Factors behind food decision-making of lower income households

This Capstone focuses on the factors behind food decision-making by low-income households in Singapore. The research encompasses two research questions. Firstly, what are the factors behind food decision-making, including nutritional knowledge, material aspects and food narratives? Secondly, what is the level of nutritional knowledge possessed by the target group?

We sought to achieve these objectives through conducting semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. Our findings suggested that nutritional knowledge, family members’ preferences and convenience of food preparation were the main factors affecting the food choice, and these factors will inform future food-related programmes conducted by our partner, @27 Family Service Centre.