Market substitutes for housework: Variations in use

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of mother's marital and employment status on expenditures for time-saving durables and services. The theoretical framework of this study was derived from the household production model. Data were taken from the 1988-89 Consumer Expenditure Survey. The sample consisted of 2,126 families with 334 single-mother families and 1,792 married-mother families. Tobit regression analyses were used to test for variables related to expenditures for (a) time-saving durables, (b) food away from home, (c) clothing care, (d) child care, (e) domestic services, and (f) total services.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Human and Community Development

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Joung, Soon Hee

Contributors dc:contributor

• Magrabi, Frances M.

• Home Economics
• Economics, Labor
• Sociology, Individual and Family Studies

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1992 Joung, Soon Hee

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9305571
(UMI)AAI9305571

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22272