TABLE 3. Association between searching for food safety information and self-reported safe food-handling behaviors among a sample of 209 Reddit users, 2019-2020 Previously searched for food safety information on Reddit Behavior Yes (%) No (%) Frequency of handwashing before preparing food Always Often Sometimes Rarely Never Own a food thermometer Yes No Frequency of using a food thermometer to check cooking doneness of meat and poultry (n = 104)a,b Always Often Sometimes Rarely Never Wash or rinse poultry before cooking it (n = 180)a Always Often Sometimes Rarely Never Usual cooling time at room temperature for leftovers 2 hours or less More than 2 hours to 4 hours More than 4 hours to 6 hours More than 6 hours Usual number of days that leftovers containing meat or poultry are kept before consumptiona,c 1 day or less 2 days 3 days 4 days 5 days or longer P-value 0.185 43 (58.1) 66 (49.3) 22 (29.7) 5 (6.8) 4 (5.4) 0 (0) 39 (29.1) 23 (17.2) 6 (4.5) 0 (0) 0.192 43 (58.1) 31 (41.9) 64 (47.8) 70 (52.2) 13 (30.2) 10 (23.3) 11 (25.6) 9 (20.9) 0 (0) 18 (29.5) 19 (31.2) 15 (24.6) 6 (9.8) 3 (4.9) 0.353 0.742 8 (11.9) 4 (6.0) 6 (9.0) 8 (11.9) 41 (61.2) 19 (16.8) 8 (7.1) 7 (6.2) 18 (15.9) 61 (54.0) 0.818 53 (74.7) 15 (21.1) 2 (2.5) 1 (1.4) 100 (76.9) 23 (17.7) 3 (2.3) 4 (3.1) 11 (16.4) 16 (23.9) 18 (26.9) 15 (22.4) 7 (10.5) 18 (16.5) 32 (29.4) 31 (28.4) 10 (9.2) 18 (16.5) 0.171 These questions were tabulated only for respondents that indicated that they prepare meals at home containing meat or poultry (n = 181). This question was only tabulated for respondents that indicated they own a food thermometer (n = 107). c This question was only tabulated for respondents that indicated they keep or store leftovers containing meat or poultry (n = 176). a b 212 Food Protection Trends March/April