Variable | Category | Frequency (%) |
Have you heard of Food Hygiene (n = 200) | Yes | 174(87.0) |
No | 26(13.0) | |
*Source of information about Food Hygiene (n = 174) | Television | 67(38.5) |
Health workers | 63(36.2) | |
Radio | 61(35.1) | |
Others | 33(19.0) | |
Lack of good food hygiene as a cause of disease (n = 174) | Yes | 149(85.6) |
No | 7(4.0) | |
Don’t know | 18(10.4) | |
*Food borne diseases (n = 200) | Diarrhoea | 111(55.5) |
Typhoid | 76(38.0) | |
Malaria | 27(13.5) | |
Others | 6(3.0) | |
HIV | 1(0.5) | |
Need for regular Medical check-up (n = 200) | Yes | 137(68.5) |
No | 63(31.5) |