Structural Analysis of Factors in the Use of Domestic Services (Part 1)

Viewpoint of Basic Attributes

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to grasp the actual conditions of the use of domestic services, to discover the use-factors, and to clarify the use-structure. Part 1 is a report on the factors which were extracted from the analysis of housewives in their use-tendency according to age, family type, occupation, and education.
The results obtained were as follows :
1) Especially in the services relative to food, the controlling factors of use were at work in the older group.
2) The promoting factors of use which worked on the younger group were their tendency to convenience and evaluation of quality.
3) The peculiarities of use-tendency in the single or couple family type were recognized.
4) In the services relative to clothing, the tendency of those working full-time was remarkable. Evaluation of quality in these worked as the promoting factors of use and caused the use-fixation.
5) The economic condition of lower educated group worked as the controlling factor of use.