Assessment of Food Safety and Food Handling Practice Knowledge among College of Basic Education Students, Kuwait

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the study (n = 585).

Demographic characteristics of the study		n	%
Age	≤ 21 years	408	69.7
	Between 22 and 27 years	144	24.6
	≥ 28 years	33	5.6
Gender	Male	256	43.8
	Female	329	56.2
Field of study	Science and technology	107	18.3
	Humanities and others	243	41.5
	Physical education and sport	61	10.4
	Applied arts and music	174	29.7
Year of study	First year	126	21.5
	Second year	218	37.3
	Third year	148	25.3
	Fourth year or more	93	15.9
Marital status	Single	470	80.3
	Married/divorced	115	19.6
Students have children	Yes	49	8.4
	No	536	91.6
Number of children (n = 49)	1-2 children	27	55.1
	3-4 and more children	22	44.9
Number of children	Average (2.69 ± 1.7) minimum 1–maximum 7
Governorate	Al Ahmadi	120	20.5
	Capital	62	10.6
	Farwaniya	75	12.8
	Hawali	76	13.0
	Jahra	146	25.0
	Mubarek Alkabeer	106	18.1
Nationality	Kuwaiti	525	89.7
	Non-Kuwaiti	60	10.3
Mother’s employment	Works	207	35.4
	Retired	134	22.9
	Housewife	244	41.7
Cooking habits	All the time	60	10.3
	Sometimes	330	56.4
	Rarely	154	26.3
	Never	41	7.0
Who prepares and cooks in your family?	By myself	41	7.0
	Mother/wife	247	42.2
	Housekeeper	275	47.0
	Others	22	3.8
Sources of food safety information	Internet and social media	219	49.6
	Parent	211	36.1
	Doctors	186	32.8
	Friends	62	10.6
	Textbooks	23	3.9
	I do not know	16	2.7
	TV	15	2.6
	Government	7	1.2

n: number of respondents.