Table 2 Summary of the findings of this study

Demographic factors

Age (ns), gender (girls > boys), education level (mixed)

Psychological factors

Knowledge (narratively positive), attitude (sig +), risk perception (sig +), social interaction (mixed), psychological well-being (mixed)

Social and environmental factors

Family residence (mixed), family economic status (ns), parental education level (mixed), community/city sanitation levels (narratively positive with PD, FW, and combined behaviors; negative with HH)