Table 2.
Handwashing practice of students by gender at 2 critical times in schools of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020.
| Variables | Categories | Before eating (N = 192) | After defecation (N = 192) | Total (N = 384) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male, Number (%) | Female, Number (%) | Total, Number (%) | Male, Number (%) | Female, Number (%) | Total, Number (%) | Male, Number (%) | Female, Number (%) | Total, Number (%) | ||
| Students using handwashing facilities, N = 384 | Yes | 64 (33.3) | 81 (42.2) | 145 (75.5) | 63 (32.8) | 74 (38.5) | 137 (71.4) | 127 (33.1) | 155 (40.3) | 282 (73.4) |
| No | 32 (16.7) | 15 (7.8) | 47 (24.5) | 33 (17.2) | 22 (11.5) | 55 (28.6) | 65 (16.9) | 37 (9.6) | 102 (26.6) | |
| No of students who used soap, N = 282 | Yes | 39 (26.9) | 72 (49.7) | 111 (76.6) | 38 (27.8) | 64 (46.7) | 102 (74.5) | 77 (27.3) | 136 (48.2) | 213 (75.5) |
| No | 25 (17.2) | 9 (6.2) | 34 (23.4) | 25 (18.2) | 10 (7.3) | 35 (25.5) | 50 (17.7) | 19 (6.7) | 69 (24.5) | |
| Techniques of handwashing, N = 282 | One hand | 29 (20) | 15 (10.3) | 44 (30.3) | 29 (21.2) | 20 (14.6) | 49 (35.8) | 58 (20.6) | 35(12.4) | 93 (33) |
| Two hands | 35 (24.1) | 66 (45.5) | 101 (69.7) | 34 (24.8) | 54 (39.4) | 88 (64.2) | 69 (24.5) | 120 (42.6) | 189 (67) | |
| The status of handwashing practice, N = 384 | Good | 23 (12) | 42 (21.9) | 65 (33.9) | 25 (13) | 45 (23.4) | 70 (36.5) | 48 (12.5) | 87 (22.7) | 135 (35.2) |
| Poor | 73 (38) | 54 (28.1) | 127 (66.1) | 71 (37) | 51 (26.5) | 122 (63.5) | 144 (37.5) | 105 27.3) | 249 (64.8) | |