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    Do It Herself: Analyzing The Female DIY Experience

    In response to emerg­ing trends and evi­dence sug­gest­ing a gen­der divide in the DIY home improve­ment sec­tor, the Home Improve­ment Research Insti­tute (HIRI) con­duct­ed a com­pre­hen­sive study to exam­ine these dis­par­i­ties. This research was ini­ti­at­ed under the hypoth­e­sis that under­ly­ing dis­crep­an­cies might reveal a dif­fer­ent nar­ra­tive for female par­tic­i­pants, par­tic­u­lar­ly in how they access and engage with DIY projects.

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