Variables Categories Frequency Percent (%)
Sex Male 36 15.7
Female 194 84.3
Age ≤20 years 33 14.4
21-30 years 124 53.9
31-40 years 47 20.4
  ≥41 26 11.3
Marital-status Single 119 51.7
Married 86 37.4
Divorced 25 10.9
Ethnicity Oromo 89 38.7
Amhara 56 24.3
Gurage 18 7.8
Dawuro 32 13.9
Kafa 16 7.0
Others 19 8.3*
Religion Orthodox 118  51.3
Muslim 60  26.1
Protestant 52  22.6
Education No formal education 28  12.2
Elementary 115  50.0
Secondary 72  31.3
High-school and above 15  6.5
Job-position Cook 73  31.7
Waiter 99  43.1
Cleaner 58  25.2
Service years <2 58  25.2
2-4  87  37.8
5-7  40  17.4
8-10  25  10.9
>10  19   8.7
Salary  420 160  69.6
470 70  30.4
*implies to Wolayta, Sidama, Tigre and Yem
Table 1: Distribution of socio-demographic characteristics of food handlers working in the student cafeterias of JU main campus, May 2012-Aprill 2013.