THE AFFECTIVE DOMAIN OF HOMEMAKING TASKS OF HOMEMAKERS AT AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY CAMPUS ZARIA AND SHIKA VILLAGE

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1983-11
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LENTI AJAYI, SIDIKATU
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This report is one phase of a study of homemakers in Ahmadu Bello University campus and in Shika village in relation to their performing and preference ratings of some household tasks. The objectives of the research included: (i) To identify, compare and study the characteristics of activities which were liked and disliked by homemakers (ii) To study the factors that contribute to the preference of certain household tasks. In this study, information on the homemakers' social and economic characteristics details were obtained in order to determine the relationships between these characteristics and the types of tasks performa by them and their preference rating of these tasks. Other factors which the author considered possible to influence both the performance and preference of the household tasks included location, age, marital status, length of marriage, number of children and the educational level of the respondents. The data for the study were collected from 192 respondents resident in two locations (ABU quarters and Shika) by means of a questionnaire. The respondents varied from full-time homemakers to very highly placed career women. Results of the -study show that a significant proportion of the household tasks such as food preparation, food serving, cleaning up used kitchen utensils, washing of children and other family clothings, budgeting, physical care of children, teaching and coaching children and collecting water were performed by a majority (77.1 - 94.5%) of the respondents from ABU quarters, on the other hand, food preparation and serving, cleaning used kitchen utensils, washing of children and other family clothings were the activities performed by majority (54 - 94%) of the respondents resident in Shika village. Shopping is the least rated task by both ABU and Shika respondents.
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A project submitted to the Postgraduate School, Ahmadu Bello University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of masters of Education in Home management Department of Vocational and Technical Education Faculty of Education Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria November, 1983
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AFFECTIVE,, DOMAIN,, HOMEMAKING,, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,, CAMPUS ZARIA,, SHIKA VILLAGE.
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