What Makes Adolescents Free Time Use Differently?

2021 ◽  
pp. 0044118X2110122
Author(s):  
Yong-Kwan Lee
Keyword(s):  
Private Education ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Educational Opportunity ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Time Use Survey ◽  
School Day

This study examined allocation of adolescents’ free time differs depending on financial and spatial availability by exploiting the exogenous change on the school day. Using Korea Time Use Survey data, I found that adolescents allocate free time created by Saturday without school to mainly leisure activities. I also found that adolescents’ private education and social activity time are not affected by parents’ income, but adolescents living in big (small-medium) cities spend more time on private education, social and cultural activities (screen-based activities). These results suggest that the determinants of adolescents’ free time allocation differ from those of their time use patterns, and reducing the education environment heterogeneity by region is important in bridging adolescents’ inequality of educational opportunity. Subject classification codes: I24, I28, J13, J22

scholarly journals Correlation between Leisure Activity Time and Life Satisfaction: Based on KOSTAT Time Use Survey Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Jin Cha
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
National Level ◽  
Leisure Activity ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Activity Time ◽  
Healthy Elderly ◽  
Time Use Survey

Rationale. This study aims to investigate the correlation between the available leisure activity time and life satisfaction of the healthy elderly and the factors affecting them. Method. For the analysis, data from the 2014 Time Use Survey (2014TUS) published by Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) was used. This study classified the detailed activities of 9228 subjects, based on the data in 2014TUS, and analyzed the differences in time use for occupation domains by age group. Results. It was found that a greater amount time used for outdoor leisure activities yielded a higher life satisfaction value. Differences were found in time use by occupation domains between younger and older groups. These showed higher life satisfaction for those with spouses, regular full-time jobs, higher education, and better health. Conclusion. Based on these results, in order to improve the quality of life (QoL) for older adults, it is necessary to develop various leisure programs that require dynamic physical activities and to prepare alternative policies at the national level to promote participation in leisure activities by older adults. This study will provide occupational therapists (OTs) with data they can use to help older adults who have difficulty in time usage through time management intervention to improve their life satisfaction and QoL.

How Do Women and Men Use Extra Time? Housework and Childcare after the French 35-Hour Workweek Regulation

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 807-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariane Pailhé ◽  
Anne Solaz ◽  
Arthur Souletie
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Task Specialization ◽  
Exogenous Shock ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Extra Time ◽  
Time Use Survey ◽  
Time Availability ◽  
Day Of The Week ◽  
Partial Implementation

Abstract This paper analyses how and when men and women devote their extra time to childcare and housework by exploiting an exogenous shock in scheduling: the partial implementation of the 35-hour workweek reform in France. Using propensity score matching and the most recent time use survey (INSEE, 2010), we show that time reallocations differ by gender and day of the week. While men dedicate their extra time to performing more housework on weekdays in the form of mainly time-flexible tasks such as repairs or shopping, they do less on weekends. This shift from weekends to weekdays is not observed for women who perform day-to-day tasks that are less transferable. Women spend more time on childcare and reduce multitasking. Overall, task specialization by gender is more pronounced, and this gendered use of similar extra time illustrates that time allocation is not only a question of time availability. In particular, men and women ‘do gender’ at weekends, when performing tasks is more visible to others.

scholarly journals Modelling Unpaid Housework Time in Poland on the Basis of a Time Use Survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-189
Author(s):  
Marta Hozer-Koćmiel ◽  
Wojciech Kuźmiński
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Social Variables ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Housework Time ◽  
Time Use Survey ◽  
Care Economy ◽  
Economics Of Happiness

AbstractResearch background: The paper introduces an econometric analysis of unpaid household work in Poland.Purpose: The purpose is a quantitative analysis of the relations between the time spent on unpaid housework and some selected demographic, economic and social variables.Research methodology: In the survey, the respondents were grouped by gender and type of locality. It was hypothesized that there are strong differences in the determinants of housework time by gender and type of locality. Multiple regression models for housework time and 23 demographic, social and economic variables were estimated and verified. The analysis was conducted on the basis of individual data from the Time Use Survey conducted by the Statistics Poland in 2013.Results: The empirical study found no differences in the key determinants of housework time between women and men depending on the type of locality. The main factors of influence were: paid work time, time spent meeting physiological needs (sleeping, eating, washing), time spent on learning, the number of children and, finally, economic activity.Novelty: The theoretical part outlines barely known economic theories that addressed the issue of unpaid housework. The authors describe the care economy, humanistic economics, economics of happiness, time allocation theory as well as a two-dimensional approach to poverty research. Housework (which means the unpaid activity of household members aimed at satisfying the needs of individuals forming the household) has also been out of economic mainstream categories. Even though unpopular, it has an economic value and can be replaced by market goods and services or offered by the state. The authors have been persuaded that there are tangible and intangible benefits resulting from this type of work.

scholarly journals High times: The effect of medical marijuana laws on student time use

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Wei Chu ◽  
S Gershenson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Medical Marijuana ◽  
Major Change ◽  
American Time Use Survey ◽  
Time Use Survey ◽  
Medical Marijuana Laws

Medical marijuana laws (MMLs) represent a major change of marijuana policy in the U.S. Previous research shows that these laws increase marijuana use among adults. In this paper, we estimate the effects of MMLs on secondary and post-secondary students’ time use using data from the American Time Use Survey. We apply a difference-in-differences research design and estimate flexible fixed effects models that condition on state fixed effects and state-specific time trends. We find no effect of MMLs on secondary students’ time use. However, we find that college students in MML states spend approximately 20% less time on education-related activities and 20% more time on leisure activities than their counterparts in non-MML states. These behavioral responses largely occur during weekends and summer when students have more spare time. Finally, the impacts of MMLs are heterogeneous and stronger among part-time college students, who are more likely to be first-generation college goers and to come from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. © This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

scholarly journals Unconditional Quantile Regression Approach: Effects of Education on Housework Time in the US and Japan

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
Kamila Kolpashnikova ◽  
Man-Yee Kan
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Japanese Women ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
American Time Use Survey ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
The Us ◽  
Time Use Survey

We compare the association between educational attainment and housework participation among single and married women in Japan and the US. Using the cross-sectional time-use diaries from the 2006 American Time Use Survey (ATUS) and the 2006 Japanese Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities (STULA) and unconditional quantile regressions (UQR), we test whether educational attainment is associated with less time spent on housework in Japan compared to the US. We find that this assumption stands only for American women and non-married Japanese women. However, married Japanese women are unlikely to reduce participation in housework with an increase in their educational level. Married Japanese women are more likely to do more housework proportionately to the level of their education. The findings reveal the presence of a marriage penalty among highly educated Japanese women. In Japan, the institute of marriage places higher expectations regarding women’s housework participation on married women with higher levels of education, thereby penalising Japanese women with higher educational attainments. Our findings illustrate that the tenets of the resource-based and gender-centred frameworks developed based on the empirical findings in Western countries cannot always directly apply to the patterns observed in East Asia.

The time allocation to children by parents in Europe

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 827-845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne H Gauthier ◽  
Berenice DeGusti
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Family Policies ◽  
National Differences ◽  
National Characteristics ◽  
Time Use Survey ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Cross National

This article examines cross-national differences in the time parents allocate to their children using aggregate data from 15 countries collected as part of the Harmonized European Time Use Survey (HETUS). The analysis is restricted to married or cohabiting parents with at least one child under the age of seven. Results show large differences between countries; differences which appear to be associated with four main national characteristics: the countries’ level of economic development, the number of hours spent in paid work, values regarding gender roles, and post-materialist values. Some elements of the countries’ work–family policies also appear to matter but their overall effect is less conclusive.

scholarly journals Expensive Childcare and Short School Days = Lower Maternal Employment and More Time in Childcare? Evidence from the American Time Use Survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 237802311986027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Ruppanner ◽  
Stephanie Moller ◽  
Liana Sayer
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Maternal Employment ◽  
State Level ◽  
Day Length ◽  
Full Time ◽  
American Time Use Survey ◽  
Childcare Time ◽  
Time Use Survey ◽  
School Day ◽  
Part Time

This study investigates the relationship between maternal employment and state-to-state differences in childcare cost and mean school day length. Pairing state-level measures with an individual-level sample of prime working-age mothers from the American Time Use Survey (2005–2014; n = 37,993), we assess the multilevel and time-varying effects of childcare costs and school day length on maternal full-time and part-time employment and childcare time. We find mothers’ odds of full-time employment are lower and part-time employment higher in states with expensive childcare and shorter school days. Mothers spend more time caring for children in states where childcare is more expensive and as childcare costs increase. Our results suggest that expensive childcare and short school days are important barriers to maternal employment and, for childcare costs, result in greater investments in childcare time. Politicians engaged in national debates about federal childcare policies should look to existing state childcare structures for policy guidance.

scholarly journals High times: The effect of medical marijuana laws on student time use

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Wei Chu ◽  
S Gershenson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Medical Marijuana ◽  
Major Change ◽  
American Time Use Survey ◽  
Time Use Survey ◽  
Medical Marijuana Laws

Medical marijuana laws (MMLs) represent a major change of marijuana policy in the U.S. Previous research shows that these laws increase marijuana use among adults. In this paper, we estimate the effects of MMLs on secondary and post-secondary students’ time use using data from the American Time Use Survey. We apply a difference-in-differences research design and estimate flexible fixed effects models that condition on state fixed effects and state-specific time trends. We find no effect of MMLs on secondary students’ time use. However, we find that college students in MML states spend approximately 20% less time on education-related activities and 20% more time on leisure activities than their counterparts in non-MML states. These behavioral responses largely occur during weekends and summer when students have more spare time. Finally, the impacts of MMLs are heterogeneous and stronger among part-time college students, who are more likely to be first-generation college goers and to come from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. © This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Durations and Domains of Daily Aerobic Activity: Evidence From the 2010 Canadian Time-Use Survey

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 895-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Millward ◽  
Jamie E. L. Spinney ◽  
Darren Scott
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Metabolic Equivalent ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Aerobic Activity ◽  
Metabolic Equivalent Of Task ◽  
Time Use Survey

Background:This study employs national time-diary data to evaluate how much aerobic activity Canadians engage in on a daily basis, how that activity is apportioned by activity domain, and how subgroups within the population vary in their aerobic attainment.Methods:The study employs time-use data from the 2010 General Social Survey of Canada, for 15,390 respondents aged 15 and older. To estimate effort levels, the authors harmonized survey codes with those in the Compendium of Physical Activities. Aerobic activity was defined as moderate or vigorous effort at 3.5 Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET) or higher.Results:Among the 4 activity domains, aerobic participation is highest in leisure activities, followed by chores, paid work, and active transportation (AT). Only a minority (42%) of respondents recorded at least 20 mins/day of aerobic activity. Aerobic totals were particularly low for women and those in poor or fair health, and low for students, 15- to 24-year-olds, and those residing in Quebec, Ontario, and larger cities.Conclusions:The majority of Canadian adults are failing to meet recommended aerobic activity levels. However, there is considerable opportunity to increase aerobic participation for some groups, particularly women and young adults, especially in the leisure and AT domains.

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