Food Literacy BITE Scale Survey Data from 690 U.S. Elementary Students

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.