• East Asian Journal of Business Economics (EAJBE)
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.109-121
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• 2022

Purpose - This study attempted to analyze news big data in order to examine the trend of change in housework due to technological innovation and family changes. Research design, data, and methodology - News big data was collected from Bigkinds for the purpose of trend analysis. A total of 8,270 articles containing 'housework' were extracted from news articles between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 2021. 11 general daily newspapers and 8 business newspapers were selected and were analyzed by dividing them into five-year units. Result - The change of trends in housework that appeared through news big data analysis can be summarized as below. First, the tendency to regard housework as work of women or housewives is gradually weakening. Instead, the centrality of connection with double income is increasing. Second, there is a tendency to strengthen the institutional approach to evaluation of the productivity of housework. Third, the possibility of market substitution for housework is expanding. Conclusion - In the era of the 4th industrial revolution, examining the impact of technological innovation and family change on housework not only enables the prospect of an industry, but also provides implications for policies related to housework. In addition, this study is differentiated in that it contributed to expand the field of housework research previously limited to analyzing survey data.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.119-129
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• 1997

The purpose of this study is to understand the meaning of‘housework’. In order to understand the intrinsic meaning of housework, we have to distinguish between ‘individual meaning’and‘institutional meaning’. The former is related to the concern, intent, habit, need, desire, and motivation of the given individual, while the latter is related to the social value, norm, and convention of human behavior. The majority of the studies on housework have been made by focusing on individual meaning. As the individual meaning of housework has gradually been emphasized, it has been forgotten that‘housework’itself is a very important part of‘home life’, and then the importance of home life has gradually diminished. Housework is naturally carried out in the process of human history, and housework reflect total human wisdom. In other words, it is thought that it is possible to grasp the total meaning of life in housework. Our life can be richer than now by increasing the quantity of philosophical analysis of the phenomena related to housework.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.33-44
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• 1997

The purposes of this study were to 1) clarify the determinants on socialization of housework and 2) illuminate the determinants on it according to the domain of housework. Research methods was literature review. Major findings were as follows ; 1) the determinants on socialization of housework were devided two categories. One was the characteristics of market goods and service and the other was the characteristics of homemaker. 2) The determinants on socialization of housework were different according to the domain of housework. Through these findings it is possible to know how housework is implemented according to the domain and predict the household living of future.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.13-26
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• 1997

The study was to explore the housework time management strategies and time spent in housework of employed wives and to understand the variables influenced on them. The samples were composed of 271 employed wives living in Chunlabuk-Do. The results were as follows: 1) The employed wives spends average 4.5 hours a day on the housework. The significant differences were ground in the housework time related to all demo-graphic variables. 2) The level of the housework time management strategies of employed wives was lower than the average. The most influential variable on the housework time management strategies of employed wives was the level of education the monthly income and employment types. A employed wives with the higher work status education level and income level utilized more efficient time strategies. 3) The major strategy which influences the housework time is that of simplification. Especially occupation of housewives and type of house interact with the strategy of sim lification. That is as the housewives with the jobs of blue-collar production-technology and clergycal technology use the simplification strategy much their amount of housework time was reduced.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.14-26
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• 1998

The purpose of this study is to investigate the meaning of housework for home education. The methodology applied in this study bases on reinterpretation of references concerned with 'housework' and 'education'. The meaning of housework for home education can be analyzed in three aspects, that is, individual, domestic, and social aspect. Houseworkers be capable of developing their physical, emotional, cognitive, and social ability through houseworks. What is more, they are to internalize the culture of home and society. The meaning of housework for home education, however, has gradually been forgotten in people's mind with the appearance of rationalism of modern society. The particular process of modernization in our country has uncovered the negative aspect of housework and continually emphased that point. Thus now people consider housework as only something troublesome. The conclusion of this study is that, for the purpose of our 'noble life as man', we should recover and emphasize the importance of the meaning of housework for home education. (Korean J Human Ecology 1(1) : 14∼26, 1998)

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.159-176
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to review housework research studies in the Journal of Korean Home Economics Association, the Journal of Korean Home Management Association and the Journal of Korean Family Resource Management Association. For this purpose, 109 housework research studies were analyzed according to the themes, published years, the subjects and the research methods. The major findings of this study were as follows. The research on the evaluation of the value of housework was the theme most frequently studied, followed by research on the socialization of housework, housework time, the attitudes on and satisfaction with housework, and the division of housework, in that order. During the periods of 1990-2000 years, housework studies had increased, but since then have slowly decreased. The majority of respondents to housework studies were married women. With respect to employment status of the subjects, both employed and unemployed people were sampled in half of the studies. The sample size was over 300 in almost half of the research reviewed. The most frequently used research method was the surveys using questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, one way ANOVA and multiple regression analysis were the statistical methods used most frequently.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.15-26
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• 2006

The major questions of this study are whether and how the consciousness of value to housework and the performance of housework are related to the family life satisfaction in young housewives. The major findings are as follows : 1. The significant variables influencing the housewives' ability to perform housework are the age of the youngest child and degree of their consciouness of value to housework. 2. The degree of young housewives' preference for housework may be influenced by the monthly income of their household, the area in which each of them lives, and the degree of their consciousness of value to housework. 3. The amount of the time that young housework perform housework can influenced by the age of their youngest child, the area in which each them lives, whether they are employed, and the degree of their consciousness of value to housework. Whether a young housewife is employed or not is epecially the most influential variable even among those significant variables stated above.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.41-52
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• 1997

This paper explored the public issue on housework analyzed the policy and the law associated housework and developed the theorical model for its political program. This idea is dependent that the policy has priority over change of the social ideology. That policy contains a campaign and a education to be aimed to share of housework in order to make responsibility of men as well as women on family and work. Also it contains economic value estimates to quantify and value the non-wage work(childcaring homemaking etc.) in order to confirm its productive activity. It would assume the lawful form as like a social security or a pension. For example the Family Rights Law Tax Law and Social Security Act have to be reflected on the value of housework and to be secured the social status of provider. After all this work was useful to improve a wage and a social status of all women. As consistent policy and operation associated housework are poor in Korea it is difficult to develop theoric l model on this theme. On the range a political proposal on housework would be bound by family policy(evaluation of housework) and women's labor policy(housework support). So the policy intend to secure a family life to improve welfare of women and to equilibrate the family and the work.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.83-94
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• 1997

The purpose of this study was to review the technological deterministic debate that the development of household technology would decrease housework. For the purpose this study made use of all sorts of literature and the interview resources obtained from 86 housewives above 30 years old. It was expected the household capital goods would save housework time and labor. The total time spent in housework and fatigue however seemed not much lessened during the diffusion period. Household capital goods were also expected to enhace the housework satisfaction and increase much housework participation of husband and children; yet neither of them appeared much high during the diffusion period.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.131-139
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• 2001

The purpose of this study is to find out conformable method of housework space planning as the division style of housework. For this purpose it is surveyed satisfaction and demand of housework space in apartment dwellers. The 785 data is collected from interviewing housewives through questionnaire designed for this study. The data were analyzed by using Frequencies, Mean, χ²-test, t-test, ANOVA, and MDS. The results of the study are as follows: (1) The division types of housework are ‘Homemaker’, ‘Partially to homemaker’, ‘Equally division’, ‘Regularity division’ and ‘Service using’. The ‘Homemaker’ and Partially to homemaker' were more than the others. (2) the homeworks were performed in various spaces. (3) The satisfaction and demand of housework space differed significantly according to style division of housework. The highest style is ‘Equally homemaker’, and the lowest style is ‘homemaker’.