The Utilization of Environment-Friendly Agricultural Products of College Students in the Seoul and Incheon Areas.
- Author:
Hyo Seon CHOI
1
;
Kyung Ja CHANG
Author Information
1. Majors in Home-Economics Education, Graduate School of Education, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
environment-friendly agricultural products;
tilization;
ollege student
- MeSH:
Cross-Sectional Studies;
Education;
Female;
Humans;
Incheon*;
Seoul*;
Vegetables
- From:Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
2007;12(6):742-751
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
The purpose of study was to investigate the utilization of environment-friendly agricultural products of the college students attending nutrition education. The subjects were 387 college students (male 53.2%, female 46.8%) at universities in the Seoul and Incheon areas. A cross-sectional study was conducted by a self-administered questionnaire. The percentage of subjects who purchased environment-friendly agricultural products was 37.2%. The most purchased environment-friendly agricultural products were vegetables. The main reason for preferring the environment-friendly agricultural products was good for health (53.7%). Also, the main motive of purchasing the environment-friendly agricultural products was for health (87.5%). For the quality of the environment-friendly agricultural products, they answered 'safety' (4.19), 'freshness' (4.03) and 'nutrition' (3.90), respectively. For college students' right choices of environment-friendly agricultural products, information and consumer education on these products are necessary.
