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

690 4th and 5th-grade students from 10 elementary schools in Washington, DC, and Kentucky completed the Food Literacy BITE scale and food frequency questionnaires. The dataset, authored by Christine St. Pierre and last updated in 2026, was used to validate the scale's generalizability and examine differences by grade, sex, and food education exposure.

Use Cases

• Validate the measurement invariance of the Food Literacy BITE scale across demographic groups based on the described confirmatory factor analysis.
• Compare mean food literacy scores by grade, sex, and food education history as detailed in the results.
• Investigate associations between food literacy scores and food group consumption frequencies using the aggregated school-grade level data.
• Identify dimensions of food literacy, such as 'confidence in everyday food skills' or 'valuing shared food experiences', that are most impacted by educational interventions.

Strengths

• Dataset size of 690 student responses provides a substantive sample for analysis.
• Validation study includes multiple demographic and exposure groups (grade, sex, 4+ years of food education).
• Analysis methods are detailed, including multilevel modeling to account for school-level clustering.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the primary dataset is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The 30.3 KB file size suggests the available data is a summary or document, not the full raw dataset.

Provenance

Source

Christine St. Pierre via figshare.

Collection Method

Administered surveys (Food Literacy BITE scale and food frequency questionnaires) to students.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 04:28:35; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Washington, DC, and Kentucky, United States.