Cultural Participation Patterns: Evidence from the Spanish Time Use Survey

Recent research and policy studies on the low-carbon future highlight the importance of flexible electricity demand. This might be problematic particularly for residential electricity demand, which is related to simultaneous consumers’ practices in the household. This paper analyses issues of simultaneity in residential electricity demand in Spain. It makes use of the 2011 Spanish Time Use Survey data with comparisons from the previous Spanish Time Use Survey and the Harmonised European Time Use Surveys. Findings show that media activities are associated with the highest levels of continuity and simultaneity, particularly in the early and late parts of the evening during weekdays.

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The multidimensionality of poverty: Time poverty in Spain

10.32797/jtur-2020-2 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-16

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

Probit Model ◽

Income Poverty ◽

Key Factors ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Time Poverty ◽

Multidimensional Measure ◽

Time Use Survey ◽

Spanish Time Use Survey ◽

Analyse Time

In the last few years the concept of poverty has evolved from simply being a measure of income poverty to a multidimensional measure that takes into consideration essential aspects for the attainment of certain levels of wellbeing. This paper assesses how the incorporation of time can contribute to the measurement of poverty. To this end, we reviewed the time poverty literature and focused on the Spanish case. We use the Spanish Time-Use Survey 2009-2010 to analyse time poverty in Spain, and estimate a probit model to assess the probability of being time poor in Spain and identify key factors associated with time poverty in Spain.

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Fathers as Solo Caregivers in Spain: A Choice or a Need?

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x19842214 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (13) ◽

pp. 1755-1785 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Irina Fernandez-Lozano

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

College Education ◽

Routine Care ◽

Blue Collar ◽

Equal Distribution ◽

Blue Collar Workers ◽

Dual Earner ◽

First Child ◽

Time Use Survey ◽

Spanish Time Use Survey

The increase in fathers’ involvement in childcare in Western societies has not translated into an equal distribution of childcare between mothers and fathers. While some couples actually succeed in “undoing gender” when the first child arrives, their characteristics that define them are not yet clear. This article provides four different explanations that contribute to understanding how parents share routine care in Spain, using a sample of dual-earner, heterosexual parents from the Spanish Time Use Survey 2010. The results show that fathers are more likely to be “equal sharers” when they earn less than their spouse; do not hold traditionally masculine jobs (e.g., managers or blue-collar workers); have time available and, more important, their spouses are not available from 5 p.m. onward. In line with previous research, this study provides evidence that dismantles the “myth” that higher status employees, and/or those with college education, are more egalitarian in practice.

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Supplemental Material for Social Contact, Time Alone, and Parental Subjective Well-Being: A Focus on Stay-at-Home Fathers Using the American Time Use Survey

Psychology of Men & Masculinity ◽

10.1037/men0000321.supp ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

Contact Time ◽

Social Contact ◽

Well Being ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

American Time Use Survey ◽

Time Use Survey ◽

At Home

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Analyzing Travel Time Budgets Using the Korean Time Use Survey Data

Journal of Transport Research ◽

10.34143/jtr.2018.25.3.15 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 15-24

Author(s):

Justin Sueun Chang

Keyword(s):

Travel Time ◽

Survey Data ◽

Time Use ◽

Time Budgets ◽

Time Use Survey

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Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Using the American Time Use Survey 2010, the Survey of Consumer Finances 2010, and the Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2011

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2432153 ◽

2014 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Fernando RiossAvila

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

Survey Of Consumer Finances ◽

American Time Use Survey ◽

Consumer Finances ◽

Time Use Survey

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Assessing the value of household work based on wages demanded on online platforms for substitutes

Review of Economics of the Household ◽

10.1007/s11150-021-09545-y ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Simona Jokubauskaitė ◽

Alyssa Schneebaum

Keyword(s):

Survey Data ◽

Time Use ◽

Opportunity Cost ◽

Wage Rate ◽

Economic Value ◽

Household Work ◽

Improved Method ◽

A Value ◽

Online Platforms ◽

Time Use Survey

AbstractWe propose an improved method to assess the economic value of unpaid housework and childcare. Existing literature has typically assigned a minimum, generalist or specialist’s wage, or the performer’s opportunity cost to the hourly value of these activities. Then it was used to calculate macro-level value based on the number of hours spent in this work. In this paper, instead of imputing an average or minimum wage for housework and childcare to determine a value to the work, we use the actual local wage rate requested for these services from providers on online platforms. Applying this method to Austrian Time Use Survey data shows that the value of unpaid childcare and housework, had it been paid, would be equivalent to about 22% of the 2018 GDP.

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Sleep Duration and Waking Activities in Relation to the National Sleep Foundation’s Recommendations: An Analysis of US Population Sleep Patterns from 2015 to 2017

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18116154 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (11) ◽

pp. 6154

Author(s):

Michael Osei Mireku ◽

Alina Rodriguez

Keyword(s):

Sleep Duration ◽

Time Use ◽

Variance Estimation ◽

Estimation Method ◽

Short Sleep Duration ◽

Weighted Estimates ◽

American Time Use Survey ◽

Increased Risk ◽

The Us ◽

Time Use Survey

The objective was to investigate the association between time spent on waking activities and nonaligned sleep duration in a representative sample of the US population. We analysed time use data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), 2015–2017 (N = 31,621). National Sleep Foundation (NSF) age-specific sleep recommendations were used to define recommended (aligned) sleep duration. The balanced, repeated, replicate variance estimation method was applied to the ATUS data to calculate weighted estimates. Less than half of the US population had a sleep duration that mapped onto the NSF recommendations, and alignment was higher on weekdays (45%) than at weekends (33%). The proportion sleeping longer than the recommended duration was higher than those sleeping shorter on both weekdays and weekends (p < 0.001). Time spent on work, personal care, socialising, travel, TV watching, education, and total screen time was associated with nonalignment to the sleep recommendations. In comparison to the appropriate recommended sleep group, those with a too-short sleep duration spent more time on work, travel, socialising, relaxing, and leisure. By contrast, those who slept too long spent relatively less time on each of these activities. The findings indicate that sleep duration among the US population does not map onto the NSF sleep recommendations, mostly because of a higher proportion of long sleepers compared to short sleepers. More time spent on work, travel, and socialising and relaxing activities is strongly associated with an increased risk of nonalignment to NSF sleep duration recommendations.

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