Research Article

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

Table 6

Results for linear regression with gender, cooking habits, age, marital status, maternal employment, and nationality predicting percentage of correct FHP.

VariableBSE95% CIΒT value

(Intercept)38.213.10[32.12, 44.29]0.0012.34< 0.001
Gender5.851.06[3.77, 7.93]0.245.52< 0.001
Cooking habits1.950.67[0.63, 3.27]0.122.900.004
Age3.540.95[1.67, 5.41]0.173.72< 0.001
Marital status−4.731.42[−7.51, −1.95]−0.15−3.35< 0.001
Maternal employment−0.960.58[−2.09, 0.17]−0.07−1.660.097
Nationality−2.301.63[−5.50, 0.91]−0.06−1.410.160

Note. Results: F (6,578) = 8.49, , and R2 = 0.08. Unstandardized regression equation: percentage of correct FHP = 47.95 + 5.85 gender + 1.95 cooking habits + 3.54 age − 4.73 marital status − 0.96 maternal employment − 2.30 nationality. B: unstandardized coefficient; SE: standard error; B: standardized coefficient beta.