Age, location as determinant for sustainable apparel needs and design for retired elderly women in Delta State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study is on age, location as a predictor for sustainable apparel needs and design for retired elderly women in delta state. Two research questions and one hypotheses were formulated for the study, the study is a experimental study; it adopted survey research design. The study adopts multi-stage sampling technique. Sample sizes of 240 were drawn from the Population of 6798 elderly women. Mean and Standard deviation was used to answer the research questions, the formulated hypotheses were tested with regression analysis. The findings show that clothing needs of retired elderly women is significantly influenced by their age and needed to produce sustainable apparel between urban and rural retired elderly women are not influenced by their location. The study therefore recommends that Age specific apparel design: that designers and manufacturers should develop age responsive clothing that addresses mobility limitations, posture changes, skin sensitivity, and ease of dressing and Standardized Sustainable design framework do not vary by location, policymakers and designers should establish universal sustainable production guidelines applicable to both urban and rural markets