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Accession number;03A0366067
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| Title;A Comparison between Japanese and Japanese American Elderly Women's Dressing Consciousness and Actual Wearing Condition |
| Author;
IJICHI MICHIKO
(Cunkyo Univ. Fac. of Educ.)
KOBAYASHI SHIGEO
(Kyoritsu Women's Univ., Faculty of Home Economics, JPN)
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Journal Title;Journal of Home Economics of Japan
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Journal Code:F0763A
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ISSN:0913-5227
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VOL.54;NO.5;PAGE.377-385(2003)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.7, REF.6 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Japanese and Japanese American elderly women's dressing consciousness. Two hundred Japanese and 135 Japanese American elderly women completed questionnaires which asked them such things as how frequently they wore various articles of clothing, their criteria for choosing daily clothes, and their attitudes and consciousness toward clothing. The data of the two groups were compared using statistical testing and Quantification Method III. Many significant differences between the two groups were found. The frequency of wearing skirts and sweaters was low among the Japanese American group. As for the criteria for choosing their daily clothes, the Japanese group liked bright-colored clothes more than the Japanese American group. The results of Quantification Method III revealed three axes: "wearing consciousness," "taste in colors and patterns of clothes" and "discontent with marketed clothes." As for the correspondence of these axes to the demographic factors of age, living patterns and work, many significant differences were recognized in the Japanese group. On the other hand, no significant differences were recognized in the Japanese American group. (author abst.) |
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