Table 5.

Personal hygiene of under 5 children and mothers at the baseline (May 2017) and endline (May 2018) in rural Dembiya, northwest Ethiopia.

Hygiene variables	Baseline	Endline	Percent point change	P value
	n (%)	n (%)
Percentage of children whose personal hygiene condition is generally considered as clean	3 (1.3)	104 (34.4)	33.1	<.05*
Percentage of children who washed their body once in 3 days with soap	158 (70.2)	300 (99.3)	29.1	<.05
Percentage of children who kept their finger nails short	59 (26.2)	186 (61.6)	35.4	<.001
Percentage of children who wore shoes	65 (28.9)	98 (32.5)	3.6	<.2
Percentage of children frequently wash their hands after playing, defecation, and before eating	102 (45.3)	224 (77.2)	31.9	<.01
Percentage of mothers or caregivers who washed their hands effectively at all critical times	55 (24.4)	206 (68.2)	43.8	<.001

Note: “*” indicates that Fisher’s exact test is used for this variable to see percentage point change hence the expected values are less than 5.