Editing Homemaking (section)

===Household purchasing===
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Household purchasing refers to a homemaker's efforts to acquire goods or services to accomplish the goals of the household. Though there are several households{{where|date=May 2025}} that attempt to set standards in the purchasing process, processes can vary greatly between households. Typically the word "purchasing" is not used interchangeably with the word "[[procurement]]", since procurement typically includes other concepts. Homemakers decide the market goods that the household will buy, such as the [[groceries]] which have been bought at a [[grocer]]'s or supermarket.

Another important purchase handled by homemakers is the power source used for appliances. Home or other building heating may include boilers, [[Furnace (house heating)|furnace]]s, and [[water heating|water heaters]]. [[Compressed natural gas]] is used in [[rural]] homes without connections to [[plumbing|piped]]-in [[public utility]] services, or with portable [[Grill (cooking)|grills]]. However, due to being less economical than [[Liquefied petroleum gas|LPG]], LPG (Propane) is the dominant source of rural gas for natural gas-powered ranges and/or ovens, natural gas-heated [[clothes dryer]]s, [[HVAC|heating]]/[[air conditioning|cooling]] and [[central heating]]. The amount of usages is determined by factors such as [[natural gas prices]].