• SHIBENDU BANERJEE
• DR. MANDIRA GHOSH

Hygiene is fundamental to good health practices and it needs to be taught in a way which will be quite interesting along with fun and merriment. This work deals with the awareness about hygiene habits and its applicability. The study is based on self-administered questionnaire among the 100 upper primary level students in Purba Barddhaman district. All data were analysed using SPSS version 20 , M.S. Excel 2010. In this study it has been found that the relation between awareness and practices about hygiene habits is highly positive, but total awareness is not transformed into habit. There is no significant difference in awareness about hygiene habits between boys and girls, but difference exists between rural and urban areas. It is also found that no significant difference exists between boys and girls in respect of hygiene practices, but there is significant differences in hygiene practices between rural and urban area.

Hygiene, Hygiene awareness, Hygiene practices, Upper primary level

"AWARENESS ABOUT HYGIENE HABITS AND ITS APPLICABILITY AMONG THE UPPER PRIMARY LEVEL STUDENTS OF PURBA BARDDHAMAN DISTRICT.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.1-9, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812201.pdf

"AWARENESS ABOUT HYGIENE HABITS AND ITS APPLICABILITY AMONG THE UPPER PRIMARY LEVEL STUDENTS OF PURBA BARDDHAMAN DISTRICT.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp1-9, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812201.pdf