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Table 1 Characteristics of survey participants' pre and post intervention from three regions (n 865)

From: Evaluating a handwashing with soap program in Australian remote Aboriginal communities: a pre and post intervention study design

Region

Gender

Agea

Relationship to children living in the houseb

Female

>16- ≤ 25 yrs

26- ≤ 55 yrs

≥56 yrs

Mother

Father

G'mother

Auntie

Otherc

Top End Region

 Round 1 (n = 163)

128 (79 %)

40 (25 %)

98 (60 %)

25 (15 %)

71 (43 %)

16 (10 %)

40 (24 %)

14 (9 %)

21 (13 %)

 Round 2 (n = 165)

124 (75 %)

52 (32 %)

98 (59 %)

15 (9 %)

82 (49 %)

19 (12 %)

18 (11 %)

13 (8 %)

28 (17 %)

Central Australia Region

 Round 1 (n = 162)

120 (74 %)

35 (22 %)

105 (65 %)

20 (12 %)

48 (30 %)

20 (12 %)

49 (30 %)

13 (8 %)

31 (19 %)

 Round 2 (n = 163)

116 (71 %)

50 (31 %)

86 (53 %)

26 (15 %)

55 (35 %)

15 (9 %)

38 (23 %)

15 (9 %)

38 (23 %)

Kimberley Region

 Round 1 (n = 125)

85 (68 %)

46 (37 %)

68 (54 %)

10 (8 %)

36 (29 %)

15 (12 %)

21 (17 %)

12 (10 %)

41 (32 %)

 Round 2 (n = 87)

60 (69 %)

20 (23 %)

51 (59 %)

13 (15 %)

30 (35 %)

10 (11 %)

16 (18 %)

9 (10 %)

22 (25 %)

Total

633(73 %)

243(28 %)

506(58 %)

109(13 %)

322(37 %)

95(11 %)

182(21 %)

76(9 %)

181(21 %)

  1. aMissing data: Central Australia Round 1–2 (1 %) and Round 2–1 (1 %); Kimberley Round 1–1 (1 %) and Round 2–3 (3 %);
  2. bMissing data: Top End Round 1–1 (<1 %) & Round 2–5 (3 %); Central Australia Round 1–1 (<1 %) and Round 2–2 (1 %);
  3. cIncludes Grandfather, brother, sister, uncle, foster-mother, and other not specified