• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.37 no.11
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• pp.139-156
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• 1999

Food choice is influenced by many factors including physical, social, psychological and food technological developments. This research is based on the survey on Puchon housewives dietary culture according to season and special occasions and the current consumption pattern of traditional fermented foods. The objective is to find out the current consumption and to use this data as the principal element needed to explore changes in consumption patterns and to uphold and develop the consumption of traditional fermented food. Questionnaires were collected 282 housewives in Puchon city. Data were analysed with SAS software package for t-test, F-test and Duncan’s multiple range test. Results of relationship between dietary culture of Puchon housewives and consumption patterns of traditional fermented food items; 1. If we look at seasonal foods, Puchon housewives responded that they normally prepare traditional foods for such special occasions as Chusok(89%), New Year(84%) and January full moon Day(77%). For family celebrations, they cook on their in-laws birthdays(91%), their husbands birthday(84%), childrens birthdays(73%) and their own birthday(32%). They also responded that they eat out on their own birthday(41%), on Christmas Day(19%), on childrens birthdays(17%) and on their husbands birthday(11%). 2. If we look at the age of housewives and their dietary culture, more young housewives tend to eat out on their own, their husbands and their childrens birthdays. As for their educational background, less educated housewives tend to prepare flood at home on New Years Day, while more educated housewives would eat out on their own birthdays. As for the type of family, mere housewives in nucleus families eat out on Christmas Days compared to those in extended families. Also, those in extended families tend to make food at home rather than eating out on their own birthdays. In case of the husbands birthday, there was some difference according to family income (p<0.03).

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.165-175
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• 2002

The purpose of this study is to compare the attitudes toward money and credit between housewives and female cortege students. Female college students were younger and economically dependent. Female college students(n=131) and housewives(n=96) were surveyed for the study. Results of the study were: 1) Housewives perceive money as a security, Female students did money as the emotional tool and the success. 2) Housewives tended to be more negative to use credit generally and more positive under the certain condition compared with female students. 3) Affective style of money attitudes among female students and cognitive style among housewives were more popular 4) Negative type of credit altitudes were more popular among both groups. 5) Negative type of credit attitudes were more poplar in cognitive style of money altitudes and tolerated type were more popular in affective style.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.129-142
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• 1995

The purpose of his research was to identify the time use of the middle aged apartment-residents in Seoul as a part of collaborative study of family life issues of them. The data were collected from 307 fulltime housewives with at least one child in a middle or high school. Data were analysed by means of the statistics of mean, frequency, Pearson's correlation, ANOVA and Multiple Regression, using a SPSS/PC+ program. The major findings of this research were as follows : Husbands and middle or high school children do much work or study, while housewives do housework about 6 hours a weekday. Much housewives don't manage their time use. Housewives have much leisure time and the in main Leisure activity is TV watching. Much of them don't satisfied with their leisure life. Satisfaction with time use of housewives are related to life satisfaction, and effected by time management and active leisure participation. Most of housewives don't satisfied with their time use.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.443-459
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• 1997

The purpose of this study were (1) to investigate the effect of environments on the ecological value orientation (2) to examine the effect of environments and ecological value orientation on housewives' recycling behavior and (3) to analyze the hypothesized causal model of the housewives' recycling behavior in order to explain direct and indirect effects of the selected variables. 687 samples were selected from housewives living in Seoul. Cronbach's a, descriptive statistics and stepwise multiple regression were used for data analysis The major findings are as follows: Housewives' recycling behavior In conclusion the result of the path analysis explained the contribution of variables on housewives' household recycling. It was found that the ecological value orientation makes the most significant contribution to household recycling.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.87-103
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• 1990

The purpose of this study is to provide basis data to understand the urban housewives' assets management behavior. The result can be summarized as follows: 1. The more urban housewives were educated, the more they were satisfied with methods of assets management. So it turned out that the educational improvement of husbands and wives brought forth the satisfaction of their lives. From this result, we can conclude that more improved education is essential to us. 2. Specifically, age is an important factor of the reasons of assets management. Among housewives below 40 years old. the preparation for purchasing durable goods and more leisure was the main reason for assets management. Among housewives from 40 to 50, the preparation for expenditures of education and marriage of their children was the main reason. Among housewives above 50, the preparation for their retirement was the main reason. As results, we can notice that they don't make a long-range plan positively but they usually prepare expenditures for their seasonable needs. So we have to emphasize on educating them to make a long-range plan.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.69-81
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• 1981

This study is designed to find out the role performance problems, especially concerning the difference between the employed wives and housewives. The data were obtained from the questionnaire with 25 items collected form 541 wives-266 employed wives and 275 housewives. The t-test and F-test were applied and the results are as follows: 1. There is no significant difference in their role perception between the employed wives and the housewives. respondents think mother role is the most important and social role the least. 2. Employed wives' self evaluation of role performance level is significantly lower than housewives'. Generally, self evaluation level is very low on every role area, especially mother role. 3. Role performance fulfillment level of employe wives is significantly lower than that of housewives. All the areas of their role are less fulfilled, especially employed wives' mother role.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.393-401
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• 1996

This survey was carried out as part of a basic works to improve the extention of native chicken uses. A sample of 282 housewives living in the downtown area of Taegu city were examined using an original questionnaire about their awareness and uses of a native chicken. The results were as follows: The awareness for a chicken dish is significantly different according to the housewives' ages and many respondents evaluated the nutritive value of a native chicken. The housewives preferred chicken boiled plain, spice fried chicken and stewed chicken, in the order. But family members preferred chicken boiled plain, spice fried chicken and french fried chicken, in the order. The frequencies of chicken cooking and buying chicken dishes of the housewives were once permonth and they regarded a native chicken as one of traditional, health and natural foods. They appreciated the taste of a native chicken highly and recognized the price of a native chicken expensive. Also 52.5% of housewives could distinguish a native chicken from the others.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.107-124
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• 1997

These days the predictable problem of he housewives is the economic poverty if they don't provide for their old age themselves. The purpose of this study is to investigate some influencing factors related to the housewives' perceptions behaviors and counterplans for the old age. There were significnat differences on the preparatory behaviors for the old age according to the enviornmental variables and the buying styles and lifestyles. The receptions and the preparatory behaviors for the old age was shown a positive correlation r=4.2(p<0.01) The most influencial variables on the behaviors of the old age by the housewives were in the order of the behaviors of the old age by the housewives were in the order of the joining pensions the concerns of the counterplans for the old age the timing of the economic counterplans the lmpulsive buying style the pursuit of the information the energefic activity the perceptions of the elderly living the percetions of the elderly occupation and erceptions of the silver industry. The housewives of this study were in difficulties for the economic counterplans for the old age. The most difficult problems were their health and their economic situations.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.119-136
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• 1986

To survey the intensities of housewives perception on savings-goods and to suggest them some guiding direction for reasonable saving behavior, a total of 392 questionaires was distributed to housewives in Seoul. The data were analyzed in terms of frequency, percentage, x2-test, F-test and Pearson's Correlation. The Results were as follows; 1) Housewives awareness degree on savings-goods scored total average marks of 37/100 which was in the relatively low level. 2) Housewives interest degree on saving-goods scored total average marks of 70/100 which was in the fairly high level. 3) The correlation between awareness and interest degree on savings-goods was very highly significant. 4) The major information source of savings-goods was from pamphlet, TV, radio and newspaper, namely, public information. 5) Housewives perception of public information on savings-goods was very weak.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.21-37
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• 1998

The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesijed a causal model of sujective perception of contribution to the family economy utilijing system theory. The major findings of this study were as follows. 1) The mean score of respondent’s personal subsystems were 3.62 out of 5. And the family solidarity was affected by the following variables in order : housewives’ age, income, type of occupation, degree of resourcefulness recognition, job satisfaction, control orientation, and information utilization. 2) The mean score of managerial subsystems were 3.68 out of 5. And The financial management of housewives was affected by the following variables. in order: housewives’ type of occupation, degree of resourcefulness recognition, control orientation, information utilization. 3) The mean score of housewives’subjective perception of Economic Contribution to the Family was 3.36 out of 5. The sujective perception of contribution to the family economy of the employed housewives were greater than unemployed housewives. 4) It was found that managerial subsystems had mostly effected on sujective perception of economic contribution to the family.