Social and economic status and its relationship dietary behavior of female’s students from Al-Qunfuthah University College

Abstract EN

This study aimed to find out the relationship between social and economic factors and dietary behavior among female students of Al-Qunfuthah University College-Umm Al-Qura University-Saudi Arabia.

the researcher used the descriptive approach, and the study population consisted of female students at the University College in Al-Qunfuthah-Umm Al-Qura University-Saudi Arabia, and they numbered 1050 students.

the sample was selected in a simple random way from the students at the University College in Al-Qunfuthah (literary section), and the sample size was 107 students, of whom 40 are from small families from 1 to 4, while there are 47 members of families of more than 7.

the data was collected through the questionnaire electronic measure of socio-economic status and nutritional behavior, where social and economic factors were measured through the number of individuals in the family, income, place of residence, and type of housing, in addition to the social status of the students of Al-Qunfuthah University College-Umm Al-Qura University, nutritional behavior was determined through the extent of commitment to eating breakfast, and the number of main meals.

the data were analyzed by chi-square test constable.

the results showed the chi-squared value of the social and economic factors and their relationship to dietary behavior which relates to adherence to breakfast, and to main mealtimes, the number of main meals in addition to the number of snacks, about dietary behavior, and family size, where the results extend from 21.34 to 3.721 is statistically significant at the significance level of 0.001, in favor of dietary behavior according to the variable number of snacks.

about food behavior and place of residence, the results extend from 0.01 to 0.389 AH, which are not statistically significant in favor of the place of residence.

the results also showed dietary behavior and type of housing, which range from 0.493 to 3.454, and are not statistically significant in favor of the type of housing.

as for the results regarding dietary behavior and the work of the head of the household, which ranged from 1.638 to 10.035, it is not statistically significant in favor of the work of the head of the family it also showed the results of food behavior and marriage, which extend from 1.141 is not statistically significant in favor of marriage according to the variable number of basic meals.

at the end of the study, the researcher recommends the importance of the social and economic situation and its relationship to dietary behavior and the need to intensify food awareness and spread food culture to university students, especially non-scientific departments, and to all members of society.