Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of street food vendors and food handlers in food establishments from December 2013 to June 2014, Dessie town, Ethiopia.

Socio-demographic Variables	Street food vendors (n = 19)	Food handlers in food establishments (n = 116)	Total
Sex
Women	19 (100%)	93 (80%)	112 (83%)
Men	0 (0%)	23 (20%)	23 (17%)
Age
<18 years	4 (21%)	6 (5.2%)	10 (7.4%)
≥18 years	15 (79%)	110 (95%)	125 (93%)
Marital status
Single	11 (58%)	76 (66%)	87 (64%)
Married	6 (32%)	27 (23%)	33 (24%)
Divorced	2 (10%)	12 (10%)	14 (10%)
Widowed	0 (0%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.7%)
Religion
Orthodox	9 (47%)	75 (65%)	84 (62%)
Muslim	10 (53%)	35 (30%)	45 (33%)
Protestant	0 (0%)	4 (3.4%)	4 (3.1%)
Others	0 (0%)	2 (1.7%)	2 (1.5%)
Educational status
Illiterate	2 (11%)	15 (13%)	17 (13%)
Grade 1–4	1 (5.3%)	6 (5.2%)	7 (5.2%)
Grade 5–8	8 (42%)	34 (29%)	42 (31%)
Grade 9–12	6 (32%)	50 (43%)	56 (41%)
College/above	2 (10%)	11 (9.5%)	13 (9.6%)
Average monthly income
≤21 US$	18 (95%)	61 (53%)	79 (58%)
>21 US$	1 (5.3%)	55 (47%)	56 (42%)