Using new data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), the authors consider how educational and parental status influence the relationship between wives' relative earnings and the time they devote to housework in a climate of heightened gender egalitarianism and growing similarity between women's and men's time use. The authors capitalize on the…

A sample of 492 children and adolescents analyzed to determine differences in time use shows that males spend more time in leisure activities and less time in household work and personal care than do females. (DM)

Using data from the 2003 and 2004 American Time Use Survey, we study the role that socioeconomic factors play in mothers' time choices. We estimate a four-equation system in which the dependent variables are the minutes used in home production, active leisure, market work, and child caregiving. Our results show that mothers' caregiving time…

Compared the time-use in household work of school-age children in single-parent/one-earner, two-parent/one-earner, and two-parent/two earner households (N=170). Children in two-parent families were found to spend less actual and relative amounts of time on all household work than children in single-parent families. (Author/ABL)

Notes that increasingly, parents are questioning the benefits of "pencilling in" time with their children like a business appointment. Explores development of the concept of quality time, and how children's needs, such as attention and consistency, are subjugated. Suggests that parents can make choices, to reduce work hours, relocate less…

In this article, I examine the distribution of time pressure associated with the roles of marital partner and parent using data from a telephone survey. Results of an analysis of open-ended responses indicate that less than a quarter of respondents are satisfied with the time they spend with their children and spouses. Women are more likely to…