The allocation and value of time assigned to housework and child-care: An analysis for Switzerland

Sousa‐Poza, Alfonso; Schmid, Hans Bernhard; Widmer, Rolf

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“…The use of linear regression has been debated in time use research because of the sometimes‐large number of 0s in the dependent variables that arise when individuals record no time spent on an activity. Some scholars argue that Tobit models are more appropriate for time use data, assuming a latent propensity to do an activity and that negative values of this propensity are censored at 0 (Sousa‐Poza, Schmid, & Widmer, ). Others counter that time spent in an activity is not censored and cannot take values less than 0 (see, e.g., Brown & Dunn, ; Stewart, ; and Wight, Price, Bianchi, & Hunt, ).…”

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Feeling Rushed: Gendered Time Quality, Work Hours, Nonstandard Work Schedules, and Spousal Crossover

Craig

Brown

2016

J of Marriage and Family

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The authors investigated gender differences in couple parents' subjective time pressure, using detailed Australian time use data (n=756 couples with minor children). They examined how family demand, employment hours, and nonstandard work schedules of both partners relate to each spouse's non‐employment time quality (“pure” leisure, “contaminated” leisure, multitasking housework, and child care) and subjective feelings of being rushed or pressed for time. Mothers averaged more contaminated leisure and less pure leisure and did much more unpaid work multitasking than fathers. These results suggest that these differences in time quality do partially account for mothers feeling more rushed than fathers. Weekend work was associated with mothers having less pure leisure, but not contaminated leisure. The opposite was found for fathers. Spousal work characteristics also related to time use and feeling rushed in gendered ways, with male long work hours positively associated with higher time pressure for mothers as well as the fathers who worked them.

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Feeling Rushed: Gendered Time Quality, Work Hours, Nonstandard Work Schedules, and Spousal Crossover

Craig

Brown

2016

J of Marriage and Family

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113

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“…The use of OLS has been debated in time‐use research because of the sometimes‐large number of zeros in the dependent variables arising when individuals record no time in an activity. Some have argued that Tobit models are more appropriate in such circumstances, assuming a latent propensity to do an activity, and that negative values of this propensity are censored at zero (see, e.g., Sousa‐Poza, Schmid, & Widmer, 2001). Others counter that time spent in an activity cannot take values less than zero, that zero values in the dependent variable reflect actual and natural nonparticipation, and that OLS is therefore preferable to Tobit (see, e.g., Stewart, 2009).…”

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Parenthood, Gender and Work‐Family Time in the United States, Australia, Italy, France, and Denmark

Craig¹,

Mullan²

2010

J of Marriage and Family

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Research has associated parenthood with greater daily time commitments for fathers and mothers than for childless men and women, and with deeper gendered division of labor in households. How do these outcomes vary across countries with different average employment hours, family and social policies, and cultural attitudes to family care provision? Using nationally representative time-use data from the United States, Australia, Italy, France, and Denmark (N = 5,337), we compare the paid and unpaid work of childless partnered adults and parents of young children in each country. Couples were matched (except for the United States). We found parents have higher, less gender-equal workloads than nonparents in all five countries, but overall time commitments and the difference by parenthood status were most pronounced in the United States and Australia.Parents of young children are among the most time stressed of all demographic groups (Jacobs & Gerson, 2004). Having children is a major lifecourse event that alters how men and women live and how they can allocate their time. Money is required to support children, and there is

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“…Debate on this issue focuses mainly on the use of OLS versus Tobit regressions 2 . Some prefer the Tobit model, a choice based on the presence of an underlying latent variable that represents a person's propensity to do a particular activity and that negative values of this latent variable are censored at zero (Sousa‐Poza, Schmid and Widmer 2001; Kitterod and Pettersen 2006). Using OLS with a censored dependent variable may result in biased and inconsistent estimates (Long 1997).…”

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Young people's time use and maternal employment in the UK¹

Mullan

2009

British Journal of Sociology

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This paper analyses the relationship between young people's time use and maternal employment in the United Kingdom (UK). Two dimensions of young people's time use are important for understanding the impact of maternal employment. The first of these is family context. This concerns the time young people are near their parents or not. The second relates to young people's activity patterns. Combining information from both dimensions is necessary to provide a comprehensive overview of the impact of maternal employment on young people's time use. The paper demonstrates that young people's time use is associated with maternal employment both in terms of activity patterns and family context. Young people with employed mothers spend more time alone with a father, and more time with neither parent. More specifically, young people with mothers employed full time (FT) spend significantly more time watching TV than those whose mothers are not employed, especially when they are not near any parents. There is a negative association between FT maternal employment and the time young people spend in achievement-related activities, concentrated in time when alone with a mother. Unlike time in leisure activities or time watching TV, time in achievement-related activities when in the presence of a father does not increase to compensate for the loss in time spent in achievement-related activities when alone with a mother.

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The allocation and value of time assigned to housework and child-care: An analysis for Switzerland

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Feeling Rushed: Gendered Time Quality, Work Hours, Nonstandard Work Schedules, and Spousal Crossover

Feeling Rushed: Gendered Time Quality, Work Hours, Nonstandard Work Schedules, and Spousal Crossover

Parenthood, Gender and Work‐Family Time in the United States, Australia, Italy, France, and Denmark

Young people's time use and maternal employment in the UK¹

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Feeling Rushed: Gendered Time Quality, Work Hours, Nonstandard Work Schedules, and Spousal Crossover

Feeling Rushed: Gendered Time Quality, Work Hours, Nonstandard Work Schedules, and Spousal Crossover

Parenthood, Gender and Work‐Family Time in the United States, Australia, Italy, France, and Denmark

Young people's time use and maternal employment in the UK1

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