Univariate

Vegetable Preferences
among 4th and 5th Grader Students
Arina Muthia Nursani, Catur Rosidati, Mukhlidah Hanun Siregar
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Islamic State University Jakarta, INDONESIA

Introduction
Vegetable preferences are defined as degree of like or dislike against vegetables. Preferences have an important
influence in the selection of foods that will be consumed by children and the selection of their favorite foods in the
future. The purpose of this study was to determine description of individual characteristics (gender and vegetable
knowledge), food characteristics (assessment of taste, color, texture, cooking process, shape and spices) and
environmental characteristics (parental preferences, availability of vegetables at home and availability of vegetables at
school) and determine relationship between individual characteristics (gender and vegetable knowledge) and
environmental characteristics (parental preferences, availability of vegetables at home and availability of vegetables at
school) with vegetable preferences among 4th and 5th grader students of Madrasah Pembangunan UIN Jakarta 2017.

Methods Results
This study was analytical study with cross- Univariate
sectional design. Population of this study was Vegetable Preferences
(among 4th and 5th grader students of Madrasah Pembangunan UIN Jakarta 2017)
Gender Vegetables Knowledge Parental Preferences
457 students with 177 minimum samples 0% 0%
6.7%
11.9%
which taken by simple random sampling. This 49.7%
43% 24.4%
49.7% 57%
study was obtained by primary data with self 38.3%
50.3%
68.9%

administred questionnaire method. The

instument used is questionnaire and semi- Very Don't Like Don't Like Like Very Like male female Not Good Good Very Don't Like Don't Like Like Very Like

Quantitative FFQ. Data analysis was performed Food Characteristics Vegetables Availibility
with univariate and bivariate
60.0%
(That Said Important to Like/Choose Vegetables) 49.7%
94.3% 91.2% 50.0% 46.1%
100.0% 86% 87% 86%
75.6% 38.9% 36.8%
(using chi-square test with α = 0,05). 80.0%

60.0%
40.0%

30.0% 24.4%
40.0% 24.4% 20.0%
20.0%
14% 8.8% 13% 14%
5.7%

Conclusions and 0.0%

Taste
Assessment
Color
Assessment
Texture
Assessment
Cooking Process
Assessment
Shape
Assessment
Spices
Assessment
10.0%

0.0%
4.1%

Not Available Sometimes Available Always Available

Recommendation
Important Not Important at Home at School

Bivariate
This study showed that: Assosiation Between Gender with
Assosiation Between Vegetables Knowledge with
Vegetable Preferences
1. Taste, color, texture, cooking process, shape 60.0%
Vegetable Preferences
60
Pvalue = 0.403 (Have no association)
Pvalue = 0.708 (Have no association)
51.8
and spices are important in vegetable 50.0% 47.4%
52.1%
50 43.4
47
41.2%

preferences. 40.0% 35.4% 40 34.5

30.0% 30

2. There have no association between gender 20.0% 20 13.6

11.3% 12.5% 9.6
(p = 0,708) and vegetables knowledge (p = 10.0% 10

0.0%

0,403) with vegetable preferences.

0
dislike like very like not good good
Male Female dislike like very like
3. Whereas in paternal preference (p = 0,000),
Assosiation Between Vegetable Availibility at School Assosiation Between Vegetable Availibility
availibility vegetables at home (p = 0,004) with Vegetable Preferences at Home with Vegetable Preferences
Pvalue = 0.010 (Have association) Pvalue = 0.004 (Have association)
and school (p = 0,010) have association with 70.0%

60.0%
60.6%
57.4%
120%

100% 95.8%

vegetable preferences among 4th and 5th 50.0% 46.7%

80% 75%
80.9%

40.0% 34.7%
grader students of Madrasah Pembangunan 30.0%
33.8% 31.9%
60%

18.7%
UIN Jakarta 2017.
40%
20.0% 25%
10.6% 19.1%
20%
10.0% 5.6%
4.2%

Therefore, Parents was advised to always 0.0%

Don't Like Like Very Like
0%
Not Available Sometimes Available Always Available

provide and familiarize children to eat Not Available Sometimes Available Always Available Don't Like Like

vegetables everyday both at home and school Assosiation Between Mother Preferences with
Children Vegetable Preferences
with due regard the atmosphere and the way of 100.0%
92.3%
Pvalue = 0.000 (Have association)
Acknowledgment
90.0%

giving. Parents also need to provide good 80.0%

80.9%
I would like to our express gratitude to:
70.0% 64.7%
(1) Mrs. Catur Rosidati, MKM
examples to eat and love vegetables. In 60.0%

50.0% (2) Mrs. Mukhlidah Hanun Siregar, MKM

addition, school needs to pay attention to the 40.0%

30.0%
35.3%
(3) Head Master and the Staff of Madrasah
availibility of vegetables at school by providing 20.0%
19.1% Pembangunan UIN Jakarta for their
7.7%
10.0%
cooperation.
vegetables at school’s canteen which organize a 0.0%
Don't Like (mother) Like (mother) Very Like (mother)
Contact Person: Arina Muthia Nursani, SKM.
healthy catering collectively, coorperated with Like Very Like
E-mail: muthiaarina@gmail.com
parents.