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Table 4 Distribution of respondent’s hygiene behaviour outcome by motivational factors in Mereb-Leke District, Tigray Region, Ethiopia March 2013

From: Assessment of factors influencing hygiene behaviour among school children in Mereb-Leke District, Northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Hygiene behaviour outcome

Positive (%)

Negative (%)

Mother educational status:

  

Unable read and write

192 (64.6)

105 (35.4)

Primary/secondary/complete and above

134 (58)

97 (42)

Father educational status:

  

Unable read and write

88 (60.3)

58 (39.7)

Primary/secondary/complete and above

238 (62.3)

144 (37.7)

Occupational status:

  

Farmer

210 (65.6)

110 (34.4)

Merchants and gov’t employees

116 (55.8)

92 (44.2)

Parents health package:

  

Graduated and/or involved

198 (61.7)

123 (38.3)

Neither graduated nor involved

128 (61.8)

79 (38.2)

Training hygiene and sanitation:

  

Yes

158 (60.3)

104 (39.7)

No

168 (63.2)

98 (36.8)

Visit model school:

  

Yes

129 (62)

79 (38)

No

197 (61.6)

123 (38.4)

Hygiene and sanitation membership:

  

Yes

167 (61.2)

106 (38.8)

No

125 (61.6)

78 (38.4)