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...
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...
The purpose of this descriptive study was to investigate the jobrelated
expenditures of married clerical workers. Also examined
were the economic contribution married clerical workers made to
the total family income and their reasons for working.
The sample was taken from the 1973-74 Staff Directory at Oregon
State University. Only...
The use of credit cards by young families, their money management
practices, and the relationship between money management
practices and their control of credit card use was researched in this
study.
A sample of 60 Oregon families was drawn from the 1975 Johnson's
Albany Area City Directory. These families were...
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...
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...