Table 4.
Distribution of consumers’ attitude towards the safety of foods sold by the food trucks.
| Attitude towards Safety of Foods Sold by Food Trucks | p-Value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Neutral | Positive | |||||
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Age in years | 0.507 $ | ||||||
| 18–25 | 17 | 3.5% | 152 | 31.5% | 313 | 64.9% | |
| 26–34 | 4 | 1.8% | 81 | 37.3% | 132 | 60.8% | |
| 35–44 | 4 | 3.0% | 39 | 29.1% | 91 | 67.9% | |
| 45–54 | 2 | 2.9% | 22 | 31.4% | 46 | 65.7% | |
| 55+ | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 16.7% | 15 | 83.3% | |
| Gender | 0.104 | ||||||
| Male | 15 | 3.9% | 113 | 29.1% | 260 | 67.0% | |
| Female | 12 | 2.3% | 184 | 34.5% | 337 | 63.2% | |
| Marital status | 0.346 | ||||||
| Single | 20 | 3.4% | 192 | 32.7% | 376 | 63.9% | |
| Married | 4 | 1.4% | 90 | 32.0% | 187 | 66.5% | |
| Divorced/widow | 3 | 5.8% | 15 | 28.8% | 34 | 65.4% | |
| Nationality | 0.963 | ||||||
| Saudi | 26 | 2.9% | 284 | 32.2% | 573 | 64.9% | |
| Non-Saudi | 1 | 2.6% | 13 | 34.2% | 24 | 63.2% | |
| Educational level | 0.523 | ||||||
| Below secondary | 0 | 0.0% | 11 | 25.0% | 33 | 75.0% | |
| Secondary | 8 | 3.2% | 84 | 34.0% | 155 | 62.8% | |
| University/above | 19 | 3.0% | 202 | 32.1% | 409 | 64.9% | |
| Job title | 0.219 | ||||||
| Not employed | 4 | 3.2% | 44 | 34.9% | 78 | 61.9% | |
| Non-health care workers | 12 | 2.6% | 148 | 32.0% | 303 | 65.4% | |
| Healthcare workers | 11 | 3.7% | 99 | 33.7% | 184 | 62.6% | |
| Retired | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 15.8% | 32 | 84.2% | |
| Monthly income | 0.021 * | ||||||
| <5000 SR | 6 | 4.7% | 36 | 28.3% | 85 | 66.9% | |
| 5000–15,000 SR | 16 | 3.5% | 163 | 36.1% | 272 | 60.3% | |
| >15,000 SR | 5 | 1.5% | 98 | 28.6% | 240 | 70.0% | |
$: Exact probability test; * p < 0.05 (significant).