ممارسات الاستخدام و طرق العناية بأقمشة غرفة المعيشة لدى عينة من السيدات بمدينة الإسكندرية

Abstract EN

This research aimed to study the usage practices and methods of care for living room upholstery fabrics among a sample of women in Alexandria and the extent of their knowledge of modern devices for cleaning these fabrics.

This study was conducted on a squamous sample of (360) female respondents in Alexandria.

Where the data were collected using a questionnaire form in the personal interview, and the study relied on percentages, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, frequency, chi-square, and the simple correlation coefficient of Pearson and Spearman as statistical methods for presenting and discussing research results.

The most important results were as follows : 1.

The respondents prefer dark colors in the fabrics used for the living room at a rate of 58.9%, and it was also found that they prefer the fabric of the living room to be made of velor by 37.5% 2.

The low level of the respondents’ practices of use, methods of care and total practices of living room upholstery fabrics, as well as the low level of their knowledge about appropriate care devices 3.

It was found that there is a significant correlation relationship at the probabilistic level (0.01) between the total practices (use and methods of care) for the living room upholstery fabrics and both the marital status of the respondents, their educational level, the educational level of the husband, the respondents’ work, their original home and the average household income, where the value of chi-square reached them, respectively (29.06, 83.52, 65.79, 31.85, 31.36, and 33.64 .

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It was also found that there is a correlation between each of the respondents' knowledge about care devices for upholstery fabrics for living rooms and the social status of the respondents, where the value of the chisquare for them reached 14.22 5.

There is a highly significant correlation relationship at 0.01 between the total practices (use and care methods) of the living room upholstery fabrics and their educational level, husband’s educational level, the respondents’ work, their place of origin and average household income, where the correlation coefficient values were 0.401, 0.332, 0.276 and 0 .286 and 0.313, respectively.

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There was also a significant direct correlation at 0.05 between the total practices (use and care methods) of the living room upholstery fabrics and both the number of family members and the age of the respondents, where the value of the correlation coefficient was 0.114.