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The Effects of Maternal Employment Status on the Evening Meals of Adolescents

The purpose of this study was to determine whether maternal employment contributed to the general inadequacy of the adolescent's evening meal, and to examine the attitudes of adolescents regarding the mother's role in evening meal preparation. A questionnaire was administered to 1180 high school students in a suburban area of Dallas-Ft.Worth in May, 1987. The hypotheses were tested using Chi square, Pearson product moment correlation, and Anova. Results indicated that maternal employment affects adolescent evening meals in the number of meals offered per week, fully prepared by mother, and eaten away from home. The amount of adolescent participation in meal preparation was higher for the employed group. Attitudes are different between the sexes and those with employed and unemployed mothers.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500447
Date08 1900
CreatorsHebert, Karen A. Fleischman (Karen Ann Fleischman)
ContributorsJacobson, Arminta L., 1941-, Fox, Norris D., Caldwell, Lark R.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 67 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Hebert, Karen A. Fleischman (Karen Ann Fleischman)

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