Wahida Y. Mapandin
Background: Socio-culture factors influence food consumption. Wamena community still strongly hold their culture. This study aimed to examine the association of socio-cultural factors and staple food consumption among Wamena community, Jayawijaya, Papua.
Methods: Two methods were used in this study, qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative method was done by indepth interviews and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) to explore information for questionnaire development. Quantitative method was done by observation and direct interviews to housewives using structured questionnaires. The quantitative study was conducted in cross sectional design and 107 samples were collected by simple random sampling. Data collected from households were illiteracy rate, occupation, the number of family members, nutritional knowledge, income, staple food preference, social function of staple food, and staple food tradition. Data were analyzed descriptively and the correlations between socio-cultural factors and staple food consumption were tested using Chi Square method.
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