In 1997, a questionnaire survey concerning needs of living information study with 50 items was conducted on 503 senior high school students. Characteristics about needs of living information study for senior high school students were separated and compared by their attributes and learning experiences on two axes, such as "study needs of living information contents" and "those of data processing of daily life". By the principal components analysis, five principal components were separated as the needs of living information study. Of those, three were concerned with contents about study needs of living information, and two were concerned with those of data processing of daily life. It became clear that the boy students and students belonging to the department of living science have been affected affirmatively on standard for needs of living information study. On the basis of the above results, the authors suggested new points of study contents, in order to introduce living information study to homemaking class for senior high school.
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