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Non-communicable diseases and infectious diseases closely associated with unhealthy behaviors. The current disease development trend throughout the world is non-communicable disease. According to Basic Health Reasearch of Indonesia (Riskesdas) in 2013, the proportion of household healthy behavior nationally was 32.3%, North Sumatera was 24.6%, while in Samosir district 14.7%. This study aims to analyze the determinants of household healthy behavior in Samosir district in 2016. The research was conducted in three sub-districts; Pangururan, Simanindo and Ronggur Nihuta. The research used quantitative and qualitative research methodologies (mixed method) but in this study only discusses the quantitative research. This study used the cross-sectional design. The sample were 187 housewives with multistage random sampling technique. The results showed health behavior of households in Samosir district was 12.8%. Variables that have a meaningful relationship with household healthy behavior were attitude (p value=0.001; OR=8.79), income (p value=0.001; OR=7.92), and the availability and affordability of health facilities (p value = 0,049; OR=3.32). Attitude is the dominant variable. Health promotion strategies need to be applied as whole to resolve the determinants of household healthy behavior.