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Abstract
This research examines factors influencing the usual place of study for students living in family apartments at colleges and universities. The sample is composed of 305 residents who returned questionnaires, representing a 60 percent rate of return. A regression analysis of usual place of study on control, independent, and intervening variables is performed. The control variables include sex, classification, citizenship, area of residence, number of children, and size of home community. The independent variables are satisfaction with amount of space in the apartment, consideration of neighbors and quality of social atmosphere in comparison to educational atmosphere. The intervening variable is quietness of the apartment for study. Several of the variables are shown to have significant relationships with the usual place of study. A further analysis of “library” and “apartment” as usual place of study demonstrates some differences in the relationship of the variables.
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Donald F. Whalen
Donald F. Whalen is a Coordinator of Residence Life at Iowa State University, Ames.
Earl W. Morris
Earl W. Morris is Professor, Family Environment Department, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames. This research was funded by the Department of Family Environment, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, and the Department of Residence at Iowa State University, Ames.