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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of food handlers, Chagni Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 400)

From: The prevalence of intestinal parasite infection and associated factors among food handlers in eating and drinking establishments in Chagni Town, Northwest Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percent

Sex

 Male

106

26.50

 Female

294

73.50

Age

 < 22 years

120

30.00

 22–25 years

99

24.75

 26–28 years

83

20.75

 > 28 years

98

24.50

Marital status

 Single

228

57.0

 Married

163

40.80

 Others*

9

2.30

Ethnicity

 Amhara

151

37.75

 Awi

246

61.50

 Others**

3

0.75

Religion

 Orthodox

369

92.30

 Muslim

31

7.80

Educational status

 Illiterate

41

10.30

 Primary school

195

48.80

 Secondary school and above

164

41.00

Responsibility

 Cooker

46

11.50

 Waiter and/dish washer

142

35.50

 Serving both

212

53.00

Work experience

 < 1 year

73

18.30

 1–2 years

144

36.00

 Above 2 years

183

45.80

Monthly salary (Ethiopian Birr)

 < 500

122

30.50

 500–700

85

21.25

 701–1000

146

36.50

 > 1000

47

11.75

  1. Others*—divorced and widowed, Others**—Oromo and Shinasha