Trends in Spouses’ Shared Time in the United States, 1965–2012

Genadek, Katie R.; Flood, Sarah; Román, Joan García

doi:10.1007/s13524-016-0512-8

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“…Time spent together is one of the scarcest resources available to families due to the spread of dual-earner families, prolonged work hours, and the increase of non-standard work schedules (Bianchi et al, 2006;Genadek et al, 2016;Hill, 1988;Presser, 2000). The present study stressed the importance for partners of spending time together for the sake of partnership satisfaction.…”

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confidence: 61%

“…Despite the socioeconomic challenges of spending together, families have managed to preserve time for each other (Bianchi, Robinson, & Milkie, 2006;Genadek et al, 2016). For instance, family time in the US has increased by about one hour since 1965 (Genadek, Flood, & Roman, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For instance, family time in the US has increased by about one hour since 1965 (Genadek, Flood, & Roman, 2016). Changes in partners' behaviors rather than changes in demographics have been the main drivers of this increase Lam, 1988;Lundberg, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Time with children is the most studied family tie by far (Altintas, 2016;Craig, Mullan, & Blaxland, 2010;Folbre & Bittman, 2004;Folbre, Yoon, Finnoff, & Fuligni, 2005), but attention is beginning to be paid to time shared with partners alone and time shared with partners and children García-Román, Flood, & Genadek, 2017;Genadek, Flood, & Roman, 2016). Relationships with friends and parents have rarely been taken into account using time diaries.…”

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Couple Time and Partnership Quality: an Empirical Assessment using Diary Data

Vagni¹,

Widmer²

2018

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It is often assumed that partnership quality is positively associated with the amount of time couples and families spend together. However, little about this link has been demonstrated empirically. This study investigates how time spent with the partners, children, parents, siblings, friends, and acquaintances is associated with partnership conflicts and partnership satisfaction. A time-use module was set up as part of a longitudinal survey about family relations and conflicts in Switzerland. The results show a robust association between partnership quality, time shared with the partner, and time shared with the partner and children. Results show that the more time couples spend together, the more likely they are to experience high partnership quality and to report being satisfied with their relationships. Partners who are satisfied with their relationships are more prone to talk to each other, to share leisure time, and to go to bed together. In contrast, time spent with friends and kin is not associated with partnership quality.

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Couple Time and Partnership Quality: an Empirical Assessment using Diary Data

Vagni¹,

Widmer²

2018

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“…Country-specific studies show that dual-earner couples spend less time together than single-earner couples (Flood and Genadek, 2016 for the US; Glorieux at al., 2011 for Belgium; Garcia Roman and Cortina, 2015 for Spain) and shared time alone together in the US is lower when couples have children (Dew, 2009; Flood and Genadek, 2016; Genadek et al, 2015). The limited research to date on couples’ shared time is country specific and there is no test of differences in parents’ shared time across countries.…”

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Parents’ time with a partner in a cross-national context: A comparison of the United States, Spain, and France

Román¹,

Flood²,

Genadek³

2017

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BACKGROUND Time shared with a partner is an indicator of marital well-being and couples want to spend time together. However, time with a partner depends on work and family arrangements as well as the policies, norms, and values that prevail in society. Contrary to time spent with children, couples’ shared time in cross-national context is relatively unstudied. Previous studies from specific countries show that dual-earner couples spend less time together and that parents spend less time alone together. OBJECTIVE The aim of our study is to investigate partnered parents’ shared time across countries to understand how social conditions, cultural norms, and policy contexts are related to the amount and nature of couples’ shared time. Specifically, we compare time with a partner in the US, France, and Spain. METHODS We use data from national time use surveys conducted in the US, France, and Spain. We leverage information about with whom activities are done to examine three types of time shared with a partner for parents with children under age 10: total time with a partner indicates the minutes per day spent in the presence of a partner; exclusive time corresponds to the minutes per day spent alone with a partner when no one else is present; and family time indicates the minutes per day spent with a partner and a child at the same time. RESULTS Our results show that American couples spend the least time together, and Spanish couples spend the most time together. Parents in France spend the most time alone together. The most striking difference across countries is in time with a partner and children, which is much higher among Spanish families. CONCLUSION Paid work constraints explain a small part of the differences in couples’ shared time that we observe between countries. Differences in couples’ shared time across countries seem to be related to social norms surrounding family and general time use.

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