The Study on the Consumption and the Preference of Chungkukjang Products among Middle School Students in Seoul

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  • Jung, Hee-Jung (Dept. of Nutrition Education, Graduate School of Education) ;
  • Nam, Eun-Sook (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Kyungwon University) ;
  • Park, Shin-In (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Kyungwon University)
  • 정희정 (경원대학교 교육대학원 영양교육) ;
  • 남은숙 (경원대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 박신인 (경원대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Published : 2006.12.31

Abstract

This study was performed to investigate the consumption and the preference of chungkukjang products among the middle school students. The subject were 538 middle school students(male 283, female 255) in $3^{th}$ grade, and were asked to fill out the questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by SAS package. The result showed that most students knew about traditional chungkukjang(88.5%) and chungkukjang powder(68.2%), but only 43.5% and 29.4% of the respondents knew about raw chungkukjang and chungkukjang pill, respectively. When asked how often they eat chungkukjang products, traditional chungkukjang were taken often, but chungkukjang powder, raw chungkukjang and chungkukjang pill were shown to be taken relatively less. Over 60% of the students responded that they liked chungkukjang products, because of 'encourage by parents' and 'good for health', but there was no statistical difference by gender. When asked about the reasons for the dislike of the chungkukjang products, male students responded 'bad smell'of traditional chungkukjang, while female students 'eplied' not eating at home'. The students disliked the chungkukjang powder, chungkukjang pill and raw chungkukjang because of 'not knowing it.' These results showed that the social interest and support for the chungkukjang products were necessary and there was a need to advertise the chungkukjang products.

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