| Toilet hygiene practices |
Genital infection history |
Test value χ2; p |
| No n (%)* |
Yes n (%)* |
Total n (%)** |
| Genital area cleaning |
| No |
39 (55.7) |
31 (44.3) |
70 (6.6) |
62.263; 0.000c |
| Yes |
881 (89.3) |
106 (10.7) |
987 (93.4) |
| Type of genital area cleaninga |
| Front to backward |
583 (87.1) |
86 (12.9) |
669 (67.8) |
14.350; 0.001b |
| Back to forward |
223 (90.7) |
23 (9.3) |
246 (24.9) |
| Random |
53 (73.6) |
19 (26.4) |
72 (7.3) |
| Agent used for genital area cleaninga |
| Water |
712 (88.6) |
92 (11.4) |
804 (81.5) |
10.170, 0.004b |
| Soap/shampoo |
94 (78.3) |
26 (21.7) |
120 (12.1) |
| Cosmetics |
53 (84.1) |
10 (15.9) |
63 (6.4) |
| Drying genital area |
| No |
79 (66.4) |
40 (33.6) |
119 (11.3) |
48.657; 0.000c |
| Yes |
841 (89.7) |
97 (10.3) |
938 (88.7) |
| Material used for drying the genital area |
| Toilet roll |
862 (88.8) |
109 (11.2) |
971 (91.9) |
30.006; 0.000c |
| Cloth |
58 (67.4) |
28 (32.6) |
86 (8.1) |
| Frequency of cleaning genital area hair |
| At least once in every 15 days |
308 (82.4) |
66 (17.6) |
374 (35.4) |
15.918; 0.000c |
| Monthly |
222 (86.0) |
36 (14.0) |
258 (24.4) |
| Once in 2 months or more |
390 (91.8) |
35 (8.2) |
425 (40.2) |
| Hand washing |
| Doesn’t always pay attention |
55 (74.3) |
19 (25.7) |
74 (7.0) |
12.733; 0.002b |
| Usually after leaving the restroom |
485 (86.9) |
73 (13.1) |
558 (52.8) |
| Before and after using the restroom |
380 (89.4) |
45 (10.6) |
425 (40.2) |
| Total |
920 (87.0) |
137 (13.0) |
1057(100.0) |
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*Percentage by row total, **Percentage by column total