Table 3.

Hygiene-related and behavioral characteristics of the study participants in public health facilities in Debre Markos town, 2022.

Variable	Variable category	Frequency	Percentage (%)
House floor material	Poor	14	6.3
	Good	208	93.7
Presence of hand washing facility near the latrine	Yes	114	51.4
	No	108	48.6
Parent/guardian hand washing habit after toilet	Sometimes or no	44	19.8
	Usually or always	178	80.2
General hand washing method	With water only	128	57.7
	With soap and water	94	42.3
Presence of a separate waste disposal system	Yes	136	61.3
	No	86	38.7
The habit of washing a child's hands after child defecation	Sometimes or no	52	23.4
	Usually or always	170	76.6
Parents/guardian habit of washing their hands after defecating the child	Sometimes or no	3	1.4
	Usually or always	219	98.6
Hand-washing habit before feeding the child	Sometimes or no	30	13.5
	Usually or always	192	86.5
Source of drinking water	Unimproved	62	27.9
	Improved	160	72.1
Use of a dipper (jug) to draw water from containers	Yes	206	92.8
	No	16	7.2
Use of narrow-necked containers for drinking water storage	Yes	217	97.7
	No	5	2.3
The habit of storing cooked food for later use	Sometimes or no	162	73
	Usually or always	60	27
The habit of storing trimming (leftover) food for later use	Sometimes or no	208	93.7
	Usually or always	14	6.3
Consumption of raw/uncooked food in the past week	Yes	44	19.8
	No	178	80.2
A habit of washing child food utensils before and after feeding the child	Sometimes or no	2	0.9
	Usually or always	220	99.1
Consumption of food from hotels, restaurants, or cafes	Yes	16	7.2
	No	206	92.8
Contact with a domestic animal in the past week	Yes	35	15.8
	No	187	84.2
Attendance at social gatherings in the past week	Yes	74	33.3
	No	148	66.7
Travel history of the child in the past week	Yes	42	18.9
	No	180	81.1
The time interval for fingernail trimming	Two weeks and above	72	32.4
	Below 2 weeks	150	67.6