DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL MATERNITY APPARELS FROM COMMERCIAL BLOCKS PATTERNS, FASTENERS AND DISPOSAL OF FULLNESS IN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORYABUJA, NIGERIA
DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL MATERNITY APPARELS FROM COMMERCIAL BLOCKS PATTERNS, FASTENERS AND DISPOSAL OF FULLNESS IN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORYABUJA, NIGERIA
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2019-12
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AHMAD, Aminat Bint
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The study focused on theuse ofFasteners and Disposal of Fullness in the Development of
Functional Maternity Apparels from Commercial Block Patterns, in Federal Capital
TerritoryAbuja, Nigeria. The major objective was to develop maternity apparels from
commercial block patterns, fasteners and disposal of fullness in FCT Abuja. Eight objectives,
eight research questions and four research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The
research design used for the study was Research and development (R&D) design. The population
of the study was one hundred and twelve thousand; four hundred and thirty(112,430) pregnant
women.The sample size was 399 calculated withTaro Yamane sampling method: n= N/ (1+N (e)
^2).Instrumentused for the collection of primary data for this study, was questionnaires. The
research questions were analyzed with descriptive statistics usingmean and cumulative mean, the
decision rulewas put at 3.00. The research null hypothesis one was tested with the independent ttest
statistic while Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the null hypotheses two,
three and four at 0.05 levelof significance to determine, if significance differences exist.The
findingsrevealed that there is no significant difference in the mean ratings of users and judges on
the requirements (needs) of pregnant women in F.C.T. Abuja with calculated p-value of
0.461that was higher than the 0.05 alpha level of significance. The findingsrevealed that
significant difference exist among the mean rating of users on fit of functional apparels for first,
second and third trimesters calculated p-value of 0.004that was lower than the 0.05 alpha value
or table value. The findingsrevealed that there is no significant difference among the mean rating
of users (first, second and third trimesters) on the aesthetic attributes of the garmentscalculated
p-value of 0.560that was higher than the 0.05 alpha value.The findingsrevealedthat there is no
significant difference among the mean responses of judges on the aesthetic attributes of the
functional apparels by pregnant women calculated p-value of 0.090 that was higher than the 0.05
alpha value.It was recommended that the pregnant women should use the functional maternity
apparels designed from commercial block patterns with fasteners and disposal of fullness
techniques for adjustment to first, second and third trimester stages during pregnancy.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN HOME ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECONOMICS,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
Keywords
DEVELOPMENT,, FUNCTIONAL MATERNITY APPARELS,, COMMERCIAL BLOCKS PATTERNS,, FASTENERS AND DISPOSAL OF FULLNESS,, FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY,, ABUJA, NIGERIA