Research Article
Food Safety Practices and Associated Factors among Food Handlers of Fiche Town, North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of food handlers working in food and drink establishment in Fiche town (n = 422).
| Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
| Sex | Male | 120 | 28.4 | Female | 302 | 71.6 |
| Age | ≤20 | 92 | 21.8 | 21–30 | 274 | 64.9 | 31–40 | 49 | 11.6 | >40 | 7 | 1.7 |
| Educational status | Illiterate | 24 | 5.7 | Grades 1–6 | 125 | 29.6 | Grades 7–12 | 179 | 42.4 | Grades >12 | 94 | 22.3 |
| Marital status | Single | 269 | 63.7 | Married | 136 | 32.2 | Divorced | 17 | 4 |
| Service year of food handlers | <1 year | 161 | 38.2 | 1–5 years | 174 | 41.2 | 6–10 years | 45 | 10.7 | >10 years | 42 | 9.9 |
| Food handler’s monthly income (in birr) | 500–1000 | 97 | 23 | 1001–1500 | 199 | 47.2 | >1500 | 126 | 29.8 |
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