Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the conciousness of college students about Korean folk foods. Questionnaires were distributed to 400 students and answered by 289 in the college in Kyung-gi Do and Je-ju Do. The results were as follows: 1. 49.8% of the students had little knowledge about Korean folk foods, 36.7%, 12.8% and 0.7% of the subjects were answered'know little','know somewhat', and'know well', respectively. 2. This study revealed that 25.6% of students ate folk foods'on a journey', 21.1% of subjects did'normal times', and 20.4% of them did'festival days'. 3. Students answered that they ate folk foods 3 or 4 times in a year mostly at home. 4. 96.5% of the subjects thought that Korean folk foods had to be succeeded, but 64.0% of the students knew about Kang-won Do folk foods, 34.3% of them answered correctly about Seoul folk foods, and 40.1% of them did Che-ju Do folk foods, and only less than 20% of them had an expert knowledge on the other folk foods. 5. The percentage of getting a correct solution was higher in men than women, majoring in foods than non- food relation, and taking a lesson in Korean folk foods than no lessons.

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