Correlation of Preschool Children and Their Parents For Food Safety Awareness and Behavior in Central Taiwan

• Main Authors: Huang, Chen-Ting, 黃貞婷
• Other Authors: Lo, Ming-jae
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/95039729778386142403

碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 幼兒教育學系碩士班 === 103 === This research focuses the current state and the variation of food safety awareness and food safety behavior of preschool children and their parents in Central Taiwan. Additionally, it analyses on the correlation and predictability of food safety awareness and food safety Behavior. The survey titled “Food Safety Awareness and Food Safety behavior of Preschool Children and Their Parents in Central Taiwan Questionnaire” was created for the purpose of this research. Using stratified random sampling, the survey was sent to 1,000 children between the ages of 4 to 6 enrolled in registered private and public kindergartens in central Taiwan. Seven hundred ninety-five survey samples were returned, and the effective sample size is 771.This research utilizes descriptive statistics, independent t test, single factor analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation, and stepwise multiple regression to analyze the data. The conclusions are as follows: 1.Current state of food safety awareness and food safety behavior of preschool children and their parents in Central Taiwan is healthy. (1) In food safety behavior section, preschool children score higher in food safety habits than in food addictive intake pattern. (2) In food safety awareness section, parents score higher in food safety knowledge than in food addictive knowledge; in food safety behavior section, parents score higher in food safety behavior than in food addictive purchasing pattern. 2.The research focus on 7 demographic variations in childrens’ gender, age, location of residence, age of parents, parents’ gender, parents’ education level and parent’s average income. (1) There is a significant variation in children’s food safety awareness between children’s age, location of residence, parents’ gender, age of the parents and average parent’s income. (2) There is a significant variation in children’s food safety behavior between the 3 categories: parents’ gender, parents’ age and parents’ education level. (3) There is a significant variation in parents’ food safety awareness between the 3 categories: parents’ gender, parents’ average income and parents’ education level. (4) There is a significant variation in parents’ food safety behavior between the 3 categories: location of residence, parents’ age and parents’ education level. 3.Children’s food safety awareness and food safety behavior are positively correlated; Parents food safety awareness and food safety behavior are positively correlated; Children’s food safety awareness and Parents food safety awareness are positively correlated; Children’s food safety behavior and Parents food safety behavior are positively correlated 4.The factors affecting Children’s food safety awareness are children ‘s age, parents’ average income, food safety habit (Parents’ food safety behavior); The factors Children’s food safety behavior are parent’s gender, parents’ age, food safety habits (Parent’s food safety behavior) & food addictive purchasing (Parent’s food safety behavior). The result of this research provide reference for parents, preschool practitioners, relevant government agencies and other future researchers.