Research Article
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) |
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Statistically significant at . |