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Characteristics of Home Economics Researchers
Author(s) -
Gorman Anne M.,
Scruggs M. Marguerite
Publication year - 1984
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 - 10.1177/1077727x8401200403
Subject(s) - productivity , family and consumer science , economics education , medical education , psychology , medicine , economics , higher education , economic growth , mathematics education
This study describes researchers in home economics and characteristics associ ated with their research productivity using data from the 1979 AHEA survey. The 737 researchers were all of the 16,894 respondents who reported research was a major function in their employment and who were employed full‐time for 9 to 12 months. The researchers included 7.3 percent males. Based on the modes, the researchers are characterized as having doctoral degrees, being in the home economics education area of home economics, being employed in colleges or universities, and being professionally experienced. Their research productivity was assessed by three measures: a research involvement score; number of con tracts and grants obtained; and research dissemination score. Significant differ ences were found among groups of researchers on all three measures of research productivity.