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Creator:: Sudo, Nobuko
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: who were 65 years old and over, or were retired from their major occupation, and were living

Creator:: Herron, Carol Christine
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the home remodeling being done during a period of varying economic conditions. A population of owner-occupants who had purchased building permits to spend $100 or more remodeling between 1965 - 1970 was collected from the files of the Building Inspector's Office, Department...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: structure that would be considered capital investment in the property. The changes or improve- ments range

Creator:: Granite, Mary Lou
Abstract:: The investigation of energy considerations in the remodeling of single family owner-occupied dwellings was the central purpose of this study. Variables studied included relationships between demographic characteristics and the inclusion of energy conservation techniques, planning of the remodeling, and ranking of considerations in the remodeling. A sample of 225 owner-occupants...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and/or their partner. Of the 75 who did their own planning for remodeling, 34 used builders as a

Creator:: Echols, Melionee Allen
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for home management information which came to the Benton County Extension Service Office during the

Creator:: Pulley, Mary Ann
Abstract:: This study examined the financial management practices of a group of middle and upper class retired couples in a period of rising prices and relatively fixed incomes. The objective of this study was to describe (1) financial planning of retired couples, (2) expenditures of these couples, (3) adjustments of their...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: problem of the aged is a long range one. The task is "to apportion the earnings from the last 15 years or

Creator:: Hansen, Gary David
Abstract:: This study was designed to identify and describe home management tasks, perceived managerial competency, and related social, psychological, and economic consequences for a sample of retired couples. Managerial tasks were defined as essential, periodic activities which (1) sustain the living patterns of a person or family in a common household,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: managerial tasks are those in which alternative choices are available that require planning or making

Creator:: Ebert, Roberta Vale
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare differentials in housing costs between renting and owning. The data were obtained from a sample of 60 household heads who were listed as retired in the city directories. They met the following criteria: lived independently in the community, were 65 years of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: owners' name in the master file in the Benton County Court House records and then looking up the number

Creator:: Blackburn, Virginia Lee
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine the job-related expenditures of female household heads. Also examined were levels of education, occupations, presence of dependent children, employment benefits and reasons for working. A random sample of 75 female household heads was drawn from the 1973 Polk's Corvallis City Directory. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: used for job-related expenditures or a mean of $2, 930. Payroll deductions absorbed the highest

Creator:: Parker, Louise Anne
Abstract:: In this study patterns of shared family time in 210 two-parent, two-child Oregon households were described. The relationship between amounts of shared time and a number of family and environmental characteristics was also researched. The study used the Oregon data from a contributing project of the Northeast Regional Research Project...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , planning involves setting strategies for future standards and/or sequences of action (5). Gross, Crandall

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