Ground soy products made from whole soybeans were used in bread as substitutes for 12 percent of the wheat flour to demonstrate that home-prepared soy products can be used to bake palatable breads and supplement their protein content. (Author/SK)

This study examined the amount of time urban adolescents spent in housework. Data used here resulted from the elecen-state family time use survey, "An Inter-state Urban/Rural Investigation of Families' Time Use." The findings indicate that adolescents in this multi-state sample average 71 minutes per day in household work. (SSH)

The authors formulate a model with which they can empirically test the decision-making hypothesis of utility maximization. The model takes into account the simultaneous nature of decisions about time allocation for husband and wife and purchases of goods and services. (SSH)

This study of 75 families with at least one preschool child examined the effects of sex-role orientation and wife's employment status on the division of housework and child care and husband and wife's satisfaction with that division. Results indicate that where wives work outside the home, husbands and wives share child care and housework more.…

Family role theory is the framework used to guide this study of how mother's employment and age of younger child affect mother's time in meal preparation and cleanup, expenditures for meals away from home, and meals shared by the family both at home and away. (SSH)