Abstract
This study aimed to examine the expectations for dietary education in child-care facilities by parents with full-time or part-time jobs, and those without jobs. We conducted a questionnaire survey about dietary education of 1,708 parents with a full-time job, 1,894 parents with a part-time job, and 1,958 parents without a job. Interest in dietary education was significantly higher in parents with a full-time job or without a job than in parents with a part-time job. From the results of factor analyses, expectations for dietary education in childcare facilities were categorized into two categories, “basic eating training” and “acquiring knowledge of desirable eating behavior through studying.” The subscale scores of both categories were significantly higher in parents with a full-time job than in parents without a job. The data suggests that full-time working parents have high expectations for dietary education in child-care facilities compared with their non-working counterparts.
