Table 8.
Circumstances of handwashing associated with socializing and being exposed to contact with other people, as declared by the questioned sample of Polish secondary school students, based on the Handwashing Habits Questionnaire [56].
| Characteristics | Males (n = 814) |
Females (n = 1509) |
p * | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After coming back home | Never | 10 (1.2%) | 6 (0.4%) | <0.0001 |
| Sometimes | 113 (13.9%) | 101 (6.7%) | ||
| Always | 691 (84.9%) | 1402 (92.9%) | ||
| After handshaking | Never | 152 (18.7%) | 212 (14.0%) | 0.0041 |
| Sometimes | 330 (40.5%) | 598 (39.6%) | ||
| Always | 332 (40.8%) | 699 (46.3%) | ||
| After using public transportation | Never | 67 (8.2%) | 57 (3.8%) | <0.0001 |
| Sometimes | 164 (20.1%) | 173 (11.5%) | ||
| Always | 583 (71.6%) | 1279 (84.8%) | ||
| After money exchange | Never | 186 (22.9%) | 189 (12.5%) | <0.0001 |
| Sometimes | 257 (31.6%) | 421 (27.9%) | ||
| Always | 371 (45.6%) | 899 (59.6%) | ||
* chi2 test.