Question # 8

Using the scale, can you tell me how often you do any of the following things when preparing food?

Always

%

Most of the time %

Sometimes

%

Rarely

%

Never

%

No response %

(a) Wash your hands after touching raw chicken/meat

Male

28.3*

4.4

0.5

0.5

1.5

1.0

Female

58.0*

3.9

0.0

0.0

2.0

0.0

(b) Wash your hands after touching raw meats or fish

Male

30.2*

2.9

1.0

1.5

0.0

0.5

Female

56.1*

3.9

2.0

2.0

0.0

0.0

(c) Use separate cuttings boards or knives for just raw chicken meat

Male

21.0*

2.9

2.9

2.9

4.9

1.0

Female

29.8*

11.7

12.7

4.9

5.4

0.0

(d) Rinse cutting boards, knives and plates used for raw chicken before using them for other food

Male

22.9

5.4

3.4

1.5

1.5*

1.0

Female

54.1

6.3

1.5

0.5

2.0*

0.0

(e) Leave cold food out of the fridge for more than 4 hours

Male

1.0

2.4

10.7

12.2

9.3*

0.0

Female

2.9

2.0

17.6

21.0

21.0*

0.0

(f) Put cooked meats back into the same plates used to store raw meats without washing them first

Male

1.0

1.0

1.5

3.4

28.3*

0.5

Female

1.5

1.5

2.4

4.4

54.1*

0.0

(g) Pour marinades that contained raw meat over cooked meat

Male

0.5

2.0

3.9

2.4

26.3*

1.0

Female

1.5

1.5

3.4

6.8

49.8*

1.0

(h) Leave hot foods at room temperature for more than 4 hours

Male

4.4

6.8

13.2

8.8

2.4*

0.0

Female

6.3

10.2

23.4

14.1

9.8*

0.5

(i) Defrost frozen foods outside the refrigerator

Male

12.2

9.3

9.8

1.5

2.0*

0.5

Female

22.0

19.5

12.7

5.9

3.4*

1.0