Time for Life: The Surprising Ways Americans Use Their Time

African Americans Ameri androgynous Appendix arts average behavior changes Chapter child child care compared correlation culture daily decline decrease diary data diary work hours differences eating employed women estimated workweeks feel rushed Figure free-time activities gains in free gender gender gap Godbey grooming higher hobbies home computer hours a week hours of free hours per week household income interviewed Japan Japanese labor force less free levels lives lower marriage married Mass Media meals measures microwave ovens minutes nonemployed women older overall paid participation patterns percent percentage personal-care productive activity Pskov reading reported Research respondents Robinson role factors sample sleep social capital society spent status stress survey Szalai Table telephone television viewing time-diary data time-diary studies tion Total trends U.S. Census Bureau University of Michigan values of GAP watching television workers