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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John P Robinson; Geoffrey Godbey |
| ISBN: | 0271016523 9780271016528 |
| OCLC Number: | 36126282 |
| Description: | xxii, 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword / Robert D. Putnam -- 1. Use of Time -- 2. Speedup of Life: Time-Deepening -- 3. Interpreting the Time Famine -- 4. Measuring How People Spend Time -- 5. Overestimated Workweek and Trends in Hours at Work -- 6. Trends in Housework and Family Care -- 7. Trends in Personal Care and Travel -- 8. Trends in Free Time, 1965-1985 -- 9. Trends in Television Time and Other Media -- 10. Home Computers and Use of Time -- 11. Social Capital and the Rest of Free Time -- 12. Background Predictors of Time Use -- 13. Gender Differences and Trends: Toward an Androgynous Society -- 14. Widening Age Gaps in Time Use -- 15. Status and Racial Differences in Time Use -- 16. Perceptions of Time Pressure -- 17. How People Feel About Their Daily Activities -- 18. Results from Inputs of Time -- 19. Comparisons with Other Countries -- 20. Issues for the Future -- 21. Brother, Can You Spare Some Time? -- App. A. Activity Differences Between 1965, 1975, and 1985 National (Jackson, Michigan) Studies -- App. B. Activity Differences Between Canadian, California, and U.S. National Studies -- App. C. Activity Differences Between Survey Techniques -- App. D. National Study Location Codes for 1985 -- App. E. Diary Work Hours for Different Workweek Estimates -- App. F. Variations in GAP by Estimated Workweek, Year, Day of Week, and Gender -- App. G. Diary Estimate Differences (GAP) by Estimated Work Hours by Country -- App. H. Proportionate Time Spent on Various Aspects of Household and Family Care -- App. I. Differences in Women's Housework Time by Year and Role Factors, 1965-1985 -- App. J. Differences Between TV Owners and Nonowners in Selected Secondary Activities, at Various Locations and in Contact with Various Types of People -- App. K. Media Use and Longer-Term Use of Home Computers, After MCA Adjustment, 1995 -- App. L. Mass Media Use and Computer Use, for On-Line Users Only -- |
| Responsibility: | John P. Robinson and Geoffrey Godbey ; with a foreword by Robert D. Putnam. |
Abstract:
"Is it possible that Americans have more free time than they did thirty years ago? While few may believe it, research based on careful records of how we actually spend our time shows that Americans have almost five hours more free time per week than in the 1960s. Here time-use experts John P. Robinson and Geoffrey Godbey explain this surprising trend and how it has come about. They also discuss why so few Americans apparently appreciate how their free time has increased or how that new free time is being used." "Their unique source of time-use information, the Americans' Use of Time Project, is the only such detailed historical data archive in the United States. Every ten years the project has been asking thousands of Americans to report their daily activities on an hour-by-hour basis in time diaries."--BOOK JACKET.
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