Table 2.

Differences of hygiene behavior between male and female.

Variables	Male		Female		Total		p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Hand hygiene frequencies before COVID-19							0.000
<4 times/d	143	40.51	131	24.13	274	30.58
4– <8 times/d	148	41.93	251	46.22	399	44.53
8– <12 times/d	53	15.01	129	23.76	182	20.31
>12 times/d	9	2.55	32	5.89	41	4.58
Hand hygiene frequencies during COVID-19							0.005
<4 times/d	12	3.4	6	1.1	18	2.01
4– <8 times/d	82	23.23	90	16.57	172	19.2
8– <12 times/d	130	36.83	216	39.78	346	38.62
>12 times/d	129	36.54	231	42.54	360	40.18
Reporting increase HH frequencies						0.161
Yes	309	87.54	457	84.16	766	85.49
No	44	12.46	86	15.84	130	14.51
Cleaning surface before COVID-19							0.000
Never	20	5.67	11	2.03	31	3.46
Rare	127	35.98	150	27.62	277	30.92
Sometimes	144	40.79	245	45.12	389	43.42
Often	51	14.45	120	22.1	171	19.08
Always	11	3.12	17	3.13	28	19.08
Cleaning surface during COVID-19							0.006
Never	5	1.42	0	0	5	0.56
Rare	17	4.82	18	3.31	35	3.91
Sometimes	80	22.66	96	17.68	176	19.64
Often	196	55.52	321	59.12	517	57.7
Always	55	5.58	108	19.89	163	18.19
Intention to keep hygiene behavior post COVID							0.264
Low	20	5.7	22	4.1	42	4.7
High	333	94.3	521	95.9	854	95.3

Total responses = 896; Significance of independence of samples indicated by Pearson Chi-Square test: p-value < 0.05.