Table 4.

Relationship between the scores obtained for knowledge, attitudes and practices of food handlers

Characteristic (n = 172)	Knowledge			Attitudes		Practices
	n	Mean ± SD	p	Mean ± SD	p	Mean ± SD	p
Gender			0.670		0.670		0.226
Female	166	7.10 ± 1.22		9.42 ± 0.99		47.17 ± 3.83
Male	6	7.83 ± 1.33		9.33 ± 0.82		49.17 ± 2.04
Age (years)			0.598		0.088		0.433
18–39	51	7.04 ± 1.50		9.35 ± 0.63		47.78 ± 2.56
40–49	77	7.17 ± 1.12		9.35 ± 1.01		47.06 ± 4.40
> 50	43	7.16 ± 1.05		9.23 ± 1.231		46.86 ± 3.9
Education Level			0.154		0.030a		0.937
Elementary School	69	6.9 ± 1.20		9.17 ± 1.19a		47.13 ± 3.37
High School	99	7.26 ± 1.25		9.58 ± 0.80b		47.27 ± 4.14
University Education	3	7.67 ± 0.58		9.67 ± 0.58ab		48.00 ± 2.65
Experience (years)			0.036a		0.472		0.995
Until 5	68	6.88 ± 1.38a		9.51 ± 0.84		47.19 ± 3.50
6 a 10	53	7.45 ± 1.25b		9.32 ± 1.22		47.32 ± 4.44
Equal or more than 11 years	51	7.10 ± 0.88ab		9.37 ± 0.90		47.25 ± 3.56
Training participationa			0.117		0.570		0.869
Until 3 times	44	6.93 ± 1.34		9.41 ± 0.88		47.16 ± 3.69
4 times or more	128	7.19 ± 1.18		9.41 ± 1.02		47.27 ± 3.85
Time until last training			0.039a		0.001a		0.318
3 months	89	7.25 ± 1.26a		9.64 ± 0.67a		47.67 ± 2.90
6 months	68	7.10 ± 1.14ab		9.07 ± 1.25b		46.84 ± 4.64
1 year or more	14	6.36 ± 1.28b		9.41 ± 0.97ab		47.27 ± 3.79

SD standard deviation; p: value of significance. Means followed by the same letter do not differ from each other, by the Tukey test (p < 0.05)

^a since food handler started in this job