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Factors Influencing The Use Of Small Electrical Kitchen Appliances, Kathi Marie Braegger
Factors Influencing The Use Of Small Electrical Kitchen Appliances, Kathi Marie Braegger
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Comparisons were made to determine which appliances owned by homemakers were used often and which appliances were used seldom or never and to relate areas of satisfaction and dissatisfaction to the amount of appliance use. The sample consisted of 123 homemakers from Cache and Weber counties in Utah.
Five hypotheses were tested. The amount of appliance use was significantly related to method of acquisition, performance, design and knowledge factors. The amount of appliance use was not significantly related to storage factors.
A Comparative Study Of The Goals Of Middle-Aged Student And Non-Student Homemakers, Ann Buttars
A Comparative Study Of The Goals Of Middle-Aged Student And Non-Student Homemakers, Ann Buttars
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study compared the goals of middle-aged student and non-student homemakers. Achieved, current and future goals were investigated.
The student sample was composed of twenty-five married, female, full-time students between the ages of thirty and fifty enrolled at Utah State University and was matched with a non-student sample as closely as possible. At least one full year of college had been attained by all subjects before marriage.
Data were collected through interviews conducted by the researcher during fall quarter, 1973. A non-directional t test was used to analyze the differences between the number of goals identified by both samples. Three …