Table 1 Biographic information of hospital food handlers (N = 210)
From: An assessment of the food safety knowledge and attitudes of food handlers in hospitals
Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | Â |
 Female | 167(79.5) |
 Male | 43(20.5) |
Race | |
 African | 209(99.5) |
 White | 1(0.5) |
 Indian | 0 |
 Coloured | 0 |
 Asian/others | 0 |
Age | |
 18–25 years | 73(34.8) |
 26–35 years | 44(21) |
 36–45 years | 50(23.8) |
 46–55 years | 24(11.4) |
 56–65 | 19(9) |
Marital status | |
 Single | 136(64.8) |
 Married | 65(31) |
 Divorced | 3(1.4) |
 Widowed | 4(1.9) |
 Separated | 2(1) |
Level of education | |
 Below matric certificate | 24(11.4) |
 Matric certificate | 53(25.2) |
 Certificate/Diploma | 70(33.3) |
 Higher certificate/Higher diploma | 12(5.7) |
 Bachelor’s degree/Postgraduate certificate | 51(24.3) |