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Table 3 Vendor food safety knowledge demographics

From: Food safety knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of street food vendors and consumers in Handan, a third tier city in China

Characteristic

Score

<  50

50–75

> 75

Mean ± SD

Range

Sex

 Female

18 (18)

21 (21)

5 (5)

53 ± 16

28–94

 Male

10 (10)

33 (33)

13 (13)

61 ± 16

22–89

Age (year)

 18–25

7 (7)

8 (8)

5 (5)

58 ± 16

33–94

 26–35

7 (7)

16 (16)

6 (6)

61 ± 15

28–89

 36–45

11 (11)

24 (24)

7 (7)

56 ± 15

22–83

 56–60

3 (3)

6 (6)

0 (0)

52 ± 11

28–72

  > 60

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0

 

Education

 Illiterate

5 (5)

10 (10)

0 (0)

51 ± 10

33–72

 Primary school

5 (5)

8 (8)

1 (1)

55 ± 13

28–78

 Middle school

10 (10)

22 (22)

7 (7)

58 ± 16

22–94

 High school

7 (7)

12 (12)

6 (6)

59 ± 16

28–89

 University

1 (1)

2 (2)

3 (3)

69 ± 11

39–83

 Postgraduate

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (1)

50

Food safety training

 Yes

5 (5)

18 (18)

7 (7)

60 ± 16

22–89

 No

23 (23)

36 (36)

11 (11)

56 ± 16

28–94

Work experience (year)

 0–1

5 (5)

4 (4)

3 (3)

59 ± 13

33–83

 1–3

5 (5)

16 (16)

6 (6)

61 ± 16

28–94

 3–5

11 (11)

24 (24)

8 (8)

57 ± 16

22–89

 5–8

5 (5)

8 (8)

1 (1)

53 ± 13

28–78

  > 8

2 (2)

2 (2)

0 (0)

49 ± 10

33–72

Location (district)

 Hanshan

4 (4)

14 (14)

7 (7)

64 ± 15

39–94

 Congtai

5 (5)

18 (18)

2 (2)

57 ± 16

22–89

 Fuxing

10 (10)

8 (8)

7 (7)

56 ± 16

28–89

 HIDZ

9 (9)

14 (14)

2 (2)

53 ± 14

33–83