• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.263-274
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• 1991

This article reports on a study designed to investigate the nature of compulsive-like buying behavior among the normal urban housewives. A previously tested compulsive buying scale was administered to a sample of 566 urban housewives. As predicted by the hypotheses, compulsive buying tendencies correlate negatively with self-esteem and life satisfaction: positively with materialism, early consumption experience, one's susceptibility to social influence, advertising of women journal, irrational credit card usage. But age, education, and family income don't explain compulsive buying tendencies. Several other findngs are reported and discussed. Areas where further research should be done are suggested.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.47-58
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• 1994

The purpose of this study were to investigate the independant influence of variable related to the managerial satisfaction and casual relation between variables. For this purposes the data were collected through the questionnaire whose respondent were 448 housewives. The major results of this study were as follows; 1. The variables influenced independently to the managerial satisfaction were wife's age income perceived time pressure time planning time management strategies. 2. Among all varialbles affecting the managerial satisfaction income time planning and time management strategies had direct effect. And household size employment status and educational level had indirect effect.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.55-64
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• 1981

The purpose of this study is to clarify the attitude of urban homemakers toward household work. The data in this study are obtained from a survey by means of a questionnaire to 174 homemakers in Chuncheon. Frequency, percent, F-test and t-test were applied for the statistical analysis and following results were found. 1) Respondents expressed slightly favorable attitudes toward household work and attitudes varied among the work and attitudes varied among the work activities. 2) The variables affecting the attitude were the age, educational level of homemakers, and the family structure.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.114-127
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• 1986

Comsumer dissatisfaction is a concept which provides fundamental couse for consumerism movement. The purpose of this study are as follows; 1. To investigate the tendency of the housewive's consumer dissatisfaction. 2. To find out the determinants of the consumer dissatisfaction. The major results of empirical study are; 1) The ousewive's are dissatisfied with their consumption lives. 2) There is significant difference in sunsumer dissatisfaction according to the demographic variables such as housewive's age, education. 3) There is significant difference I consumer dissatisfaction according to sociopsychological variables such as disconfirmation, consumer attitude toward business, consumer experience. 4. Consumer dissatisfaction is influenced by disconfirmation, attitude toward business, consumer experience.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.245-259
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• 1996

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relative importance of consciousness towards savings / consumption and motivation to save in explaining the proportion of savings in household. For these purpose, a survey was conducted using questionnaires on 453 households. The results showed that (1) family income had not significant effect on the proportion of savings in household, (2) the proportion of family savings was high in the group of families who showed positive consciousness towards savings, (3) motivation to save was associated with the proportion of savings in terms of significant relationship.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.19-30
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• 1999

The measurement of women's unpaid work is one of the important issues for the improvement of women's status and establishment of a women policy. The purpose of this study is to measure of household production of housewife and to estimate the ratio to GDP. And to emphasize the political meaning of housework The results are as follow; 1) The monetary value of housework of one housewife in 1995 was 783,050won by opportunity cost method . 2) The ratio of household production to GDP 1995 was approximately 16.5%.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.131-144
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• 1999

The purpose of this study was to examine the influences of the consumer's knowledge the consumer's attitude the family characteristics and the variables on consumer socialization to the consumer's functions of homemakers. The samples were selected from 428 homemakers living in Kwangju, Frequncies Perentiles Means Standard Deviations Multiple regression Path analysis were used as statistical analysis The results were sumarized as follows: Resulting from multiple regression analysis the consumer's function had the positive linear relationships with variables such as family life cycles interaction with family consume knowledge and consumer attitude. The most influential variable was consumer attitude.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.165-182
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• 1997

The purpose of the study is to analyze the family economic status by wife's employment. The data used in the study was taken from 1994 Expenditure Survey of Urban Families. The results showed that 33.2% of family income of employed-wife families was from wife's earnings and employed-wife families took more family income compared to nonemployed-wife families. In total expenditure eployed-wife families spent more than nonemployed-wife families. Employed-wife families spent more than nonemployed-wife families these categories such as food away from home rent domestic services clothing & shoes education public transportation and miscellaneous; spent on health care utilities communication and private transportation. The amount of savings of employed-wife families was more than of nonemployed-wife families.

• Product Safety
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• s.48
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• pp.41-59
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• 1996

가전기기의 붐은 가계에 상당한 부담을 주고 있으나, 한편으로는 주부들로 하여금 가사노동으로 부터의 해방은 물론 보건, 오락 및 여유있는 생활을 즐길수 있게 하였다. 이제는 많은 가전제품에도 마이컴이 탑재되어 가정이나 직장에서 OA나 퍼스컴 통신 또는 패미컴 게임 등등 소위 '고도 정보화 사회'로 접어들어 첨단산업이 세계를 지배하는 시대가 되었다. 따라서 이 시대에 사는 사람이라면 누구나 전기$\cdot$전자 제품에 관한 전문적인 학습

• Product Safety
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• s.55
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• pp.41-56
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• 1997

가전기기의 붐은 가계에 상당한 부담을 주고 있으나, 한편으로는 주부들로 하여금 가사노동으로 부터의 해방은 물론 보건, 오락 및 여유있는 생활을 즐길수 있게 하였다. 이제는 많은 가전제품에도 마이컴이 탑재되어 가정이나 직장에서 OA나 퍼스컴 통신 또는 패미컴 게임 등등 소위 '고도 정보화 사회'로 접어들어 첨단산업이 세계를 지배하는 시대가 되었다. 따라서 이 시대에 사는 사람이라면 누구나 전기$\cdot$전자 제품에 관한 전문적인 학습