Associated factors of handwashing practice at critical times among mothers of under 5 years of children at Kolladiba town, 2020 (n=334)
| Variables/ categories | COR (95% CI) | P value | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Age of mothers (in years) | 20–35 | 1 | – | 1 |
| 36–50 | 0.46 (0.29 to 0.73) | 0.2 | 1.67 (0.76 to 3.61) | |
| 51–70 | 0.23 (0.02 to 2.26) | 0.09 | 1.14 (0.08 to 15.9) | |
| Educational status of mothers | No formal education | 1 | 1 | |
| Primary level | 2.24 (1.11 to 4.54) | 0.08 | 2.58 (0.89 to 7.42) | |
| Secondary level | 3.13 (1.48 to 6.62) | 0.18 | 2.41 (0.67 to 8.69) | |
| College and above | 6.61 (3.65 to 11.9) | 0.02 | 4.93 (1.28 to 19) | |
| Family size | <5 | 2.81 (1.79 to 4.42) | 1.9 (0.9 to 4) | |
| ≥5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Marital status | Single | 1 | 1 | |
| Married | 0.47 (0.16 to 1.38) | 0.88 | 0.84 (0.08 to8.48) | |
| Divorced | 0.5 (0.13 to 2.03) | 0.89 | 1.13 (0.15 to 8.54) | |
| Widowed | 0.3 (0.07 to 1.33) | 0.44 | 0.46 (0.06 to 3.32) | |
| Knowledge | Knowledge | 1.25 (1.15 to 1.36) | 0.001 | 1.26 (1.11 to 1.42) |
| Respondent occupation | Housewife | 1 | 1 | |
| Daily labourer | 0.19 (0.02 to 1.54) | 0.08 | 0.11 (0.01 to 1.27) | |
| Government employed | 2.97 (1.72 to 5.16) | 0.34 | 0.54 (0.16 to 1.89) | |
| Private employed | 3.03 (1.26 to 7.31) | 0.79 | 1.19 (0.33 to 4.290 | |
| Merchant | 1.24 (0.62 to 2.47) | 0.66 | 0.78 (0.27 to 2.29) | |
| Jobless | 3.93 (0.95 to 16.2) | 0.69 | 1.49 (0.2 to 11) | |
| Others | 1.69 (0.45 to 6.24) | 0.83 | 1.29 (0.12 to 13.5) | |
| Husband occupation | Daily labourer | 1 | 1 | |
| Government employed | 0.88 (0.31 to 2.49) | 0.02 | 0.17 (0.04 to 0.76) | |
| Private employed | 0.62 (0.19 to 1.99) | 0.019 | 0.16 (0.04 to 0.75) | |
| Merchant | 0.26 (0.09 to 0.76) | 0.001 | 0.09 (0.02 to 0.37) | |
| Job less | 0.5 (0.06 to 4.47) | 0.69 | 0.55 (0.03 to 9.36) | |
| Others | 0.4 (0.13 to 1.22) | 0.09 | 0.2 (0.03 to 1.28) | |
| Heard about critical times for handwashing | No | 1 | 1 | |
| Yes | 2.4 (0.73 to 8) | 0.18 | 0.3 (0.05 to 1.73) | |
| Have you been visited by a health extension worker | No | 1 | 1 | |
| Yes | 1.4 (0.86 to 2.16) | 0.15 | 1.6 (0.84 to 2.96) | |
| Source of water | River | 1 | 1 | |
| Tap water | 0.46 (0.18 to 1.16) | 0.04 | 0.26 (0.07 to 0.93) | |
| Other | 0.47 (0.03 to 8.59) | 0.73 | 0.46 (0.01 to 36) | |
| Location of health washing facility | Near to latrine | 7.7 (3.3 to 17.8) | 0.001 | 6.17 (2.02 to 18.8) |
| Near to household | 1.5 (0.75 to 2.93) | 0.34 | 1.6 (0.61 to 4.16) | |
| There is no separate place | 1.19 (0.63 to 2.27) | 0.39 | 1.5 (0.6 to 3.7) | |
| There is no handwashing facility | 1 | 1 | ||
The bold values indicate significantly associated independent variables.
AOR, adjusted OR; COR, crude OR.