Knowledge on Food Safety and Food-Handling Practices of Street Food Vendors in Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of Ghana

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of participants.

Variables	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Age group (years)
10–19	23	6.76
20–29	76	22.35
30–39	129	37.94
40–49	76	22.35
50–59	31	9.12
60–69	5	1.47
Sex
Male	31	9.12
Female	309	90.88
Education level
None	53	15.59
Primary	30	8.82
JHS	181	53.24
SHS	69	20.29
Tertiary	7	2.06
Religion
Christian	292	85.88
Islam	48	14.12
Marital status
Single	110	32.35
Married	189	55.59
Separated	15	4.41
Divorced	5	1.47
Cohabitation	9	2.65
Widow	12	3.53
Work experience (years)
0–4	177	52.06
5–9	69	20.29
10–14	56	16.47
15–19	15	4.41
20–24	12	3.53
30–34	11	3.24
Operation time
Morning-evening	226	66.47
Morning-afternoon	63	18.53
Afternoon-evening	22	6.47
Morning only	15	4.41
Afternoon only	3	0.88
Evening only	11	3.24
Ever attended training by the assembly
No	130	38.24
Yes	210	61.76
Recent training attended
This year	112	53.33
Last year	66	31.43
Two years ago	20	9.52
More than three years ago	12	5.71
License for operation
No	57	16.76
Yes	283	83.24
License available at vending site
No	212	74.91
Yes	71	25.09

Source: authors’ construct (2019).