Abstract
A questionnaire was carried out for university students with an attempt to clarify the effect of home economics education on consciousness of dietary life. The results are summarized as follows: 1. Eight factors was extracted by a factor analysis of consciousness of dietary life. The total contribution ratio of eight factors was 55.5%. 2. A correlation was observed between knowledge of food and nutrition and the factors of "interest in health" and "inclination to handmade". 3. The interest in health and inclination to handmade were higher with score of knowledge of food and nutrition.
