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Table 4 Observed handwashing behaviour at all critical times (after defecation, before preparing food, before eating, before serving/feeding another person food, after cleaning a child’s bottom)

From: An exploratory pilot study of the effect of modified hygiene kits on handwashing with soap among internally displaced persons in Ethiopia

Study Arm

Total number of observed possibilities for handwashing with soap

Handwashing with soap prevalence % (n)

P-valuea

Control arm (n = 50)

362

17% (63)

ref

Intervention Arm 1: Liquid (n = 50)

409

20% (82)

0.348

Intervention Arm 2: Scented (n = 51)

385

10% (40)

0.005

Intervention Arm 3: Mirror (n = 52)

302

11% (33)

0.018

  1. aPearson Chi-square test