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The Journal for Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences (JFECS) is an official publication of the South African Association of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences (SAAFECS) with the following objectives: • To provide a medium for reporting scientific research and knowledge pertaining to family ecology and consumer sciences • To stimulate research and knowledge pertaining to family ecology and consumer sciences through publications of a high scientific standard and in doing so to promote these fields of study • To benefit the family and the community by means of publications on family ecology, consumer science and related disciplines. Research and review articles in the field of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences are published. The focus and content of family ecology and the consumer sciences in South Africa were published in a document called Focus and content of home economics (Journal of Dietetics and Home Economics, 25(1):53-58). Articles in the following fields will therefore be published: Foods and nutrition, Clothing, Housing, the functioning and development of the individual and the family throughout the life cycle, management pertaining to personal, social and material resources in small and big households and in the community, consumer behaviour & professional practice. Other websites related to this journal: http://www.up.ac.za/academic/acadorgs/saafecs/

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