Table 2: Personal hygiene among primary school students in Raya Alamata District, June, 2018 (n = 495).
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 |