Home Management Skills in Educated Young Girls in Punjab: A Quantitative Investigation

Abstract

In our cultural context, home management is a great challenge that is confronted by almost all adolescent girls. This quantitative study was conceptualized to explore the ground realities regarding the capability of young girls to manage their homes. The population of study consisted of all young girls enrolled in degree and higher education programmes of colleges and universities. A sample of 100 young girls (18-25 years old) was selected conveniently from 4  eminent public and private sector universities in Punjab. A self developed and validated questionnaire (cronbach Alpha: .91) containing components of home management including time management, money management,  team work, cleaning habit, laundry, cooking and how to plan a menu containing 28 statements on three point Likert type scale was used to collect data. Personally collected data from the subjects were analyzed on SPSS. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to calculate the mean difference among different home management skills and to see the mean difference in the expertise level of young girls in managing their homes on the basis of studying in different universities. Moreover, t-test was run to see the difference between the girls, belong to rural and urban areas. Frequency distribution of responses was calculated. Major findings revealed that young girls were not good in time management, laundry and cooking. Conclusions were drawn and recommendations to the families of girls, and universities for the inclusion of subject of Home Management in the curricula of  respective department were made.