Epidemiological investigation on hand hygiene knowledge and behaviour: a cross-sectional study on gender disparity

Table 3 Possible predictors on knowledge towards hand hygiene using regression analyses (final model)

Model	Variables entered	Unstandardized coefficients		t	Sig.	Adjusted R²	F value (df) (Sig.)
Model	Variables entered	Beta	Std error	t	Sig.	Adjusted R²	F value (df) (Sig.)
	(Constant)	6.806	0.342	19.919	0.000	.141	F(5, 809) = 27.781, p < 0.001***
	Gender	0.288	0.125	2.314	0.021
	Age group (30–49)	0.268	0.123	2.183	0.029
	Age group (60 or above)	−0.450	0.214	−2.108	0.035
	Education level (Secondary)	1.825	0.330	5.525	0.000
	Education level (Tertiary or above)	2.482	0.325	7.628	0.000

Dependent variable: Total correct in knowledge questionnaire towards hand hygiene
Gender: Female (using male as the referent)
Age group (30–49), Age group (60 or above) (using age 18–29 as referent)
Education level (Secondary), Education level (Tertiary or above) (using primary school or below as referent)

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