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Development of a home food production frequency scale
Author(s) -
BEUTLER IVAN F.,
HUDSON CAROLYN,
OWENS ALMA J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1994.tb00698.x
Subject(s) - likert scale , scale (ratio) , production (economics) , food processing , cohesion (chemistry) , psychology , economics , geography , developmental psychology , food science , microeconomics , chemistry , cartography , organic chemistry
This paper reports on the development of a home food production frequency scale. The scale is survey based and consists of the summed score of six items answered on a five‐point Likert scale. Similar to other assessment scales that measure family characteristics such as family cohesion, adaptability or family stress, home food production frequency can be used as a convenient alternative to time‐use measures of home production. The scale's validity and reliability is assessed revealing considerable potential for its use to ascertain relationships between home food production activity and other family variables and to specify more fully empirical models in home economics research.