Research Article
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 |
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Source: authors’ construct (2019).
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