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| Total n | Mean or % |
| Behavioral constructs |
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| Knowledge: Knows when to wash own hands |
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| After latrine use (yes) | 5000 | 79.0 |
| After assisting a child who has defecated (yes) | 5000 | 31.4 |
| Before preparing food (yes) | 5000 | 48.1 |
| Before eating food (yes) | 5000 | 74.8 |
| Before feeding a child (yes) | 5000 | 30.2 |
| After cleaning the compound (yes) | 5000 | 20.2 |
| After contact with animal feces (yes) | 5000 | 8.3 |
| Index for knows when to wash own hands (mean) | 5000 | 2.9 |
| Knowledge: Knows when to wash child’s hands |
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| After a nappy change or toilet use | 5000 | 20.8 |
| After playing in the yard | 5000 | 26.1 |
| Before feeding/eating time | 5000 | 65.8 |
| When hands are visibly dirty | 5000 | 40.0 |
| Baby’s hands don’t need to be washed | 5000 | 8.1 |
| Index for knows when to wash child’s hands (mean) | 5000 | 1.6 |
| Knowledge: Knows water and soap are needed to wash hands | 5000 | 13.1 |
| Subjective norms: Mother thinks female friends wash their hands after cleaning baby’s bottom (mean; range: 0 = all female friends through 5 = none of them) | 5000 | 3.7 |
| Perceived behavioral control: Able to keep child out of the dirt (1 = able, 2 = neither able nor unable, 3 = unable; mean) | 4952 | 1.8 |
| Beliefs: Understands how ingestion of soil or feces affects child’s health (higher score = more accurate information; mean) | 5000 | 5.1 |
| WASH access |
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| Can afford to buy soap (yes) | 4943 | 57.6 |
| Access to a hand washing station (yes) | 5000 | 3.2 |
| Toilet shared among community members (no) | 4994 | 22.0 |
| WASH practices (Hygiene) |
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| Cleans own hands after cleaning baby’s bottom |
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| Frequently | 4911 | 48.9 |
| Sometimes/rarely or never |
| 51.1 |
| Where family members most often wash their hands (range: 0 = no place, 6 = every place specified in questionnaire) | 4764 | 0.4 |
| WASH practices (Sanitation and environmental cleaning) |
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| Infant\child feces are disposed of in a safe place | 5000 | 75.0 |
| Mother has not seen child eat soil (last month vs. before) | 4996 | 54.2 |
| Spot sanitation check |
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| Area around house is swept | 4929 | 43.9 |
| Floor inside the house is swept | 4430 | 70.9 |
| Has livestock enclosures | 4996 | 11.8 |
| No rubbish in compound | 4949 | 36.2 |
| Appearance of inside of house is clean | 4438 | 71.4 |