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Table 1 Proportion of households with at least one observed event of critical times for handwashing, by duration of observations

From: Impact of duration of structured observations on measurement of handwashing behavior at critical times

Variables

Long observation

Short observation

P-value*

 

(n = 49)

(n = 50)

 

Proportion of households with at least one observed event of a critical time

100

96

0.061

Proportion of households with at least one observed food preparation event

78

34

0.001

Proportion of households with at least one observed food serving event

78

50

0.120

Proportion of households with at least one observed eating event

84

20

0.000

Proportion of households with at least one observed feeding event

92

58

0.001

Proportion of households with at least one observed defecation event

6

0

0.057

Proportion of households with at least one observed event of cleaning a child who had defecated

45

8

0.001

  1. *Estimation of significance of difference between long and short observation households takes start time of observation into account.