Table 3.
Association between age, gender, and stream contact behavior.
| Stream contact behaviour | Age group (years) % (n) |
Gender % (n) |
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| Stream usage | <5 | 5 - 15 | 16 - 39 | ≥ 40 | Female | Male |
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| Yes | 93.0(80) | 99.6(474) | 97.0(262) | 95.3(161) | 98.1(558) | 97.0(419) |
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| No | 7.0(6) | 0.4(2) | 3.0(8) | 4.7(8) | 1.9 (11) | 3.0(13) |
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| χ2; P value | 19.970; <0.001 | 1.215; 0.301 | ||||
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| Activity at stream | ||||||
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| Bathing | 21.3(17) | 15.6(74) | 7.3(19) | 9.9(16) | 10.4(58) | 16.2(68) |
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| House chores | 37.5(30) | 27.6(131) | 45.4(119) | 50.9(82) | 42.8(239) | 29.4(123) |
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| Both | 41.3(33) | 56.8(269) | 47.3(124) | 39.1(63) | 46.8(261) | 54.4(228) |
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| χ2; P value | 48.984; <0.001 | 20.838; <0.001 | ||||
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| Frequency to stream per day | ||||||
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| Hardly | 22.5 (18) | 1.7(8) | 3.1(8) | 23.0(37) | 8.1(45) | 6.2(26) |
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| Once | 47.5(38) | 20.7(98) | 37.0(97) | 43.5(70) | 30.6(171) | 31.5(132) |
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| Twice | 17.5(14) | 31.9(151) | 29.0(76) | 19.3(31) | 27.6(154) | 28.2(118) |
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| thrice | 3.8(3) | 26.6(126) | 17.9(47) | 9.9(16) | 18.6(104) | 21.0(88) |
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| More than thrice | 8.8(7) | 19.2(91) | 13.0(34) | 4.3(7) | 15.1(84) | 13.1(55) |
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| χ2; P value | 202.884; <0.001 | 2.528; 0.640 | ||||
χ 2 = Pearson Chi-square test.