Clothing care and management practices of senior members in the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Abstract

Clothing care and management practices increase clothing life time, which indirectly reduces the expenses of consumers in these times of economic hardship, and in turn, slow down the circulation pace. The primary objective of the study was to investigate the clothing care and management practices of senior members in the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design. A simple random sampling method was utilized to select 176 senior members to participate in the study. Clothing care and management practices of senior members were sought by structured questionnaire. Statistical procedures used in data analysis were mainly means and standard deviations, independent-samples t test, and frequency and percentages. Findings from the study showed that in terms of clothing selection, laundering and repair practices, senior members engage in practices that prolong the lifespan of clothes. Nonetheless, it was also revealed that senior members have poor level of knowledge of care label symbols and do not engage in appropriate storage practices as well. Based on the findings of the study, I recommend that there should be adequate education on the clothing care and management practices among senior members through seminars.