A home economics teacher tells how she rearranged her furniture at home to improve her time management and also taught her three-year-old daughter to do some home chores. (MF)

Describes the contingent influence of family managerial efficacy and related spousal perceptions on the relationship between stressor pile-up and family cohesion. Perceived loss of managerial efficacy in conjunction with discrepant spousal perceptions of such change substantially increased the family's vulnerability to stressor pile-up. A…

Discusses a study to examine the perceptions of responsibility for household production and quality of life. (JOW)

Time data indicate that, even when employed outside the home, wives still spend more time in household production than other family members. Wives spent less time in dishwashing and care of clothing activities, while children spent more time shopping, in 1977 than in 1967. (Author/CT)

Reviews research in consumer sciences from the late 1790s to 1990s in the areas of family economics, consumer economics, consumption, and home management. Identifies legislative and administrative developments and changes in research methods. (Contains 41 references.) (SK)

This paper examines the concept of role making as a means for analyzing family change. Its implication for understanding the problems specific to dual career families as well as one-parent families, cohabiting and remarried couples is discussed. (Author)

This circular provides current information for homeowners who must repair or replace existing on-lot sewage disposal systems. Site requirements, characteristics and preparation are outlined for a variety of alternatives such as elevated sand mounds, sand-lined beds and trenches, and oversized absorption area. Diagrams indicating construction…

This pamphlet is a non-technical description of common household arthropod pests in Maryland. Since most of the pests can be found in houses throughout North America, this publication has a wide geographic range of use. General discussions of arthropod structure, growth and development, and metamorphosis are given before the pages on specific…

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.…

Describes the types of coping strategies household families use to manage problems that affect them when the mother has a chronic illness. Reports alterations in household management as the most frequently used strategy (38 percent) employed by these families. (Author/ABB)

Designed for parents, this primer presents information on threats to children's health that can be found in every American home, including disinfectants, art supplies, pesticides, and toxins in food and drinking water. The primer also provides practical information on safe and environmentally friendly household cleaners and disinfectants, outlines…

"Families today have many choices about how to use their time and money resources, but, as this study shows, homemaking tasks still demand time despite the many conveniences available. In fact, for women the predicted short work day of the future may still be a distant dream. (Editor)