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| Questions on food safety-related activities | Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Most of the time | Always |
| (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
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| (1) Do you wash your hands before handling and cooking food with soap and water | 39 (9.1) | 80 (18.6) | 88 (20.5) | 82 (19.1) | 140 (32.6) |
| (2) Do you cover your hands with cut/sore before preparing food | 52 (12.1) | 69 (16.1) | 76 (17.7) | 63 (14.7) | 169 (39.4) |
| (3) Do you wash your hands with soap and water after you touch the raw meat, poultry, and seafood | 13 (3.0) | 55 (12.8) | 79 (18.4) | 93 (21.7) | 189 (44.1) |
| (4) Before using cooked food, you wash plates used for raw meat, poultry, and seafood | 32 (7.5) | 57 (13.3) | 85 (19.8) | 85 (19.8) | 170 (39.6) |
| (5) Using the same cutting board for raw meat, poultry, seafood, and vegetables | 95 (22.1) | 80 (18.6) | 59 (13.8) | 80 (18.6) | 115 (26.8) |
| (6) Using frozen meat thawed in the morning to cook in the evening | 77 (17.9) | 69 (16.1) | 84 (19.6) | 70 (16.3) | 129 (30.1) |
| (7) Left cooked food near the counter, to be used the next day | 77 (17.9) | 62 (14.5) | 103 (24.0) | 81 (18.9) | 106 (24.7) |
| (8) Store eggs at room temperature | 106 (24.7) | 61 (14.2) | 88 (20.5) | 77 (17.9) | 97 (22.6) |
| (9) Using hot and soapy water after food preparation to disinfect countertops | 59 (13.8) | 68 (15.9) | 69 (16.1) | 88 (20.5) | 145 (33.8) |
| (10) To determine the temperature of the refrigerator, use the thermometer | 190 (44.3) | 59 (13.8) | 71 (16.6) | 48 (11.2) | 61 (14.2) |
| (11) Using a thermometer to assess if the food is fully cooked | 227 (52.9) | 51 (1.9) | 52 (12.1) | 51 (11.9) | 48 (11.2) |
| (12) To decide whether leftovers have been reheated, use a thermometer | 48 (11.2) | 51 (11.9) | 52 (12.1) | 51 (11.9) | 227 (52.9) |
| (13) Eating runny yolk eggs or items containing crude eggs | 73 (17.0) | 57 (13.3) | 57 (13.3) | 67 (15.6) | 175 (40.8) |
| (14) After 3-4 days, should you discard refrigerated leftovers | 49 (11.4) | 65 (15.2) | 77 (17.9) | 83 (19.3) | 155 (36.1) |
| (15) Check sale by and used by dates when you buy foodstuffs | 101 (23.5) | 54 (12.6) | 74 (17.2) | 67 (15.6) | 133 (31.0) |
| (16) Clean your hands before cooking foodstuffs | 49 (11.4) | 65 (15.2) | 77 (17.9) | 83 (19.3) | 155 (36.1) |
| (17) Do you wash your hands before washing the utensils of food | 19 (4.4) | 47 (11.0) | 66 (15.4) | 94 (21.9) | 203 (47.3) |
| (18) Do you wash your hands after the toilet | 35 (8.2) | 47 (11.0) | 79 (18.4) | 83 (19.3) | 185 (43.1) |
| (19) After counting money, do you wash your hands? | 65 (15.2) | 68 (15.9) | 83 (19.3) | 90 (21.0) | 123 (28.7) |
| (20) After handling dirty things, do you wash your hands? | 36 (8.4) | 58 (13.5) | 71 (16.6) | 78 (18.2) | 186 (43.4) |
| Overall practice | Good | 132 | 30.8 |
| Moderate | 170 | 39.6 |
| Poor | 127 | 29.6 |
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