Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, and Food Safety Practices among Street Food Vendors at a Metropolitan District in Ghana: A Cross-sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents.
| Variable | Frequency () | Percentage (%) |
| Age | | | Estimated mean (SD) | 38.23 (±7.74) | | <40 | 232 | 57.1 | 40+ | 174 | 42.9 | Sex | | | Female | 366 | 90.2 | Male | 40 | 9.8 | Educational level | | | No formal education | 85 | 20.9 | Primary | 47 | 11.6 | Junior high school | 118 | 29.1 | Senior high school | 101 | 24.9 | Tertiary | 55 | 13.5 | Marital status | | | Never married | 97 | 23.9 | Married | 258 | 63.6 | Separated/divorced | 22 | 5.4 | Widowed | 29 | 7.1 | Religion | | | Christian | 321 | 79.0 | Muslim | 79 | 19.5 | Traditionalist | 6 | 1.5 | Ethnicity | | | Akan | 223 | 54.9 | Ewe | 59 | 14.5 | Ga/Dangme | 36 | 8.9 | Fante | 25 | 6.2 | Mole-Dagbani | 63 | 15.5 | Family size | | | 1-3 | 129 | 31.8 | 4-5 | 159 | 39.2 | 6-7 | 84 | 20.7 | 8+ | 34 | 8.3 | Duration of food vending | | | Less than 2 months | 32 | 7.9 | 2-4 months | 116 | 28.6 | 4-6 months | 128 | 31.5 | More than 6 months | 130 | 32.0 | Formal training on food vending | | | No | 253 | 62.3 | Yes | 153 | 37.7 |
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Data presented as frequency and percentages.
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