Personal hygiene variables

Category

Frequency

Percentage

Periodicity of bathing of body (in days)

1-7         

7-14

15-30 days           

more than a month

353

18

99

25          

71.3

3.6

20.0       

5.1         

Detergents used during bathing

With water and soap

With water only

321

174

64.8

35.2

Bathed someone else in the previous 6 weeks

No

Yes

449

46

90.7

9.3

Wash your clothes

No

Yes

6

489

1.2

98.8

Shortening of nails when it grow

No

Yes

224

271

45.3

54.7

Frequency of changing clothes

Every day

Every other day

Every week

Every two week

More than a month

12

26

238

198

21

2.4

5.3

48.1

40.0

4.2