Spending decision responsibilities of husbands and wives

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dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Martha Janeen
dc.contributor.committeechairMartin, Esther A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLovingood, Rebecca P.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSchulman, Robert S.en
dc.contributor.departmentHome Management and Family Housingen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:36:47Zen
dc.date.adate2010-06-02en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:36:47Zen
dc.date.issued1975-12-07en
dc.date.rdate2010-06-02en
dc.date.sdate2010-06-02en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship exists between who makes major and everyday spending decisions and the variables: average age of couple, length of marriage, and the wife's contribution to the income. Previous studies have provided divergent opinions as to who makes family spending decisions. A questionnaire was developed especially for this study. Respondents in the study were the wives in 91 Blacksburg,Virginia, families in which husband and/or wife were employed. It was hypothesized that no relationships exist for major housing, transportation, and food decisions between the decision-maker and average age of couple, the decision-maker and length of marriage, and the decision-maker and the wife's contribution to the income. Hypothesis I could be partially rejected since the decision-maker for major transportation decisions was significantly related to average age of couple and length of marriage. In younger couples and those who had been married a short time, both husband and wife made the major transportation decisions while the husband had more responsibility in making major transportation decisions among couples who were older and had been married longer. Regardless of age, length of marriage, or the wife's contribution to the income, the majority of major housing and food decisions were made jointly by husband and wife.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extent57 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06022010-020151en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06022010-020151/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42837en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1975.C348.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 39010883en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectdecision makingen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1975.C348en
dc.titleSpending decision responsibilities of husbands and wivesen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineHome Management and Family Housingen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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