Household food waste (HFW) presents a global sustainability challenge, significantly impacting the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Particularly, HFW hampers the progress of SDG 2 (zero hunger) and SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production). With an estimated global annual food waste of 931 million tons, consumers are…

It has been proposed that the negative association between wives' earnings and their time in housework is due to greater outsourcing of household labor by households with high-earning wives, but this hypothesis has not been tested directly. In a sample of dual-earner married couples in the Consumption and Activities Mail Survey of the Health and…

Maintains the schools should teach their students how to manage money, perhaps as a regular service of the guidance department. (HMV)

Bibliographic citations are classified according to: (1) Home Management, (2) Teaching Home Management, (3) Use of Space, Work Areas, Housing, Equipment, (4) Time and Energy, (5) Consumer Buying, (6) Family Economics, (7) Teaching Family Economics, (8) Levels and Standards of Living, (9) Income, Expenditures, and Savings, (10) Financial and…

Distribution for a formalized budget variable is reported for a representative sample of families. Most households reported little, if any, formal planning. Compared to informal planners, formal planners are more likely to have the following characteristics: younger, more years of education, two-spouse households, and high circumstantial demands.…

Consumer education is breaking away from nutrition and home management courses and turning the home economist into a catalyst for social and economic change. (Author/PG)

This publication for teachers focuses on one specific content area of consumer education--financial planning. The first major section begins by identifying eight competencies in financial planning education. It describes the financial planning process used to anticipate changes in moving from one stage of life to another, choosing the options, and…

The role of home economists in fighting inflation should be to help families reorder priorities and set realistic goals. This process should start in the management area of home economics. (CT)

This booklet is a simple, practical guide for managing money. It provides advice to help the reader balance expenses with income and get personal finances in order. The booklet takes the reader step by step through the processes involved in setting up a basic financial plan and shows him/her how to tailor it to fit personal needs. It explains how…

This booklet contains information for citizens on solid wastes. It discusses the possible energy available in combustible and noncombustible trash. It suggests how citizens can reduce waste at home through discriminating buying practices and through recycling and reuse of resources. Recommendations are given for community action along with state…

The teaching guide for providing instruction in use of the metric system contains materials geared for the daily activities of the home. Contents of the guide are organized into four parts. Part 1 is a brief description of the history of the metric system and reasons for conversion in the United States. The major portion of the guide, part 2…

The site of the Cornell-OEO project in South Brooklyn is described in terms of physical characteristics, ethnic composition, family composition, age of residents, income, and other qualities. Two large housing projects in the area are described. The charging character of the neighborhoods and its impact on the residents is outlined. Tables and…

Discusses guidance for the development of consumer and home making education with the emphasis on bringing the consumer who needs consumer education into the program. (Author/RK)

New insights into consumer motivation and activity, deeper understanding of consumer choices as they relate both to goals and to style of life suggest changes in current practices within consumer education programs. This discussion reviews objectives of consumer education and puts new emphasis on the reality that for many consumers "...buying…