Uses of travel time and mode of transportation in selected two-parent,
two-child Oregon households was researched in this study.
The relationship between a number of demographic characteristics
and amounts of travel time as well as mode of transportation was
also examined.
The study used the Oregon data from the Northeast...
The purpose of this research was to study teenagers'
consumer credit attitudes, knowledge, and use. More specifically,
the objectives were (1) to determine the relationships
between the variables attitudes, knowledge, and use, and
(2) to compare the use of credit with the independent variables
sex, income, employment, spending, saving, and...
The effectiveness of the Consumer Credit Counseling Service
(CCCS) program on past clients' current money and credit management
was researched in this study. The researcher investigated whether
the experience of consumer credit counseling had any behavorial impact
on past clients' current credit practices.
A sample of 104 clients who lived...
The relationship between attitudes toward energy and conservation
behavior was studied in the context of sociodemographic and housing
characteristics. Data were obtained by mail survey from a random sample
of 1,503 Oregon households (Western Regional Agricultural Experiment
Station Project, W-159). The return rate was 55 percent (834).
Attitudes toward energy...
This study examined time spent in various activities by
farm women. Emphasis was placed on household work time and
how time is apportioned among various household work
activities. Time use of farm women was compared to rural
nonfarm women and urban women. Data were from An
Interstate Comparison of Urban/Rural...
This study compared wives defined as underemployed by educational
mismatch with not underemployed wives on four major predictor variables--
relative market work advantage; degree of competition in the
female labor market; time demands from family members; and assistance
with childcare and other housework. The data were from NE 113, An...
Resource distribution and adequacy, of elderly individuals and
families, was measured by determining an annual dollar value of
money and nonmoney economic resources. The nonmoney economic
resources were identified as fringe benfits, household production,
durable assets, interfamily grants, and community
provided goods and services. The data were collected by interviewing...
Being old and female in America often means being alone and poor. To offset this outcome financial preparation for retirement should begin in the pre-retirement years. The purpose of this exploratory study was to assess the financial preparedness of mature, single women as they approach retirement by examining the relationships...