Table 5.

Hierarchical multiple regression predicting likelihood for initiation and sustenance of handwashing behavior among respondents not following recommendations (n = 224).

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	2.563 **		1.852 **		0.684 *		0.771*
Age	−0.005	−0.042	−0.003	−0.022	0.000	−0.003	−0.001	−0.004
Gender	−0.234	−0.028	−0.057	−0.026	−0.015	−0.007	−0.014	−0.007
Race/ethnicity	−0.075	−0.028	−0.069	−0.026	−0.206	−0.078	−0.197	−0.074
Participatory dialogue			0.065 **	0.352	0.026 **	0.142	0.028 *	0.152
Behavioral confidence					0.099 **	0.461	0.102 **	0.474
Changes in the physical environment							−0.016	−0.035
R 2	0.015		0.132		0.294		0.295
F	0.931		6.959 **		15.164 **		12.615 **
Δ R 2	0.015		0.117		0.162		0.001
ΔF2	0.931		24.682 **		41.784 **		0.202
The likelihood for sustenance as a dependent variable
Constant	2.533 **		0.700 *		0.525		0.481
Age	−0.007	−0.060	−0.003	−0.027	−0.003	−0.021	−0.001	−0.011
Gender	−0.246	−0.113	−0.033	−0.015	−0.047	−0.022	−0.059	−0.027
Race/ethnicity	−0.128	−0.049	−0.086	−0.033	−0.098	−0.037	−0.064	−0.024
Emotional transformation			0.222 **	0.597	0.133 **	0.358	0.122 **	0.330
Practice for change					0.154 **	0.370	0.123 **	0.296
Changes in the social environment							0.053 *	0.180
R 2	0.020		0.365		0.445		0.468
F	1.293		26.685 **		29.660 **		26.972 **
Δ R 2	0.020		0.344		0.080		0.023
ΔF2	1.293		100.790 **		26.772 **		7.957 *

B (Unstandardized coefficient); β (Standardized coefficient), * p-value < 0.05; ** p-value < 0.01; Adjusted R² of initiation = 0.272; Adjusted R² of sustenance = 0.451.