Exploratory Analysis of the Activity Time-Use Frontier and Its Effect on Episodic Well-Being: Data from the Disability and Use of Time Survey

The role of time (as a constrained resource) in terms of budgets and expenditures is of great importance in travel behavior analysis within the context of daily activity engagement choices, emotional well-being, and quality of life. This research investigated the behavioral links between activity time budgets and episodic well-being measures in a two-stage process, using data from the 2009 Disability and Use of Time Survey. First, with the use of the episodic-level data, time budgets were formulated with the use of a stochastic frontier modeling approach. The technical inefficiency measure that represented the degree to which an individual expended his or her time (or an upper bound of the time budget) in activity engagement was also derived. Second, with the use of this measure of technical inefficiency, the effects on reported individuals’ episodic well-being measures were further investigated. The indicators of well-being—happiness, calmness, frustration, sadness, worry, tiredness, and pain—were analyzed with a multivariate ordered probit modeling framework. The models were estimated by controlling for a broad array of covariates related to sociodemographics, activity, and travel characteristics, along with the social contexts of companionship and altruism and global well-being indicators. Empirical results suggested that individuals experienced varying levels of positive and negative emotions from their daily activity time-use patterns, in both efficient and inefficient episodes. Productive episodes (e.g., working and volunteering) with higher time budgets (or inefficiencies) increased the likelihood of individuals experiencing higher levels of negative emotions. The model findings also revealed that high-income households and individuals younger than 65 years old with inefficient time-use patterns exhibited lower levels of happiness and calmness.

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Dementia-friendly wards

International Journal of Health Governance ◽

10.1108/ijhg-05-2016-0027 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 25-36 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Amy Jayne Eastham ◽

Diane Cox

Keyword(s):

Environmental Assessment ◽

Daily Activity ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

Well Being ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Small Scale ◽

Activity Engagement ◽

Content Type ◽

Staff Members ◽

Patient Interaction

Purpose The purpose of this paper, practice-based mixed methods small-scale study, is to explore the design features of a “dementia friendly” acute ward environment and, staff views on the implications of daily activity engagement for patients with dementia. Design/methodology/approach Eight staff members of the multidisciplinary team who work full time on an acute “dementia friendly” ward completed semi-structured questionnaires. Thematic analysis explored responses to the open-ended questions, and a further environmental assessment tool rated features of the “dementia friendly” ward design, on promoting aspects of well-being in patients with dementia. Findings Six overarching themes were found. These included: contrasting ward colours; clear ward signage; positive staff interaction; memorabilia, and activity rooms and items, had a positive influence on patient interaction, well-being and engagement in daily activities. The audit scores were rated highly for various aspects of the ward design. These included: the ward design promoting patient interaction, well-being, mobility, orientation, continence, eating and drinking and calm and security. Research limitations/implications This practice-based small-scale study highlights the importance that a “dementia friendly” ward environment may have on patient engagement and well-being, from a daily activity perspective. Further research into the key aspects of design that enable meaningful daily activity engagement is required. Practical implications This study supports staff perceived views of the positive influence that “dementia friendly” design may have for patients with dementia. Both the physical design modifications of the ward and staff interaction were highlighted as positively influencing patient well-being, and daily activity engagement. Staff members also felt that they needed to balance the clinical ward priorities, with the contextual requirements of patients with dementia, to establish an effective “dementia friendly” ward. Originality/value The value of this research is the combined consideration of an environmental assessment tool and qualitative interviews with members of the multidisciplinary team.

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Fundamental Linkages Between Activity Time Use and Subjective Well-Being for the Elderly Population: Joint Exploratory Analysis Framework for In-Home and Out-of-Home Activities

Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board ◽

10.3141/2566-04 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2566 (1) ◽

pp. 31-40 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Srinath K. Ravulaparthy ◽

Karthik C. Konduri ◽

Konstadinos G. Goulias

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

Elderly Population ◽

Well Being ◽

The Elderly ◽

Exploratory Analysis ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Analysis Framework ◽

Activity Time

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Telecommuting and Its Impact on Activity–Time Use Patterns of Dual-Earner Households

Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board ◽

10.3141/2658-03 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2658 (1) ◽

pp. 17-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Rajesh Paleti ◽

Ivana Vukovic

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

Travel Behavior ◽

Travel Demand ◽

Demand Forecasting ◽

Interaction Effects ◽

Extreme Value ◽

Activity Time ◽

Household Level ◽

Use Patterns ◽

Dual Earner

Telecommuting choices of workers in multiworker households are likely to be interdependent. These telecommuting choices may also affect the activity–time use choices of all people in the household. From the standpoint of travel behavior and travel demand forecasting, it is important to test these hypotheses and quantify the relationship between telecommuting choices and activity–time use patterns. To do this, the present study developed a generalized extreme value–based joint count model for analyzing the monthly frequency of choosing to telecommute of workers in dual-earner households. A panel multiple discrete continuous extreme value model was also developed to study activity–time use decisions while accounting for household-level interaction effects. The study findings confirm the presence of strong intrahousehold interaction effects in both the telecommuting and activity–time use choices of workers. Telecommuting choices were found to have a significant influence on daily activity–time use decisions for both mandatory and nonmandatory activities.

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Enforced leisure: Time use and its well-being implications

Time & Society ◽

10.1177/0961463x16678252 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 657-679 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jiri Zuzanek ◽

Margo Hilbrecht

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

Research Evidence ◽

Well Being ◽

Full Time ◽

Social Surveys ◽

Use Of Time ◽

Family Balance ◽

Part Time ◽

Work Family ◽

Self Assessed Health

The article examines well-being and social implications of “enforced leisure” resulting from unemployment and underemployment. The first part of the article reviews statistical and research evidence about social and well-being implications of unemployment and underemployment in the context of “technological unemployment” and globalization. The second part examines well-being implications of enforced leisure (due to being unemployed or working part time because the respondent “could not find a full-time job”) based on time use and well-being data collected as part of 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2010 Canadian General Social Surveys. Indicators used in the analyses of social and well-being correlates of “enforced leisure” include respondents’ time use, levels of perceived happiness, life satisfaction, satisfaction with work–family balance, satisfaction with the use of time, self-assessed health, perceived stress, and indices of social integration such as sense of belonging to the community, trusting people, or exposure to socially destabilizing behavior.

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Relationship between well-being and daily time use of elderly: evidence from the disabilities and use of time survey

Transportation ◽

10.1007/s11116-017-9821-z ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 45 (6) ◽

pp. 1783-1810 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Annesha Enam ◽

Karthik C. Konduri ◽

Naveen Eluru ◽

Srinath Ravulaparthy

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

Well Being ◽

Use Of Time ◽

Daily Time

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Daily Time-Use Patterns, Psychological Well-Being, and Family Socioeconomic Status of South Korean Adolescents: A Mixture Modeling

Journal of Comparative Family Studies ◽

10.3138/jcfs.49.4.461 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 49 (4) ◽

pp. 461-486

Author(s):

Jiyeon Lee ◽

Kyungsun Yang ◽

Yuen Mi Cheon

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Time Use ◽

Well Being ◽

Mixture Modeling ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Family Socioeconomic Status ◽

Korean Adolescents ◽

South Korean ◽

Use Patterns ◽

Daily Time

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Activity-Travel Behaviour, and Daily and Global Well-Being

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/201820305004 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 203 ◽

pp. 05004 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Muhammad Isran Ramli ◽

Dimas Endrayana Dharmowijoyo

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

Daily Activity ◽

Travel Behaviour ◽

Well Being ◽

Activity Participation ◽

Grocery Shopping ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

People’S Daily ◽

Life Circumstances ◽

People's Daily

Using a hierarchical SEM and multidimensional 3-week household time-use and activity diary, this study investigated how interaction of individuals’ daily travel parameters, time-use and activity participation and percentage of undertaking passive leisure within various activity participation, life circumstances, and geographical conditions shape individuals’ daily and global subjective well-being. This study confirms that life circumstances insignificantly shape people’s well-being as argued as well in previous studies. Moreover, daily subjective well-being or people daily context in which contains how people organizes their daily activity-travel behaviour positively shape people life satisfaction as hypothesised. This study also confirms that different daily activity participation tends to shape different level of people’s daily subjective well-being. Spending more time-use for leisure, sport and grocery shopping tends to positively correlate with having better daily subjective well-being. Having better mental and social health are found to positively shape people’s daily and global well-being, respectively. For policy implementations, this study can say that providing more opportunities for undertaking out-of-home activities such as out-of-home leisure, sport and grocery shopping with time-use policy and denser land use planning.

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Subjective Well-Being and Time Use of Brazilian PhD Professors1

Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) ◽

10.1590/1982-43272459201412 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 24 (59) ◽

pp. 379-387

Author(s):

Maiana Farias Oliveira Nunes ◽

Claudio Simon Hutz ◽

Jeferson Gervasio Pires ◽

Cassandra Melo Oliveira

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

Technological Development ◽

Well Being ◽

Work Conditions ◽

Being And Time ◽

National Council ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Use Of Time ◽

University Professor ◽

The University

The university professor suffers high pressure to achieve productivity and performs under work conditions that are not always satisfactory. This study seeks to analyze the subjective well-being, the time-use strategies, and the satisfaction with their use of time of PhD-holding professors with and without productivity grants from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). A total of 83 professors participated in the study (48 with productivity grants), with an average age of 50 years. A total of 89% of participants were from public institutions. The majority of the participants exhibited high levels of negative affect and low-average levels of satisfaction with their use of time. There was no difference in the subjective well-being or in the satisfaction with the use of time when comparing professors who had received a CNPq grant with professors who had not received a CNPq grant. The most important reason for dissatisfaction with the use of time was an excess of work, whereas peer recognition was the primary achievement obtained with the work. How work demands and conditions influence the well-being of the professors is discussed in this study.

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Disability and Activity-related Emotion in Later Life: Are Effects Buffered by Intimate Relationship Support and Strain?

Journal of Health and Social Behavior ◽

10.1177/0022146517713551 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 58 (3) ◽

pp. 387-403 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Deborah Carr ◽

Jennifer C. Cornman ◽

Vicki A. Freedman

Keyword(s):

Negative Emotions ◽

Negative Mood ◽

Panel Study ◽

Later Life ◽

Well Being ◽

Income Dynamics ◽

Marital Support ◽

Marital Partner ◽

Use Of Time ◽

Severe Impairment

We use daily diary data from the Disability and Use of Time supplement to the 2013 Panel Study of Income Dynamics ( n = 1,162) to evaluate (1) the extent to which marital/partner support and strain moderate the effects of disability on five activity-related emotions (happiness, calm, sadness, frustration, worry) and overall negative and positive emotion among older married, cohabiting, and dating persons and (2) whether such patterns differ significantly by gender. Marital support buffers against negative emotions and increases feelings of calm among severely impaired women. By contrast, support intensifies negative emotions and decreases feelings of calm among severely impaired men. Relationship strain also intensifies the effect of severe impairment on men’s frustration, sadness, worry, and negative mood but has negligible effects on the negative emotions of men with low impairment and women. Frequent support and criticism may threaten highly impaired older men’s sense of autonomy and emotional well-being.

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