Food Safety Practices and Associated Factors among Food Handlers of Fiche Town, North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia

Table 3

Determinants of food safety practice among food handlers working in food and drinking establishments in Fiche town.

Variables	Food safety practice		Wald	Sig.	AOR (95% CI)
	Good	Poor
Sanitary inspection
Yes	161	133	7.05	0.008	1.76 (1.16, 2.69)
No	52	76	1
Medical checkup
Yes	64	25	19.54	0.001	3.16 (1.89, 5.26)
No	149	184	1
Knowledge
Good	95	54	15.95	0.001	2.31 (1.53, 3.48)
Poor	118	155	1
Service year
<1 year	59	102	1
1–5 years	88	86	5.57	0.018	0.27 (0.09, 0.80)
6–10 years	39	6	2.5	0.113	1.75 (0.87, 3.5)
>10 years	27	15	9.87	0.002	3.11 (1.53, 6.31)
Educational status
Illiterate	7	17	1
1–6	53	72	0.35	0.552	1.16 (0.70, 1.93)
7–12	98	81	5.52	0.019	1.91 (1.11, 3.29)
>12	55	39	6.17	0.013	3.42 (1.29, 9.04)

Statistically significant at .