Knowledge, Attitude, and Food Safety Practices among Street Food Vendors at a Metropolitan District in Ghana: A Cross-sectional Study

Table 7

Multivariable analysis of factors affecting the attitude of food vendors.

Variable	Negative attitude ()	cOR (95% CI)	value	aOR (95% CI)	value
Age (years)
<40 (Ref)	99 (48.1)	1.00	—	1.00	—
>40	107 (51.9)	2.15 (1.44-3.20)	<0.001	1.52 (0.90-2.56)	0.118
Educational level
No formal education (Ref)	60 (29.1)	1.00	—	1.00	—
Primary	35 (17.0)	1.22 (0.54-2.72)	0.635	1.99 (0.82-4.84)	0.130
Junior high school	56 (27.2)	0.38 (0.21-0.68)	0.001	0.65 (0.32-1.30)	0.220
Senior high school	30 (14.6)	0.18 (0.09-0.33)	<0.001	0.37 (0.17-0.82)	0.014
Tertiary	25 (12.1)	0.35 (0.17-0.70)	0.003	0.75 (0.29-1.96)	0.554
Marital status
Single (Ref)	44 (21.4)	1.00	—	1.00	—
Married	127 (61.6)	1.17 (0.73-1.87)	0.516	0.72 (0.41-1.25)	0.238
Separated/divorced	12 (5.8)	1.45 (0.57-3.66)	0.437	0.66 (0.23-1.94)	0.499
Widow	23 (11.2)	4.62 (1.73-12.34)	0.002	1.45 (0.46-4.58)	0.523
Training on food safety
No (Ref)	152 (73.8)	1.00	—	1.00	—
Yes	54 (26.2)	0.36 (0.24-9.55)	<0.001	0.50 (0.29-0.84)	0.010
Knowledge level
Low (Ref)	169 (82.0)	1.00	—	1.00	—
High	37 (18.0)	0.31 (0.19-0.49)	<0.001	0.33 (0.20-0.54)	<0.001

Ref: reference; cOR: crude odds ratio; aOR: adjusted odds ratio. was considered statistically significant, and bolded values are significant.