Abstract
We surveyed the cooking environments of the elderly couple by a questionnaire to grasp the actual condition and to consider the problem. The survey was conducted by mail for 274 households of married couple of 65 years and more lived in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama City. And 475 households of college student family were surveyed as comparison. The person who prepared meals mainly in the household was inquired about the actual conditions such as the situation of meals with a family, the preparation of meals, the kitchen utensil, and so on.
Forty-two percant of the persons of elderly couple households and 36% of student family households felt that the preparation of meals was pleasant. Almost half of two types of households went to shopping food every day, and persons of elderly couple households purchased food more often at the store managed by the individual than those of the student family households. The difference by age of respondents was not in the possession rate of kichen utensils, but persons of elderly couple households utilized the utensils more frequently and pointed out more difficulties in handling compared with those of student family households.
