| Perception of safety | Frequency | % |
| No answer/Not sure/Don’t know | 50 | 7.9 |
| Hygienic environment (preparation, sale point) | 135 | 21.4 |
| Hot food/cooked well and served hot | 145 | 23.0 |
| Not giving any health problems | 124 | 19.7 |
| It is not safe-poor handling, served near gutters, kawu (saltpeter) used, coloring used, served hot in plastic bag | 81 | 12.8 |
| It is safe | 43 | 6.8 |
| Cleanliness of vendors | 24 | 3.8 |
| It is not inorganic/no chemicals used by farmers/indigenous foodstuffs used | 13 | 2.1 |
| From the streets safety is questionable | 7 | 1.1 |
| When it satisfies me | 5 | 0.8 |
| Well packaged | 2 | 0.3 |
| Vendors need to be certified and regulated for safety | 2 | 0.3 |
| Total | 631 | 100.0 |