Comparative Study between the Use of Buttons and Velcro Fastener in Production and Use of Clothing for Pre-school Children in Federal Capital Territory – Abuja

 – Comparative Study between the Use of Buttons and Velcro Fastener in Production and Use of Clothing for Pre-school Children in Federal Capital Territory – Abuja –

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to experiment on the use of Velcro as a suitable fastener in the production of clothing for pre-school children in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Three objectives and three research questions were formulated with three related null hypotheses. Experimental research design was adopted for the study.

The population of pre-school children, that is, early child care centres in Abuja was 5066 and the sample size was sixty.

Purposive sampling technique was used in selection of two schools for the experiment, while random sampling technique was used for the selection of the samples.

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Descriptive statistics of frequency distribution and percentage were used for analyzing personal data of the respondents. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the three research questions raised in chapter one.

Independent t-test was used to test null hypotheses one, two and three at 0.05% level of significance.The findings revealed that there was significant difference in the time used for wearing and undressing uniform constructed with Velcro.

The time was shorter than the time used for wearing and undressing uniform constructed with button. . It was concluded that Velcro has been ascertained as an effective fastener on pre-school children garment for self dressing and undressing.

Based on the finding, it was recommended that parents should endeavour to use Velcro fastener in the openings of pre-school children garments for its suitability and convenience for the children.

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INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background to the Study

The term Velcro is a registered trademark in most countries. It is a type of fastening that is in form of a fabric with a hook and loops in which the hook side is a piece of fabric covered with tiny hooks, whose loop side is a piece of fabric covered with smaller hair that are even in nature.

When the two sides are pressed together, the hooks catch in the loops and hold the pieces together, but when the layers are separated, the strips make a characteristic of ripping sound (De Mestral, 1941).

According to Wingate (1975) Velcro is a trademark for a completely textile closure of hook-like nylon pile fabric to an opposing nylon pile.

Microsoft Encarta (2009) also defined Velcro as a trademark for a fastener consisting of two strips, one with a dense layer of tiny nylon hooks and the other of loops that interlock with them which can be used, for outer wear, athletic shoes and luggage. It can also be used in place of buttons, hooks, snaps, zippers and shoelaces.

Velcro‘s fabric strips have interlocking surfaces: one surface consisting of tiny nylon hooks, while the other one consists of clinging piles which can be easily unfastened by peeling one surface away from the other surface, roots in two French words: vel comes from velour meaning ―velvet‖ and cro from crochet meaning ―hook‖.

Features of Velcro which makes it an ideal fastener are many uses which include lightweight and durable, maintaining its function even after thousands of fastenings and unfastening;

they resist being pulled apart sideways or straight up and down though Velcro‘s two strips can easily be pulled apart by peeling back one strip.

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