Recent studies confirm that sex-role stereotyping still exists in the conceptualization of work and division of household tasks. Home economics must continue to address this equity issue through curricular and advocacy efforts. (SK)

Time-budget and interview study with 60 married couples analyzed household labor activities in terms of whether they were experienced as work or leisure, and in terms of their perceptual dimensions and objective situational contexts. Found women defined their household labor activities more often as work than did males, and that situational…

A counseling program for low-income families in federally subsidized housing focused on money and home management and future home ownership. Of 32 potential participants, 12 attended and 9 completed the program. Nonparticipants cited personal, not program-related, reasons. The fact that the program needs and content were determined externally may…

An extension program, Building Nebraska Families, works with Employment First families, Nebraska's welfare reform program, to teach family management and life skills using an individualized, flexible curriculum to help families make successful transitions from welfare to work. Evaluation strategies include an entry/exit behavior checklist and…

Extension educators (n=55) received training on a family resource management website. Responses from 21 showed that extension educators use the Web for information and support using it for training. They appreciated having links that could be considered reliable and accurate. The data also suggest that such sites can provide a refresher for…

This article analyzes a decade of qualitative research to identify and explore an overlooked survival strategy used in low-income families: children's family labor. Defined as physical duties, caregiving, and household management responsibilities, childrens' -- most often girls'-- family labor is posited as a critical source of support where low…

A random sample of 86 homemakers was included in this study to determine the relationship between the homemakers of Union County's use of recommended budgeting and record keeping practices and selected characteristics. The personal and family characteristics considered were the age of the homemaker, age of the homemaker's husband, and employment…

Reviews existing studies on motherless families in four English-speaking industralized countries: Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States. (BR)

Serveral facets of the homemaker job were analyzed in terms of the dynamic relationship between husband and wife. Husband and wife pairs (N=71) completed a questionnaire which assessed satisfaction with the homemaker job, marital satisfaction, distribution of responsibility for homemaker tasks between husband and wife, and other variables. (Author)

Uses the 1973 and 1977 Quality of Employment Surveys to test the assumption that women expend less effort in the workplace because of family and household responsibilities. Concludes that, on average, women allocate more effort to work than do men despite their greater household responsibilities. (Author/GEA)

Used data from 166 couples to explore the relationship between family task sharing and sex-role orientation, role salience, income, and family type. The results suggested that for wives, income and family type seem to increase task sharing. For husbands, sex-role orientation, family type, and role salience influenced sharing behavior. (JAC)

Explores the potential of the field of family studies to provide an investigating body of knowledge in order to form a set of concepts to unify the many disciplines of home economics. Suggests five central concepts for defining the scope of home economics: energy, space, time, management, and family. (NRJ)

The background and content of home management is clarified and its contribution to an integrated approach to family studies is elaborated. Problems in bridging the gaps in the broad applied field of family studies are discussed. (Author)