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avje delovno aktivne populacije | health of the working-age population 88 Results of the questionnaire
Important results of the questionnaire are presented separately according to
content areas.
We begin by establishing that more than half of the respondents (65 %)
believe that foodborne diseases are rare in domestic households. 62 % of re-
spondents believe that people more often get infected and/or poisoned by food
consumed in restaurants.
Washing hands
The questionnaire found that 60 % of consumers always wash their hands be-
fore preparing food, while the rest almost always (31 %) or sometimes (9 %)
wash their hands. Statistically significant differences in hand washing were
found between the age groups of respondents, as half of consumers from the
1st age group and almost two thirds from the 2nd and 3rd age groups always
wash their hands (p = 0.024, r = -0.111) (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Shares (%) of respondents’ answers regarding hand washing before
food preparation by age groups (n = 290).
Among the 290 respondents, 26 % wash their hands for 10 seconds or
less, 46 % for 11 to 20 seconds, 10 % for 20 seconds or more, while the others pay
no attention to the washing time. Significantly, more men (43 %) than wom-
en (23 %) wash their hands for only 10 seconds or less, while a higher propor-
tion of women (20 %) than men (6 %) do not pay attention to the time of wash-
Important results of the questionnaire are presented separately according to
content areas.
We begin by establishing that more than half of the respondents (65 %)
believe that foodborne diseases are rare in domestic households. 62 % of re-
spondents believe that people more often get infected and/or poisoned by food
consumed in restaurants.
Washing hands
The questionnaire found that 60 % of consumers always wash their hands be-
fore preparing food, while the rest almost always (31 %) or sometimes (9 %)
wash their hands. Statistically significant differences in hand washing were
found between the age groups of respondents, as half of consumers from the
1st age group and almost two thirds from the 2nd and 3rd age groups always
wash their hands (p = 0.024, r = -0.111) (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Shares (%) of respondents’ answers regarding hand washing before
food preparation by age groups (n = 290).
Among the 290 respondents, 26 % wash their hands for 10 seconds or
less, 46 % for 11 to 20 seconds, 10 % for 20 seconds or more, while the others pay
no attention to the washing time. Significantly, more men (43 %) than wom-
en (23 %) wash their hands for only 10 seconds or less, while a higher propor-
tion of women (20 %) than men (6 %) do not pay attention to the time of wash-
