An Effect of Household Technology on Housework -Focused on mechanization of housework-

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1995;33(1):71-82.

과학기술이 가사노동수행양식에 미친 영향 - 가사노동의 기계화를 중심으로 -

이기영

서울대학교 가정대학 소비자아동학과

An Effect of Household Technology on Housework -Focused on mechanization of housework-

이기영

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to investigate the introduced household machines during the industrial period and the effect of them on housework. This study utilized the methods of historical research. The major findings of this research were as follows; (1) The method and process of housework was altered dramatically by the introduction and spread of household machines during the industrial period. (2) Household machines made housework more easy and timesaving but they had little effect on the houseworker's total burdens because of the rising standares, the addition of new housework and the return of housework to the home which had bean substituted by the market services.