Table 6 Associations of attitude and practices of Orang Asli participants towards intestinal helminth infections with age and gender

Attitude:

–Harmful to people’s health

42(38.2)

29(27.9)

1.5

0.9, 2.8

29(32.2)

42(33.9)

0.9

0.5, 1.6

Practices:

–Washing hands before eating

48(43.6)

49(46.7)

0.9

0.5, 1.5

48(53.3)

49(39.2)

1.8

1.0, 3.1*†

–Washing hands after defecation

63(57.3)

71(67.6)

0.6

0.4, 1.1

64(71.1)

70(56.0)

1.9

1.1, 3.4*†

–Wearing shoes when outside the house

89(80.9)

80(76.2)

1.3

0.7, 2.5

97(77.6)

72(80.9)

1.2

0.6, 2.4

–Washing fruits before consumption

49(44.5)

39(37.1)

1.4

0.8, 2.3

38(42.2)

50(40.0)

1.1

0.6, 1.9

–Washing vegetables before consumption

72(65.5)

76(72.4)

0.7

0.4, 1.3

65(72.2)

83(66.4)

1.3

0.7, 2.4

–Boiling drinking water

33(30.0)

26(24.8)

1.3

0.7, 2.4

30(33.3)

29(23.2)

1.7

0.9, 3.0