Table 3.

Respondents' perceptions toward hand washing behavior as preventive measure to contract COVID-19.

Variables	Male		Female		Total		p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Perceived susceptibility							0.047
Very low risk	36	10.2	45	8.3	81	9.0
Low risk	69	19.5	130	23.9	199	22.2
Medium risk	117	33.1	202	37.2	319	35.6
High risk	104	29.5	117	21.5	221	24.7
Very high risk	27	7.6	49	9.0	76	8.5
Perceived severity							0.660
No symptom	70	19.8	123	22.7	193	21.5
Mild symptom	151	42.8	238	43.8	389	43.4
Symptom that can affect daily activities	103	29.2	141	26.0	244	27.2
Severe consequences	19	5.4	23	4.2	42	4.7
Fatality	10	2.8	18	3.3	28	3.1
Perceived effectiveness							0.306
Not effective	144	40.8	203	37.4	347	38.7
Effective	209	59.2	340	62.6	549	61.3
Negative attitude							0.644
More negative attitude	84	23.8	122	22.5	206	23.0
Less negative attitude	269	76.2	421	77.5	690	77.0
Perceived norm							0.250
Less positive norm	192	54.4	274	50.5	466	52.0
More positive norm	161	45.6	269	49.5	430	48.0
Perceived barriers							0.512
Frequent encounter barriers	100	28.3	143	26.3	243	27.1
Rarely encounter barriers	253	71.7	400	73.7	653	72.9

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