....................................................................................................................................... 8 INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE 1. ....................................................................................11 MATERIAL AND METHOD 2. ...................................................................................................15 2.1 Sampling ...........................................................................................................................15 2.2 Implementation ...........................................................................................................17 2.3 Classification of Variables ............................................................................................18 2.4 Statistical Method ..........................................................................................................18 3. FINDINGS ..................................................................................................................................19 3.1 Descriptive Variations ...................................................................................................19 3.2 The number of daily hand washing .......................................................................20 3.3 The materials used by the hand washing process .............................................21 3.4 Some habits according the hand washing ...........................................................22 3.5 Some behavior according the hand washing .....................................................26 3.6 The reasons why they do not wash their hands although they have to ....28 3.7 The results of bivariate and multivariate analysis ..............................................29 4. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION .......................................................................................39 4.1 Hand washing habits ....................................................................................................39 4.2 Determinants of handwashing behavior ..............................................................44 4. 3 Handwashing promotion ..........................................................................................49 4.4 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................51 BIBLIOGRAPHY .............................................................................................................................52