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Title

Time for life : the surprising ways Americans use their time / John P. Robinson and Geoffrey Godbey ; with a foreword by Robert D. Putnam.

Author

Robinson, John P.

Publication

University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1999.

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Additional Authors

Godbey, Geoffrey

Description

xxii, 402 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Examines the structure of leisure time in America and how it has been changing since the 1960s. Emphasises that, although many Americans feel more rushed and stressed than ever before, they actually have more free time, which is simply wasted in activities such as television watching.

Subject

• Geschichte 1965-1997
• Time management surveys > United States
• Hours of labor > United States
• Leisure > United States
• Stress management > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-392) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Robert D. Putnam -- pt. 1. Introduction and Methods. 1. The Use of Time. 2. The Speedup of Life: Time-Deepening. 3. Interpreting the Time Famine. 4. Measuring How People Spend Time -- pt. 2. Work and Other Obligations. 5. The Overestimated Workweek and Trends in Hours at Work. 6. Trends in Housework and Family Care. 7. Trends in Personal Care and Travel -- pt. 3. Free Time. 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 -- pt. 4. The Demographics of Time Use. 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 -- pt. 5. Subjective Time. 16. Perceptions of Time Pressure. 17. How People Feel About Their Daily Activities. 18. The Results from Inputs of Time. 19. Comparisons with Other Countries -- pt. 6. Only Time Will Tell. 20. Issues for the Future. 21. Brother, Can You Spare Some Time? 22. A 1990s Update: Trends Since 1985 -- 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 -- App. M. Difference in Bi-Weekly Fitness Participation Occasions by Age and Sex, 1985-1990 -- App. N. Comparisons of the 1989-1990 California Children's Data with Those from the 1980-1981 University of Michigan National Study of Time Use -- App. O. Ratings of Detailed Activities on Enjoyment Scale (1985 Diaries) -- App. P. Items in Seven Time Zones of Zimbardo -- App. Q. Differences in Responses to Time Crunch/Stress Items by Demographic Groups in Japan -- App. R. Differences in Responses to Time Crunch/Stress Items by Demographic Groups in Russia -- App. S. How to Read Table 17.

ISBN

0271019700 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^99016903^

OCLC

• 41548355
• SCSB-11150396

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library