Table 1 Comparison of knowledge between consumer groups about Campylobacter, Salmonella and Toxoplasma
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n = 100% total |
n (%) Salmonella is |
n (%) Campylobacter is |
n (%) Toxoplasma is | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Known, but I don’ t know how to protect myself | Known and I know how to protect myself | Unknown | Known, but I don’ t know how to protect myself | Known and I know how to protect myself | Unknown | Known, but I don’ t know how to protect myself | Known and I know how to protect myself | ||
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Female | 500 | 11 (2.2) | 93 (18.6) | 396 (79.2) | 336 (67.2) | 103 (20.6) | 61 (12.2) | 215 (43.0) | 168 (33.6) | 117 (23.4) |
| Male | 508 | 17 (3.3) | 108 (21.3) | 383 (75.4) | 352 (69.3) | 101 (19.9) | 55 (10.8) | 272 (53.5) | 163 (32.1) | 73 (14.4) |
| Age group | ||||||||||
| 16–19 years old | 176 | 16 (9.1) | 63 (35.8) | 97 (55.1) | 141 (80.1) | 18 (10.2) | 17 (9.7) | 135 (76.7) | 21 (11.9) | 20 (11.4) |
| 20–39 years old | 219 | 8 (3.7) | 46 (21.0) | 165 (75.3) | 151 (68.9) | 44 (20.1) | 24 (11.0) | 98 (44.7) | 70 (32.0) | 51 (23.3) |
| 40–59 years old | 451 | 2 (0.4) | 70 (15.5) | 379 (84.0) | 293 (65.0) | 103 (22.8) | 55 (12.2) | 182 (40.4) | 178 (39.5) | 91 (20.2) |
| > 60 years old | 162 | 2 (1.2) | 22 (13.6) | 138 (85.2) | 103 (63.6) | 39 (24.1) | 20 (12.3) | 72 (44.4) | 62 (38.3) | 28 (17.3) |
| Federal state | ||||||||||
| Eastern Germany | 215 | 2 (0.9) | 34 (15.8) | 179 (83.3) | 143 (66.5) | 50 (23.3) | 22 (10.2) | 83 (38.6) | 83 (38.6) | 49 (22.8) |
| Western Germany | 793 | 26 (3.3) | 167 (21.1) | 600 (75.7) | 545 (68.7) | 154 (19.4) | 94 (11.9) | 404 (50.9) | 248 (31.3) | 141 (17.8) |
| Cold cut consumption/week | ||||||||||
| No consumption (never) | 47 | 4 (8.5) | 7 (14.9) | 36 (76.6) | 37 (78.7) | 6 (12.8) | 4 (8.5) | 27 (57.4) | 9 (19.1) | 11 (23.4) |
| Rare to frequent (< 1/week up to 3–4/week) | 582 | 20 (3.4) | 119 (20.4) | 443 (76.1) | 403 (69.2) | 113 (19.4) | 66 (11.3) | 285 (49.0) | 185 (31.8) | 112 (19.2) |
| Very common (5–6/week or daily) | 379 | 4 (1.1) | 75 (19.8) | 300 (79.2) | 248 (65.4) | 85 (22.4) | 46 (12.1) | 175 (46.2) | 37 (36.1) | 67 (17.7) |
| Meat consumption/week | ||||||||||
| No consumption (never) | 35 | 2 (5.7) | 4 (11.4) | 29 (82.9) | 25 (71.4) | 7 (20.0) | 3 (8.6) | 17 (48.6) | 10 (28.6 | 8 (22.9) |
| Rare to frequent (< 1/week up to 3–4/week) | 784 | 19 (2.4) | 148 (18.9) | 617 (78.7) | 546 (69.6) | 151 (19.3) | 87 (11.1) | 390 (49.7) | 255 (32.5) | 139 (17.7) |
| Very common (5-6x/week or daily) | 379 | 7 (3.7) | 49 (25.9) | 133 (70.4) | 117 (61.9) | 46 (24.39) | 26 (13.8) | 80 (42.3) | 66 (34.9) | 43 (22.8) |
| Level of education | ||||||||||
| No certificate or lower secondary school certificate | 108 | 4 (3.7) | 28 (25.9) | 76 (70.4) | 85 (78.7) | 13 (12.0) | 10 (9.3) | 71 (65.7) | 28 (25.9) | 9 (8.3) |
| Secondary school certificate | 878 | 23 (2.6) | 165 (18.8) | 690 (78.6) | 587 (66.9) | 188 (21.4) | 103 (11.7) | 404 (46.0) | 298 (33.9) | 176 (20.0) |
| Size of the main residence (number of inhabitants) | ||||||||||
| Rural community (< 5000 inhabitants) | 158 | 2 (1.3) | 36 (22.8) | 120 (75.9) | 111 (70.3) | 28 (17.7) | 19 (12.0) | 68 (43.0) | 53 (33.5) | 37 (23.4) |
| Small-size town (between 5000 and less than 20,000) | 220 | 10 (4.5) | 47 (21.4) | 163 (74.1) | 157 (71.4) | 40 (18.2) | 23 (10.5) | 113 (51.4) | 70 (31.8) | 37 (16.8) |
| `Mid-size town (between 20,000 and less than 100,000) | 264 | 7 (2.7) | 54 (20.5) | 203 (76.9) | 175 (66.3) | 58 (22.0) | 31 (11.7) | 124 (47.0) | 94 (35.6) | 46 (17.4) |
| Metropolis (100,000 and more) | 332 | 6 (1.8) | 55 (16.6) | 271 (81.6) | 220 (66.3) | 75 (22.6) | 37 (11.1) | 161 (48.5) | 108 (32.5) | 63 (19.0) |
| Children in the household | ||||||||||
| At least 1 child | 337 | 17 (5.0) | 87 (25.8) | 233 (69.1) | 229 (68.0) | 67 (19.9) | 41 (12.2) | 162 (48.1) | 89 (26.4) | 86 (25.5) |
| No children | 654 | 11 (1.7) | 109 (16.7) | 534 (81.7) | 444 (67.9) | 136 (20.8) | 74 (11.3) | 315 (48.2) | 236 (36.1) | 103 (15.7) |
| Monthly household income after taxes | ||||||||||
| Low income (< 1500€) | 252 | 12 (4.8) | 62 (24.6) | 178 (70.6) | 179 (71.0) | 46 (18.3) | 27 (10.7) | 133 (52.8) | 81 (32.1) | 38 (15.1) |
| Middle income (1500 < 3600€) | 418 | 7 (1.7) | 65 (15.6) | 346 (82.8) | 277 (66.3) | 93 (22.2) | 48 (11.5) | 177 (42.3) | 155 (37.1) | 86 (20.6) |
| High income (> 3600€) | 176 | 1 (0.6) | 33 (18.8) | 142 (80.7) | 111 (63.1) | 44 (25.0) | 21 (11.9) | 75 (42.6) | 62 (35.2) | 39 (22.2) |
| Occupational groups | ||||||||||
| Actor in the food chain | 117 | 7 (6.0) | 25 (21.4) | 85 (72.6) | 64 (54.7) | 31 (26.5) | 22 (18.8) | 54 (46.2) | 34 (29.1) | 29 (24.8) |
| Not an actor in the food chain | 891 | 21 (2.4) | 176 (19.8) | 694 (77.9) | 624 (70.0) | 173 (19.4) | 94 (10.5) | 433 (48.6) | 297 (33.3) | 161 (18.1) |
| Veterinarian | ||||||||||
| Yes | 12 | 1 (8.3) | 4 (33.3) | 7 (58.3) | 2 (16.7) | 4 (33.3) | 6 (50.0) | 3 (25.0) | 4 (33.3) | 5 (41.7) |
| No | 996 | 27 (2.7) | 197 (19.8) | 772 (77.5) | 686 (68.9) | 200 (20.1) | 110 (11.0) | 484 (48.6) | 327 (32.8) | 185 (18.6) |