House Design Preferred by Malay Wives

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Mayamin Yuhaniz
Mahmud Mohd Jusan

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Previous studies suggest that home activities affect house design significantly. This paper aims at identifying roles and household activities of Malay wives and their relationship with house design preferences. A study was carried out on selected working and non-working Malay wives of Bandar Tenggara, Johor, Malaysia, using a combination of structured and semi-structured questionnaire survey. The results suggest that activities such as cooking and other day-to-day operations have some correlation with their sense of space. The results suggest that patterns of housewives’ home activities affect their house design preferences. 

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Yuhaniz, M. and Mohd Jusan, M. 2018. House Design Preferred by Malay Wives. Asian Journal of Quality of Life. 3, 10 (Mar. 2018), 61–68. DOI:https://doi.org/10.21834/ajqol.v3i10.99.

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