Table 3.
Vendor food safety knowledge demographics
| 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 |