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Author: Norma Ann Hunsicker
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Category : Home economics
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Author: Norma Ann Hunsicker
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Category : Home economics
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Author: Mildred Weigley Wood
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Category : Home economics
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Author: Melionee Allen Echols
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Category : Home economics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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This study was designed (1) to identify and describe young homemakers' problems through expressed difficulties in homemaking activities, (2) to investigate the relationship between the expressed problem areas and the homemakers' length of marriage, family composition, employment status and family income, and (3) to determine additional homemaking information young homemakers want and the source from which they would like to obtain it. The sample consisted of 50 homemakers married in their teens. They were all 22 years old or younger, had been married at least six months, but no longer than three years, and were living in Corvallis, Oregon, at the time of the interviews. Thirty-one were student and 19 non-student wives. Stratified sampling was utilized for determining the over-all sample. Random sampling was the technique used to select the sub-sample from each of the two given strata, student and non- student wives. The average age of the homemakers was 20.1 years and the average length of their marriages was 2.2 years. Of these homemakers, 29 had had or were expecting children. Twenty-three were gainfully employed on a full-time basis. Eight had assumed a triple role of homemaker, part-time employee, and student; however, seven were combining the roles of homemaker and student. Twelve were full-time homemakers. The income of these families ranged from under $3,000 to $15,000 per annum. The homemakers expressed difficulty in each of the 16 homemaking activity areas investigated in the study. The homemaking activities studied were planning meals, buying food, preparing food, serving food, preserving food, buying clothing, sewing, caring for clothing, finding a place to live, furnishing the house, equipping the the house, caring for the house, getting ready and caring for the baby, managing money, providing transportation and participating in community organizations. Each homemaker reported difficulty with from one-half to all of the 16 activities. Based on weighted percentages, their major problem was participating in community organizations. The next most frequently reported problem activities were preserving food, caring for the house, sewing, buying clothing, and equipping the house. Of the 33 factors and resources indicated as causing difficulties in the 16 homemaking activity areas, time, money, knowledge, space and equipment were most frequently stated. Homemaking tasks most enjoyed by the majority of homemakers were preparing food, sewing, and housecleaning. On the other hand, ironing, housecleaning, and washing dishes were the tasks least enjoyed. Length of marriage, presence of children, employment status, and income seemed to be somewhat related to the number and kinds of problems these homemakers experienced with their homemaking activities, even though the chi-square tests indicated that this relationship was significant at the .05 level in only two of the 16 activities investigated. These were between preparing food and the homemakers' length of marriage, and between buying clothing and the homemakers' family income. These young homemakers married in their teens recognized their needs and expressed a desire for additional information to help them cope with their homemaking problems. More than 80 percent requested information on furnishing the house, sewing, and preparing food; however, 50 percent or more of them asked for help with eight (of the 16 homemaking activities. The most requested first choice source for homemaking information was through group meetings; however, magazines, bulletins, newsletters, and books were each mentioned frequently as acceptable sources of information. It was apparent from this study that these young homemakers were confronted with a variety of everyday homemaking problems that require solutions. Whether or not these were solved successfully depended upon the careful and wise choices of resources and decisions made by the homemaker and her family.
Author: Mildred Weigley Wood
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Category : Employment (Economic theory)
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Author: Mary Speckhart Koza
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Category : Home economics
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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This study was designed to identify young homemakers' management problems and to see if limitations of selected resources caused problems. Sources used for current homemaking information were also explored. The sample was composed of 50 married homemakers, age 30 or under, who were living with their husbands. Homemakers were randomly selected from a newsletter mailing list. Thirty of the homemakers were classified as full-time homemakers. Twelve were employed full-time and six on a part-time basis. Only two were currently enrolled as students taking credit courses. Their average age was 26 years and they had completed a mean of 14 years of education. All but seven had families ranging from one to four children. The family mean income was $10,500. All 17 tasks studied were carried out most often on a regular or sometimes basis by the homemakers. Tasks included: meal preparation, dishwashing, packing lunches, special food preparation, food preservation, regular house care, special house care, upkeep of the home, washing, ironing, sewing and mending, physical care of adults, physical care of children, financial planning, record keeping, marketing for food and marketing for clothing. Homemakers rated tasks on a scale ranging from very simple to very complex. Upkeep of the home was listed as most complex while dishwashing was named the least complex task. Hypothesis 1. Hypothesis 1, management problems of young homemakers will not differ with respect to: length of marriage, age, type of housing, place of residence, homemakers' education, homemakers' occupation, composition of family and income, was accepted since there was no indication of relationship at the 0.10 level of signficance between management problems expressed and the demographic variables. If tasks were complex, homemakers were asked if one or more of six resource limitations including: money, time, knowledge, equipment, energy or space caused the complexity. Chi-square tests indicated that resources were unevenly distributed among the tasks. Limitations causing the most difficulty were time followed by money and knowledge. Resource limitations were unevenly distributed for special food preparation, financial planning, record keeping, marketing for food, marketing for clothing and special house care at the 0.005 significance level. Limitations were unevenly distributed at the 0.01 signficance level for ironing, the 0.05 significance level for food preservation and 0.10 significance level for upkeep of the home. Hypothesis Z. Hypothesis 2, there will be no relationship between the expressed problem areas and the limitations of resources of time, money, knowledge, equipment, energy or space, was rejected for the tasks mentioned above due to the uneven distribution at the stated signficance levels. The task enjoyed most by homemakers was physical care of children even though it took the most time. Dishwashing was least enjoyed, while ironing and packing lunches were least time consuming. The most energy was spent on special house care while washing took the least amount. Sixty-two percent of the homemakers followed daily routines while three-fourths of the homemakers made spending plans regularly. Sixty-eight percent had monetary resources to cover expenditures on a regular basis. Appliances available to all homemakers included a refrigerator or refrigerator-freezer, range and vacuum cleaner. Two-thirds of the families owned or were buying their homes. Twenty-eight felt they could use additional living space. Of these 28, 17 specified the need for at least one additional bedroom. All homemakers received current homemaking information from the Oregon State University Cooperative Extension Service Young Homemaker Newsletter. They requested additional information on community resources, use of personal energy, time, money, household space and equipment via, the newsletter. The majority of homemakers were managing the tasks and resources discussed in this study effectively in terms of the homemakers' satisfactions. The homemakers appeared to place a high value on their dual roles as wife and mother and were willing to try new ideas to enhance their roles.
Author: Ohio State University. Center for Vocational and Technical Education
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Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Author: Marcy Hall
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Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Author: United States. Office of Education
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Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Author: ERIC Clearinghouse on Vocational and Technical Education
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Category : Technical education
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Author: Mildred Weigley Wood
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Languages : en
Pages : 153
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