Food Literacy BITE Scale Survey Data from 690 U.S. Elementary Students
by Christine St. Pierre·Updated 3d ago
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Description
Christine St. Pierre published a dataset on 2026-06-02 containing survey results from 690 4th and 5th-grade students in Washington, DC, and Kentucky. The data supports validation of the 4-dimension Food Literacy BITE scale, assessing its generalizability and association with food group consumption frequencies. The dataset is a 924.1 KB PDF file licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
Use Cases
Validate the measurement invariance of the Food Literacy BITE scale based on grade, sex, and food education exposure.
Analyze group differences in food literacy scores, such as comparing scores between girls and boys on the 'confidence in everyday food skills' dimension.
Investigate associations between food literacy scores and food group consumption frequencies using aggregated school and grade data.
Identify best practices for food education interventions by assessing the tool's ability to differentiate between schools with different food education histories.
Strengths
Dataset includes survey responses from 690 students, providing a substantial sample size for analysis.
Validation study involved 10 elementary schools across two distinct U.S. regions (Washington, DC, and Kentucky).
Analysis established full scalar invariance by grade and partial scalar invariance by sex and food education history, supporting the tool's generalizability.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific modeling tasks.
The primary data file is a PDF, which may require extraction to a structured format for computational analysis.
Provenance
Source
Christine St. Pierre via figshare.
Collection Method
Administered the Food Literacy BITE scale and food frequency questionnaires to students.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-06-02 04:28:36; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Washington, DC, and Kentucky, United States.
Data is contained within a PDF report; the underlying raw tabular data may not be directly accessible.