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Life‐time income is estimated here including the money value of household work. A modified opportunity principle is used, which means that non‐employed women's price of time is found by calculating reservation wage rates. The overall results demonstrate that Danish women's ‘loss' of labour income during the child caring period is difficult for them to regain, and just to reach the same level of income as childless Danish women seems impossible; furthermore Danish men get a higher life‐time income than Danish women even when we add the money value of househo

ISSN:0309-3891    

DOI:10.1111/j.1470-6431.1992.tb00520.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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According to published sources, the vegetable consumption in Japan and the U.K. between 1965 and 1985 has remained largely steady. However, in the U.K. the consumption of vegetables other than potatoes, has somewhat increased.A questionnaire was designed to determine the attitude to and utilisation of vegetables in both Japan and the U.K. 750 questionnaires were distributed in Greater Tokyo (76.9% returns) and 400 in Leeds, U.K. (66.8% returns). On a hedonic scale (1–5) an almost identical number of respondents in both countries liked vegetables very much (J — 69.8%, U.K. — 70.0%). Approx. 60% of Japanese ate vegetables with every meal, while only 20% of the British did so. Up to 80% of the Japanese felt that they should eat more vegetables, while almost 60% of the British were satisfied with their level of intake. In both countries vegetables were eaten primarily because of taste and nutritional aspects. A significant number of Japanese used them because of colour.In Japan an important source of information on cooking methods was the media, while in U.K. respondents mainly learned from their mothers. In both countries vegetables were most often obtained from supermarket and green grocer. A total of 31 vegetable varieties were mentioned in Tokyo and 29 in Leeds. Cabbage, carrots and potatoes were at the top of both lists. 46.8% of Japanese preferred raw cabbage, while the British preferred it boiled. Further information on seasoning and vegetable combinations is req

ISSN:0309-3891    

DOI:10.1111/j.1470-6431.1992.tb00521.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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Since the mid‐1960s there has been a significant increase in the number of public interest groups in Canada and the United States. Representing environmental, social and consumer interests, these groups serve as focal points through which consumer, business and government sectors interact. In the area of housing and community planning, public interest groups have been able to influence housing and planning policy to reflect the interests of housing consumers. Never, however, has a senior's advocacy group arisen with the purpose of attempting to influence the public and private sectors in the field of mortgage finance. Canadians for Home Equity Conversion (CHEC) is a grassroots advocacy group that represents exactly this cause. It is the purpose of this paper to describe the evolution of CHEC in order to broaden our understanding of the role of consumer interest groups in new product development. Home equity conversion will be discussed in the context of consumer, business and government interaction, and will serve as a case study that illustrates the public interest movemen

ISSN:0309-3891    

DOI:10.1111/j.1470-6431.1992.tb00522.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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The starring point for this article is the changing spectrum of goods and services, in the product variety as seen by the eyes of the individual facing the supply in the market. Apart from the fact that product variety is an interesting research object in itself, it would appear to have a distinct connection with numerous sketches characterising the ‘New era’. The article examines the historical change of product variety with the aid of empirical examples and points out a number of conflicting tre

ISSN:0309-3891    

DOI:10.1111/j.1470-6431.1992.tb00523.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between the extent of household production and satisfaction with household production. Data were obtained from 400 married couples who responded to a postal questionnaire. The dependent variable was an index of satisfaction incorporating two aspects of household production, quality and quantity. Regression analysis indicated that of the three variables representing the extent of household production in the model — hours spent by each spouse in household production and an activity index to measure the number of household production activities — only husband's hours spent in household production demonstrated a significant, independent effect. Other significant variables included husband's hours of market work, household net worth, age of respondent and gender of respondent. Two significant interactions indicated that (i) the relationship between wife's hours of household production and satisfaction with household production differed according to the gender of the respondent, and (ii) the relationship of husband's hours of market work and satisfaction differed according to the age of the respond

ISSN:0309-3891    

DOI:10.1111/j.1470-6431.1992.tb00524.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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Beef striploin steak disappearance from the retail counters of six stores in three different Canadian provinces was monitored over two consecutive weekends. Beef consumers in three Canadian cities were subsequently interviewed and requested to evaluate steaks representative of four different marbling levels, both visually and organoleptically. There was a clear consumer preference at the point of purchase or visual assessment for steaks with traces of marbling, and discrimination against steaks with modest marbling, and a preference for steaks with slight marbling over steaks with small marbling. However, during organoleptic testing opposite preferences were evident. Therefore, most consumers desire both leanness and palatability in beef. However, these qualities are not necessarily coincidental.

ISSN:0309-3891    

DOI:10.1111/j.1470-6431.1992.tb00525.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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Is the use of coupons a worthwhile practice for consumers? What defines a cost‐effective money‐off coupon user? In this study, the time cost of clipping and organizing grocery coupons is compared to actual savings received. Forty per cent of consumers did not reap savings at least equal to their time cost of coupon clipping. Cost‐ineffective consumers are identified and compared to the cost‐effective group on several demographic and shopping characteristics. Differences are discussed in relation to consumer economics and super‐shopper ro

ISSN:0309-3891    

DOI:10.1111/j.1470-6431.1992.tb00526.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY