2002 Volume 53 Issue 2 Pages 129-141
This study reports on a field investigation on housewives not including those who work full time. The housewives under study were categorized into five groups on the basis of their intentions towards life sufficiency. We considered their lifestyle and background such as their consciousness and participation in family and community activities; their specific characteristics of educational background, and the environment in which they grew up and currently live.
Among these groups, statistically interesting differences are highlighted in terms of their concern towards family and community. First, their individual intentions towards household-works are related to the degree of satisfaction on one side, and their sense of participation in community activities is related to the degree of life sufficiency on the other. Second, how their intentions come about seems to depend on their educational environment, both at home and at school, and the type of community in which they have lived. Third, the educational background is not necessarily linked with the housewives' consciousness of life as well as activities.
From these findings, it may be said that the formation of self-being with their own consciousness of value for life is important.
