The purpose of the study was to find out how a group of
faculty wives with children used their time and to investigate some
factors in housing and equipment which might influence how they
used their time. A comparison was made between homemakers
with two pre-school age children and homemakers...
This study explored the management problems and practices
of 41 Asian graduate students at Oregon State University. The students
were asked to indicate their management problems and
practices of food, clothing, and money, their housing conditions,
their problems in finding recreation and transportation, and their
problems in their academic work...
The purpose of this study was to explore the housing expenditures
and factors in, housing selection and satisfaction of single
adults. The population tested was guests and members of two single
Catholic adult clubs in Portland, Oregon. Questionnaires designed
for collecting the data for the study were mailed to the...
Since the management of family meals has been a major task
in most homes throughout the United States and because of its importance
to family members, this study was undertaken to examine
the management practices used by homemakers in preparing and
serving meals.
A questionnaire, developed by the researcher with...
The purpose of this study was to examine the meal management
practices used in the homes of selected home economics graduates.
A total of 296 questionnaires were mailed to Oregon State University
home economics graduates for the years 1945, 1950, 1955, and 1960.
Forty-nine percent (146) of the questionnaires were...
Home management is the planning, controlling and evaluating
of family resources to attain the goals of a family. Since making
decisions and relating them to each other is an important part of
planning, decision making is an essential part of home management.
The purpose of this study was to test...
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,...
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...