Food choices of women. Personal, attitudinal, and motivational factors.
Responses of 591 women showed that they purchased and prepared the meals in nine of ten households. Although half preserved a limited amount of food, few had gardens or raised or received livestock for their families' use. Most women ate three meals plus one or two snacks a day. The dominant occupation of the women was homemaker; more men had professional or managerial occupations than other work. More than half the adults had completed more than twelve grades in school. Average gross income per household exceeded $11,000 yearly. The husband would exert the strongest influence on most of the women to try a new food, although most would try a new food if urged to by a doctor, nurse, or nutritionist. The majority were motivated to eat a particular food because of personal or family preferences, which were the dominant motivational factors in eating each food category. Advertising was the least influential.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004032:Diet; D004522:Educational Status; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D007615:Kansas; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009790:Occupations; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors