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. 2021 May 13;9:621800. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.621800

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.