Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of food handlers working in different food service establishments in Gondar.

Variables	Level	Hotels n (%)	Restaurant n (%)	Bar and restaurant n (%)	Tea and breakfast n (%)	Total n (%)
Age	≤20	2 (10.53)	5 (26.32)	4 (21.05)	8 (42.11)	19 (100.00)
	21–30	71 (47.33)	59 (39.33)	7 (4.67)	13 (8.67)	150 (100.00)
	31–40	54 (35.53)	60 (39.47)	9 (5.92)	29 (19.08)	152 (100.00)
	41–50	6 (31.58)	2 (10.53)	0 (0.00)	11 (57.89)	19 (100.00)
	>50	7 (70.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	3 (30.00)	10 (100.00)
Sex	Female	127 (39.81)	120 (37.62)	18 (5.64)	54 (16.93)	319 (100.00)
	Male	13 (41.94)	6 (19.35)	2 (6.45)	10 (32.26)	31 (100.00)
Educational level	Illiterate	55 (33.95)	72 (44.44)	15 (9.260)	20 (12.350)	162 (100.00)
	Primary level	53 (42.40)	39 (31.20)	5 (4.00)	28 (22.40)	125 (100.00)
	Secondary and above	32 (50.79)	15 (23.81)	0 (0.000)	16 (25.40)	63 (100.00)
Marital status	Married	46 (38.33)	48 (40.00)	13 (10.83)	13 (10.83)	120 (100.00)
	Single	114 (45.60)	78 (31.20)	7 (2.80)	51 (20.400)	250 (100.00)
Income per month in Birr	<1000	0 (0.00)	1 (33.33)	0 (0)	2 (66.67)	3 (100.00)
	1001–2000	83 (41.92)	63 (31.82)	11 (5.56)	41 (20.71)	198 (100.00)
	2001–4000	46 (35.380)	58 (44.62)	7 (5.38)	19 (14.62)	130 (100.00)
	>4000	11 (57.890)	4 (21.05)	2 (10.53)	2 (10.53)	19 (100.00)
Type of latrine	Private	140 (41.30)	124 (36.58)	20 (5.90)	55 (16.22)	339 (100.00)
	Public	0 (0.00)	2 (18.18)	0 (0.00)	9 (81.82)	11 (100.00)
Water source	Pipe	140 (40.00)	126 (36.00)	20 (5.71)	64 (18.29)	350 (100.00)
Food service utensils washing style	By water with detergents	140 (40.00)	126 (36.00)	20 (5.71)	64 (18.29)	350 (100.00)
Municipality role in waste disposal	Present	70 (43.21)	45 (27.78)	20 (12.35)	27 (16.67)	162 (100.00)
	Absent	70 (37.23)	81 (43.09)	0 (0.00)	37 (19.68)	188 (100.00)