On ‘arriving on time’, but what is ‘on time’?

Schwanen, Tim

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.02.004

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“…It is often described as a luxury to be able to bike to work and only spend 20 minutes or so on commuting each way. In addition to length of commuting times, living close to work also provides a clear sense of control over time, which is particularly important in respect to opening hours of child care facilities, for instance (Schwanen ). This control over time and managing the time‐space budget of the family is a key point for understanding why many families choose a central location.…”

Section: Parenthood and Urban Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

Gender, class and space in the field of parenthood: comparing middle‐class fractions in Amsterdam and London

Boterman¹,

Bridge

2014

Trans Inst British Geog

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This paper argues that becoming a parent/carer can be seen as a new field of social relations and suggests how gender is the key mechanism in the reconfiguration of class relations in this field. By conceptualising parenthood as a field, that is a social world with specific stakes and rules, this study suggests that residential decisions and strategies developed by different middle-class households do not solely depend on their class habitus, but also on gendered positions and dispositions in respect to division of labour, child care and school choice. Drawing on interview data from London and Amsterdam, this study re-addresses the issue of middle-class time-space trajectories at a specific period in the life course. We contend that the middle classes are not just differentiated by various orientations of capital (economic versus cultural) but that interaction of class and gender is also key for understanding practices of the middle classes as they enter the field of parenthood. These practices are strongly influenced by labour market and welfare regimes (as the Netherlands/England comparison makes clear). In the new field of parenthood the work of realigning class habitus (through social reproduction) is highly gendered, but to different degrees that are made evident in the different neighbourhood settings. In terms of urban space this points to the significance of the particular neighbourhood structure and opportunities of the city as a whole as well as a more active idea of the role of space in the particular working out of class and gender in specific neighbourhood contexts. Urban space is a situating framework and an active process in trajectories of social reproduction.

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Section: Parenthood and Urban Spacementioning

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Gender, class and space in the field of parenthood: comparing middle‐class fractions in Amsterdam and London

Boterman¹,

Bridge

2014

Trans Inst British Geog

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“…For the most part, OPAT allowed the family to sink back into familiar routines and regain a sense of integrity and ‘normality’. ‘Coupling constraints’ (times when the nurses and the parent/child needed to be in the same place)23 created some ‘minor inconveniences’ rather than the ‘wild’ disruptions associated with in-patient care, as seen with some adult services 15. Other home-based services for children reveal similar reductions in stress and disruption to daily family life 24.…”

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Being ‘at-home’ on outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT): a qualitative study of parents’ experiences of paediatric OPAT

et al. 2019

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ObjectiveTo better understand the factors that facilitate and hinder a positive experience of paediatric outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT).DesignQualitative study using semistructured interviews.SettingA dedicated paediatric consultant-led hospital-based, outreach OPAT service in England.ParticipantsParticipants were primarily parents of children who had received OPAT; one child participated.MethodsChildren and parents of children who received OPAT and who had participated in the survey phase of the larger study were invited to be interviewed.Results12 parents (10 mothers and 2 fathers) of 10 children participated; one child (aged 15 years). Data analysis resulted in one meta-theme, ‘At-homeness’ with OPAT, this reflected the overall sense of home being a place in which the children and their parents could be where they wanted to be. Four key themes were identified that reflect the ways in which parents and children experienced being at-home on OPAT: ‘Comfort, security, freedom, and control’; ‘Faith, trust and confidence’; ‘Explanations and communication’ and ‘Concerns, restrictions and inconveniences’.ConclusionsDespite feeling anxious at times, parents reported that they and their children generally had a positive experience of OPAT; being at-home brought many benefits compared with in-patient care. Recommendations arising from the study include a ‘whole-system’ approach to discharge home that includes support related to return to school/nursery, reduction in disruptions to home-based routines, more clarity on choice and preparation for managing potential anxiety, better consideration of dose timing and enhanced preparation and information.

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“…Part of the function of smoking for Sofia, for example, is to provide a portable, stable rhythm that she can impose on her hectic schedule. Stacey's transitional practice of smoking while walking dogs after school is given meaning and function by her experience of the sequence of contexts and activities along her daily space-time path (Schwanen 2006).…”

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A geographically explicit ecological momentary assessment (GEMA) mixed method for understanding substance use

McQuoid

Thrul

Ling

2018

Social Science & Medicine

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Tobacco use is increasingly concentrated within marginalized groups, including LGBTQ+ young adults. Developing tailored interventions to reduce tobacco-related health disparities requires understanding the mechanisms linking individual and contextual factors associated with tobacco use to behavior. This paper presents an in-depth exploration of three cases from a novel mixed method study designed to identify the situational factors and place-based practices of substance use among high-risk individuals. We combined geographically explicit ecological momentary assessment (GEMA) with an adapted travel diary-interview method. Participants (young adult bisexual smokers, ages 18-26) reported on non-smoking and smoking situations for 30 days with a smartphone app. GEMA surveys captured internal and external situational factors (e.g., craving intensity, location type, seeing others smoking). Continuous locational data was collected via smartphone GPS. Subsequently, participants completed in-depth interviews reviewing maps of their own GEMA data. GEMA data and transcripts were analyzed separately and integrated at the case level in a matrix. Using GEMA maps to guide the interview grounded discussion in participants' everyday smoking situations and routines. Interviews clarified participant interpretation of GEMA measures and revealed experiences and meanings of smoking locations and practices. The GEMA method identified the most frequent smoking locations/times for each participant (e.g., afternoons at university). Interviews provided description of associated situational factors and perceptions of smoking contexts (e.g., peer rejection of bisexual identity) and the roles of smoking therein (e.g., physically escape uncomfortable environments). In conclusion, this mixed method contributes to advancing qualitative GIS and other hypothesis-generating approaches working to reveal the richness of individuals' experiences of the everyday contexts of health behavior, while also providing reliable measures of situational predictors of behaviors of interest, such as substance use. Limitations of and future directions for the method are discussed.

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On ‘arriving on time’, but what is ‘on time’?

Cited by 41 publications

References 38 publications

Gender, class and space in the field of parenthood: comparing middle‐class fractions in Amsterdam and London

Gender, class and space in the field of parenthood: comparing middle‐class fractions in Amsterdam and London

Being ‘at-home’ on outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT): a qualitative study of parents’ experiences of paediatric OPAT

A geographically explicit ecological momentary assessment (GEMA) mixed method for understanding substance use

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