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Socio-demographic Differences in Washing-up Behaviour in Germany

  • Sarah Luisa Horstmann , Christian Hüppe , Jasmin Geppert und Rainer Stamminger
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 13. November 2019
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Abstract

The aim of this questionnaire survey study is to find out if the three socio-demographic aspects gender, age and household size have any influence on washing-up behaviour and whether people's washing-up behaviour changes due to them. The data was collected via a questionnaire created and carried out by “Forum Waschen” that could be answered by German consumers either on the internet or on the day of sustainable washing created by “Forum Waschen”. In addition to the socio-demographic facts, the questionnaire involved questions about both manual and automatic dishwashing. The results of this study vary; some aspects of washing-up behaviour are correlated and some are not. Only some aspects are dependent on gender, more the manual dishwashing behaviour than the automatic. By contrast, most aspects depend on or correlate with the participant's age. The biggest difference between households of different size are the quantities of dishes used and need to be washed per day. Besides the connections to socio-demographic aspects, there are also connections between different aspects of dishwashing behaviour itself, such as the positive correlation between the frequency of changing the tea-towel and its usage.

Kurzfassung

Das Ziel dieser Studie ist es, Einflüsse auf das Abwaschverhalten durch die drei soziodemographischen Faktoren Geschlecht, Alter und Haushaltsgröße festzustellen und herauszufinden, ob diese zu Unterschieden im Abwaschverhalten führen. Die Datenerhebung wurde durch das Forum Waschen mit einem von ihm erstellten Fragebogen durchgeführt, der sowohl online als auch am Aktionstag des Nachhaltigen (Ab-)Waschens von deutschen Verbrauchern ausgefüllt werden konnte. Neben den soziodemographischen Daten enthält der Fragebogen Fragen zum Abwaschen von Hand und mit der Spülmaschine. Die Ergebnisse der Studie sind unterschiedlich, einige Aspekte des Abwaschverhaltens sind korreliert, andere nicht. Nur einige Aspekte sind abhängig vom Geschlecht, die des manuellen Abwaschens mehr als die des automatischen. Im Gegensatz dazu haben die meisten Aspekte eine Abhängigkeit oder Korrelation mit dem Alter der Teilnehmer. Der größte Unterschied zwischen unterschiedlich großen Haushalten ist die Menge an Geschirr, die pro Tag anfällt und abgewaschen wird. Neben den Verbindungen zu soziodemographischen Aspekten gibt es auch Verbindungen zwischen einzelnen Aspekten des Abwaschens selbst, wie die positive Korrelation zwischen der Benutzung des Geschirrtuches und seiner Auswechselung.

Key words: Dish washing; ages; household size; gender
Stichwörter: Geschirrspülen; Alter; Haushaltsgröße; Geschlecht
∗Correspondence address, Prof. Dr. Rainer Stamminger, Institut für Landtechnik, Nussallee 5, 53115 Bonn, Tel.: +49-2 28-73-31 17, Fax: +49-2 28-73-25 96, E-Mail:

Sarah Luisa Horstmann, University of Bonn: After finishing her B. Sc. in food and nutrition sciences at the University of Bonn she is on her way to finish her Master degree majoring in food technology at the University of Bonn, Germany.

Christian Hüppe, University of Bonn: He graduated from RWTH Aachen University holding his M. Sc. with a major in Energy and Environmental Economics at the end of 2017. He conducted his master thesis at the Competence Centre for Energy and Innovation Technologies at the Fraunhofer Institute in Karlsruhe (Germany) and gained further practical experiences by previous international internships and study-accompanying occupations as scientific assistant with TRIANEL GmbH. After his master studies he started his PhD at the University of Bonn focusing on the energy efficiency of domestic refrigeration appliances.

Jasmin Geppert, University of Bonn: After completing her study in nutrition sciences and home economics in 2007 and her PhD in 2011, Jasmin has been working in postdoc position at Bonn University. During that time, she has gained experience in qualitative and quantitative consumer studies as well as lab studies related to home appliances.

Rainer Stamminger, University of Bonn: After 17 years of practical experience in the development of washing machines and dishwasher with AEG Hausgeräte, Germany, Rainer Stamminger was promoted in 2002 as professor for appliance and process engineering at University of Bonn. Main areas of research at University are consumer behaviour of homework with and without using appliances, new products or features, smart appliances, robots for household application and questions of sustainability of housekeeping.

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Received: 2019-04-14
Accepted: 2019-08-13
Published Online: 2019-11-13
Published in Print: 2019-11-15

© 2019, Carl Hanser Publisher, Munich

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https://doi.org/10.3139/113.110655
Schlagwörter für diesen Artikel
Dish washing; ages; household size; gender

Artikel in diesem Heft

  1. Contents/Inhalt
  2. Contents
  3. Dish Washing
  4. Potential of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Evaluate the Cleaning Performance of Dishwashing Processes
  5. Socio-demographic Differences in Washing-up Behaviour in Germany
  6. Physical Chemistry
  7. Dynamic Surface Properties of Eco-Friendly Cationic Saccharide Surfactants at the Water/Air Interface
  8. Dependence of Surface Tension on Surface Concentration in Ionic Surfactant Solutions and Influences of Supporting Electrolyte Therein
  9. Solubilization and Thermodynamic Attributes of Nickel Phenanthroline Complex in Micellar Media of Sodium 2-Ethyl Hexyl Sulfate and Sodium Bis(2-ethyl hexyl) Sulfosuccinate
  10. Novel Surfactants
  11. Synthesis and Properties of Novel Catanionic Surfactant Phosphonium Benzene Sulfonate
  12. A Micellar-Enhanced Spectrofluorimetric Method for the Determination of Ciprofloxacin in Pure Form, Pharmaceutical Preparations and Biological Samples
  13. Micellar Catalysis
  14. A Review on Micellar Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions of Organic Functional Groups in Aqueous Medium Using Various Transition Metals
  15. Application
  16. Application of Oxidative Fatty Acid Esters in Amino Acid Surfactants
  17. Environmental Chemistry
  18. Adsorptive Removal of Cetyltrimethyl Ammonium Bromide (CTAB) Surfactant from Aqueous Solution: Crossbreed Pilot Plant Membrane Studies
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