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Clothing Practices and Preferences of Blue‐Collar Workers and Their Families 1
Author(s) -
Kundel Carolyn
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x7600400402
Subject(s) - clothing , wife , preference , psychology , blue collar , population , work (physics) , social psychology , demographic economics , sociology , engineering , demography , political science , mechanical engineering , law , economics , microeconomics
The population of this study was married industrial workers who were employed in 1968 in Iowa metal processing industries. Fifteen companies participated in the study with com pleted data received on 186 families. The men and their wives were interviewed in their homes, and employee data sheets were completed by employers. Descriptive information was reported on clothing practices and preferences. The associa tion of clothing practices and preferences to level of education and to aspects of employ ment including absence from work, job attitude, and current job and advancement were ex amined. Higher levels of education correlated with more formal clothing worn by the husband to work, and the preference of the wife for one $14 dress over two $7 dresses. The variable describing current job and advancement was associated with higher levels of edu cation of both the employee and his wife, wearing more formal clothing to work by the hus band, and a preference of the wife for quality rather than quantity in clothing.