Table 4.

Hierarchical multiple regression predicting likelihood for initiation and sustenance of handwashing behavior among respondents following recommendations (n = 489).

Variables	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
	B	β	B	β	B	β	B	β
The likelihood for initiation as a dependent variable
Constant	3.334 **		2.386 **		0.874 **		0.629 **
Age	0.001	0.008	0.001	0.008	−0.006	−0.057	−0.005	−0.050
Gender	−0.141	−0.080	−0.004	−0.002	0.027	0.015	0.027	0.015
Race/Ethnicity	0.106	0.054	0.132	0.066	0.056	0.028	0.045	0.023
Participatory dialogue			0.070 **	0.496	0.022 **	0.159	0.019 *	0.137
Behavioral confidence					0.116 **	0.585	0.104 **	0.524
Changes in the physical environment							0.049*	0.116
R 2	0.009		0.249		0.471		0.479
F	1.256		33.819 **		72.520 **		62.157 **
Δ R 2	0.009		0.240		0.222		0.008
ΔF2	1.256		130.318 **		170.971 **		5.940 *
The likelihood for sustenance as a dependent variable
Constant	3.231 **		1.282 **		1.256 **		1.254 **
Age	0.007	0.071	−0.003	−0.026	−0.006	−0.058	−0.007	−0.062
Gender	−0.240 *	−0.133	−0.061	−0.034	−0.036	−0.020	−0.034	−0.019
Race/ethnicity	−0.003	−0.002	−0.044	−0.022	−0.052	−0.026	−0.051	−0.026
Emotional transformation			0.222 **	0.624	0.164 **	0.461	0.162 **	0.456
Practice for change					0.085 **	0.259	0.073 **	0.224
Changes in the social environment							0.017	0.070
R 2	0.020		0.393		0.430		0.434
F	2.901 *		67.430 **		62.843 **		52.953 **
Δ R 2	0.020		0.372		0.038		0.003
ΔF2	2.901 *		255.71 **		27.41 **		2.

B (Unstandardized coefficient); β (Standardized coefficient), * p-value < 0.05; ** p-value < 0.001; Adjusted R² of initiation = 0.471; Adjusted R² of sustenance = 0.425.