Nowadays, kitchen space is insufficient for storage considering the change of its functions which causes inconvenience for dual-earner households. The purpose of this study is to provide the basic data for the appropriate kitchen storage methods for dual-earner families with a child by examining their actual living materials in the kitchen and the storage status. The 30 targets were dual-earner households living in 3-bedroom apartments located in Seoul with their children 's ages were divided into infancy, early childhood, elementary school, and middle and high school age groups. The study methods used were interviews, photo shoots, and furniture measurement which were divided into general survey and in-depth survey. The actual state inspection revealed the status of furniture in the kitchen space, types and quantity of living materials, storage location of living materials, etc. It also showed the correlation between living materials and storage spaces and problems. The results of this study are summarized as follows. It was found that there were a total of 210 types of living materials in the kitchen space. The largest quantity of living materials were related to cooking and eating, and there was no difference in the amount of household appliances, cooking, and food group by the child’s age, but there was a difference in hygiene, living, and others. There were small amounts of living materials for hygiene, living and others during infancy, but there were lots of living materials such as stationery, books, and toys in the kitchen space for the early childhood and elementary school age groups. However, it decreased for the middle and high school age group, but cosmetic products and decorative accessories increased, which shows the type and amount of living materials that are stored in the kitchen differ by the age of the child. Thus, it is necessary to consider the age of the child when planning kitchen storage. The location of living materials stored in kitchen furniture were the top cupboard, bottom cupboard, and upper panels, the highest quantity and most types of items were stored in that order. It indicates that they were stored depending on frequency of usage and ease of accessibility. It is important to plan a storage system to store living materials efficiently as the tall storage furniture, microwave stand and a storage shelves have various living materials. It was found that the living materials were stored the top cupboard, microwave stand or tall storage furniture with low accessibility for infants to keep them away from danger due to kitchen appliances. In early childhood, there are various living materials such as household goods, stationery, and toys. In the elementary school age group, there are various kinds of living materials such as sanitary items, living items, decorative items, various household goods, etc on the upper panels. In the middle and high school age group, more living materials were found in the microwave stand than in the upper panels. Especially, as the age of children increased, living materials like books, toys and stationary decreased, but cosmetics and decorative accessories increased. The method of storing the living materials was divided into leaving, stacking, hanging, putting, gathering, and storing. The main living materials were limited to food items, stored material, stored food, and stored equipment. All living materials were stored based on ‘leaving’ method and food items and stored materials were stored using ‘stacking’ and ‘putting’ methods. The stored food was stored using ‘gathering’ and ‘storing’ methods and stored equipment was often stored using ‘stacking’ and ‘hanging’ methods. The results of the study revealed there are various activities in the kitchen space of a 3-bed apartment depending not only cooking and eating but on the child’s age, and there is lots of incompatibility between living materials. This study is for gathering basic data regarding storage in the kitchen space and it is hoped to be used to develop a concrete storage system that accommodates the living materials and the attitudes of dual-income households in the future. ，韩语论文网站，韩语论文范文 |
