Nutr Res Pract.  2015 Jun;9(3):296-303. 10.4162/nrp.2015.9.3.296.

Importance-satisfaction analysis of street food sanitation and choice factor in Korea and Taiwan

• Joo N
• Park S
• Lee B
• Yoon J

• KMID: 2313843
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2015.9.3.296

Abstract

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES
The present study investigated Korean and Taiwan adults on the importance of and the satisfaction with street food sanitation and street food choice factor, in order to present management and improvement measures for street foods.
SUBJECTS/METHODS
The present study conducted a survey on 400 randomly chosen adults (200 Korean, 200 Taiwanese). General characteristics, eating habits, street food intake frequency, and preference by type of street food of respondents were checked. Respondents' importance and satisfaction of street food hygiene and selection attributes were also measured. In order to test for the difference between groups, chi2-test and t-test were performed. ISA was also performed to analyze importance and satisfaction.
RESULTS
Results showed that the importance of sanitation was significantly higher than satisfaction on all items in both Korea and Taiwan, and the satisfaction with sanitation was higher in Taiwan than in Korea. According to ISA results with street food sanitation, satisfaction was low while importance was high in both Korea and Taiwan. In terms of street food choice factor, importance scores were significantly higher than satisfaction scores on all items. In addition, satisfaction scores on all items except 'taste' were significantly higher in Taiwan than in Korea.
CONCLUSIONS
A manual on sanitation management of street foods should be developed to change the knowledge and attitude toward sanitation by putting into practice a regularly conducted education. Considering the popularity of street foods and its potential as a tourism resource to easily publicize our food culture, thorough management measures should be prepared on sanitation so that safe street food culture should be created.

Keyword

Street food; sanitation; ISA; Korea; Taiwan

MeSH Terms

Adult
Surveys and Questionnaires
Eating
Education
Humans
Hygiene
Korea
Sanitation*
Taiwan*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 ISA analysis between importance and satisfaction of street food hygiene. 1. Eating utensils (fork, spoon, chopsticks, etc) 2. Containers (dish, cup, etc) 3. Table, food stand 4. Cooking utensils (Cutting board, knife, etc) 5. Cook's hand and clothing 6. Dishcloth 7. Drinking water 8. Sauce (soy sauce, etc) 9. Frying oil 10. Food itself

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  Fig. 2 ISA analysis between importance and satisfaction of street food selection. 1. Price 2. Taste 3. Amount 4. Hygiene 5. Nutrition 6. Menu diversity 7. State of packing 8. Proximity

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