1997 Volume 8 Issue 3 Pages 48-59
Similarities and differences between parents and children in beverage drinking behavior and preferences were investigated using female college students and their parents as subjects, yielding the following results.
More female college students than their parents drink all of the beverages except vegetable juice. They drink them at mealtimes, and it was inferred that they drink a variety of beverages at mealtimes. The reasons given for choosing the beverages was “custom” for milk, “good for health” for dietary fiber beverages, “thirst” for cooffeer/tea (with and without sugar), and isotonic beverages, and “I like them” for lactic acid bacteria beverages, fruit juices, and coladrinks/carbonated beverages. Thus, parent-child differences were observed, and a tendency for the eating habits of female college students to be independent was inferred. There was a high percentage of agreement among all three persons in regard to regular drinking of milk, lactic acid bacteria beverages, fruit juices, green tea/oolong tea, and coffee/tea with sugar, and they were desired in terms of preference. Milk was chosen because “Its good for health” and green tea/oolong tea because of “thirst, ” and it was inferred that they were kept on hand in the home. In addition, both parents drink green ter/oolong as a “custom, ” and mothers predominated among those who drink them at mealtime/other times at home. Thus, differences were observed between the drinking behavior of the female college students and their parents.
