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Knowledge About Indoor Plants by Homemakers in Hisar City


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1 Department of Family Resource Management, I.C. College of Home Sciences Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar , Haryana, India
     

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The present study entitled “Knowledge about indoor plants by homemakers in Hisar city”. Air quality “refers to the condition of the air within surrounding. Air quality is one of the major environmental health concerns for India. Nowadays our lifestyle and work culture are also forcing us to be in the contact of the indoor environment for the long number of hours leading to coverage of various indoor pollutants. The study was undertaken to know the existing knowledge regarding the indoor plants adopted by homemakers in the house of Hisar city . The study was carried out in one phase, survey work. Survey work was carried out in five randomly selected locality of Hisar city . From each selected locality 30 homemakers were randomly selected from each thus making total sample 150 homemakers. The study revealed that level of knowledge regarding indoor plants was medium (68.6%). The maximum homemaker used seasonal plants (60.0%) and 94% use indoor plants for aesthetic purpose and the knowledge level of respondents about of indoor plant and it was found that two third of respondents had medium level of knowledge (68.6%) followed by high level (18.0%) and only 14.0% had low level of knowledge about the indoor plants.

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Indoor Plants, Air Quality , Homemakers, Knowledge Level.
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Authors

Santosh Kumari
Department of Family Resource Management, I.C. College of Home Sciences Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar , Haryana, India
Manju Mehta
Department of Family Resource Management, I.C. College of Home Sciences Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar , Haryana, India

Abstract


The present study entitled “Knowledge about indoor plants by homemakers in Hisar city”. Air quality “refers to the condition of the air within surrounding. Air quality is one of the major environmental health concerns for India. Nowadays our lifestyle and work culture are also forcing us to be in the contact of the indoor environment for the long number of hours leading to coverage of various indoor pollutants. The study was undertaken to know the existing knowledge regarding the indoor plants adopted by homemakers in the house of Hisar city . The study was carried out in one phase, survey work. Survey work was carried out in five randomly selected locality of Hisar city . From each selected locality 30 homemakers were randomly selected from each thus making total sample 150 homemakers. The study revealed that level of knowledge regarding indoor plants was medium (68.6%). The maximum homemaker used seasonal plants (60.0%) and 94% use indoor plants for aesthetic purpose and the knowledge level of respondents about of indoor plant and it was found that two third of respondents had medium level of knowledge (68.6%) followed by high level (18.0%) and only 14.0% had low level of knowledge about the indoor plants.

Keywords


Indoor Plants, Air Quality , Homemakers, Knowledge Level.