KOREASCHOLAR

The aim of this study were to assess high school students' consumption pattern of Korean rice cakes and to analyze the preference of them by students' demographic backgrounds. Self completed questionnaires were collected from 672 high school students in Seoul area. A questionnaire consisted of three parts including demographic backgrounds, student's consumption pattern and preference of Korean rice cakes by type. Statistical data analysis was done using the SPSS/PC program for descriptive analysis, t-test and 2 test. Approximately half of the students were male(52.6%) with the average age of 16.7 The consumption frequency rate showed that 41.6% students had Korean rice cake once a week followed by once or twice a month(39.1%), once per six months(11.0%), and once per two months(8.3%) Ingeolmi received the highest preference score(4.28), whereas Duteopteok had the lowest score(0.18).

• 이진실 | Lee, Jin-Sil