This study was surveyed by 318 male and 288 female college students eating out behaviours in Seoul. The results were summarized as follows; 1. Listed below are the major kinds of eating out of the home, breakfast form 8.9%, lunch 76.9%, supper 24.5% and snacks 25.7%. 2. 'Lunch out everyday' by male 53.5%, by female 52.5% 3. The reason why they lunch out indicates carrying a lunch box is 'inconvenient' by 35.1%, 'convenient' by 32.2%, 'hard to prepare the lunch box' by 19.9%. 4. When they choose kinds of food they are ascribed to 'preference' by 66.5%-74.6% the highest percentage of all. 5. The percentage rate of families who eat out Korean food gained the highest percentage by 59.7% next western food 16.6%, chinese food 15.2%, but the lowest percentage was Japanese food by 4.3%. 6. Ra-myun and noodles occupy the highest percentage of male by 43.7%-40.6%, female by 32.4%-54.3%. 7. When viewed from food preference for eating out take fried chicken, Pizza, Kalbi, Bulkoki and Tangsuyook. 8. The price the students generally pay for lunch was 500-1400 wons, averages to 1,000 wons. The price of eating out per capita a day, when taken by family unit averages to 5,200-5,900 wons. 9. College students offered suggestions for 'expensive in prices' 59.1%, 'Unsanitary' 14.1% when eating out.

• 안숙자 | Ahn, Sook-Ja