Relation between life values and the eating habits of College students (Part 1)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to clarify the relation between life values and the eating habits, of college students.The questionnaires about life values and eating habits, were sent to college students in November 1996.This paper reports the structure of life values of the college students, and the results of grouping these life values. The main findings were as follows:
1) As the result of a factor analysis, we obtained 7 factors which included fashion, progressiveness, leadership, knowledge, technique, tradition and strese.
2) As the result of a cluster analysis about 2 factors, progressiveness and tradition, we could classify the subjects into 6 types, i.e., sensible, positive, conforming, negative, traditionalist and self-centered.