The objectives of this study were to determine the sources from which low-income families generally receive information about nutrition, to determine the extent to which the participants acquired knowledge of nutrition principles as taught through a newsletter, and also to find out their attitude towards the publication as a medium of nutritional…

Income and educational elasticities for twenty-two different food products based on the 1965-66 USDA household food consumption expenditure data indicate that differences in homemakers' education, in addition to household income, have significant effects on composition of household food expenditures. (MF)

This study, based on a survey of Milwaukee area adults, assigns the occupation of housewife a NORC prestige score of 70, one in the middle prestige range. Men and older raters evaluate it higher; working women and younger raters evaluate it lower. Housewife's social standing varies according to husband's occupation. (Author)

Examined home environments of children whose mothers were married/working, married/nonworking, or divorced/working across an 18-month period. Home environments of children from divorced/working homes were found to be less cognitive and socially stimulating than those of married homes. Home environments of the married families with and without…

Determined sex role orientation for high school seniors (N=352). Indicated that adolescents of employed mothers had a more liberal sex role orientation and attitude toward division of household tasks than did adolescents of homemaker mothers. Also indicated that maternal happiness with employment did not affect male and female sex role orientation…

Explored the relationships among childhood activities, masculine and feminine characteristics, and career choices among career women and homemakers. Results indicated that childhood participation in sex-typed activities is associated with the adult personality characteristics of masculinity and femininity and adult role choices. (Author/BL)

This article reports on a study that tested a life satisfaction model for older women. Findings indicate that life satisfaction was directly and positively affected by leisure roles, income, health problems, and employment background. Homemakers were found to have higher life satisfaction than retirees. Results are presented. (Author/DF)

Factor analysis of a test battery for nonprofessional mental health workers is reported. The battery measured cultural interests, attitudes toward job attributes, extraversion, helping person qualities, social class, and interest in science. When nonprofessional child aids were compared with nonprofessional controls, aids showed stronger cultural…

Article described a project enabling housewives to learn while at home. Program was evaluated for its criteria relevance. (RK)

An analysis of the results of an administration of Rosen's Achievement Values Scale and Srole's Anomie Scale to adult women residents of a low-income housing project indicated no intrinsic relationship between anomie and achievement values. (JM)

Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of the 1972 High School Class, young Black and White women who expected to be homemakers (at age 30) were disproportionately represented by fathers with lower occupational status, nonemployed mothers, rural residences, nonacademic track placement, and lower scholastic performance. As expected, racial…

Examined the effects of maternal employment on parent-youth similarity using a sample of 647 father-mother-youth triads. Found maternal employment had few impacts on the father's influence except for fathers having slightly greater influence in expressive areas. Maternal employment appeared to lower the influence of the mother. (Author)

Studied prevalence of Type A behavior of female professionals, nonprofessionals, homemakers and students. Professionals had significantly higher scores than homemakers on Type A, Job Involvement, Speed and Impatience, and Hard-Driving and Competitive scales of the Jenkins Activity Survey. Type A behavior was not related to family history. (Author)

The time spent on household labor, and the traditionality and role specialization in the division of such labor are compared using matched samples of married and co-habiting college men and women. Women of both groups are still taking most of the responsibility for the household tasks. (Author)

Investigated influence of resource exchanges and gender role on marital power. Compared dual-career (N=50) and single-career (N=50) couples. Found two couple types did not differ in perceived power nor in self-reported strategies for influencing spouses. Found gender role orientation did not affect marital power. (Author/CM)