
No	28	9.0
Do you wash your hand after toilet before touching your child
Always	144	46.5
Sometimes	166	53.5
Does your child eat unwashed fruits and vegetables
Always	22	7.1
Sometimes	90	29.0
Never	154	63.9
Your child meal
Always fresh	98	31.6
Sometimes fresh	183	59.0
Rarely fresh	29	9.4
Do you trim your child’s nails when grown
Always	100	32.3
Sometimes	210	67.7
Does your child take other food before the age of six month
No	286	92.3
Yes	24	7.7
Your child playing ground
Not clean	110	35.5
Clean	200	64.5
What is your source of drinking water
Tap water	178	57.4
Stream water	132	42.6
Type of your toilet
Open defecation	138	44.5
Public	74	23.9
Private	98	31.6
Knowledge of mode of transmission
Contaminated food	124	40
Contaminated water	131	42.3
Both	55	17.7