The Routledge International Handbook of Time Use Themes and Applications : Time Use Research Volume 2.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bittman, Michael.

Series:

Routledge International Handbooks Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (583 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

This two-volume handbook, from leading international scholars, provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on the collection, analysis, and application of time use data. It will be a valuable reference point for students and scholars of sociology, demography, social policy, economics, gender studies, psychology, and more.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Endorsements Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Note on the Cover

About the Editors

List of Contributors

Introduction: The Versatility of Time Use Diary Data

Section 1 Scholarly and Policy Applications in the Global North

Paid Work

1 The Shape of Work

Unpaid Domestic Work

2 Time Devoted to Unpaid Work: Evolution Over the Life Course

3 Gender Convergence in Housework

4 Comparative Evidence on Policies Promoting Gender Equality in Domestic Labour

Does Gender Trump Money?

5 The Gender Trumps Money Controversy

6 Housework Time and Spousal Resources: It is about Gender

Domestic Technology

7 Housework Now Takes Much Less Time: 85 Years of US Rural Women's Time Use

8 The Future of Unpaid Work: Estimating the Effects of Automation on Time Spent on Housework and Care Work in Japan and the UK

Parenting and Care

9 Advancing Gender Equality in Parenting: The Remaining Challenge

10 The Effects of Having Children on Parents' Daily Lives and Over the Life Course: What Time Use Research Reveals

11 Conceptualizing Parenting Time: The Implications of Examining 'Childcare' Time Versus other Time with Children

12 Daily Time Use of Dual‑Earner Couples with Young Children and Their Work-Life Balance in Korea from 2009 to 2019

13 Unpaid Caregiving to Adults: The Importance and Challenges of Using Time Use Data

Time Use Among the Young

14 Children's Time Use

15 Child and Adolescent Time Use and Well‑Being Outcomes: Current Debates and Evidence

16 Children's Time, Cramming vs Gaming

Time Use Among the Elderly

17 Trends in Growing Older: Women's and Men's Time Use in the United States, 1965-2018

18 Balance in Time Use and Life Satisfaction of Older People in Korea

Leisure Time, Time Pressure.

19 Gendered Trends in Leisure Time from 2003 to 2021

20 Speed Up Society?

21 Dutch Workers and Time Pressure: Household and Workplace Characteristics

Public Health Applications

22 Population Sleep: The Historical Evolution of Modern Concepts

23 Cross‑National Historical Change in Sleep Durations and Timing

24 Daily Metabolic Expenditures: Estimates from US, UK and Polish Time Use Data

25 Social Organization and the Overweight/Obesity Epidemic in Developed Countries

26 Changes in Health‑Related Daily Activities across the UK Pandemic

Energy Expenditure Applications

27 Harnessing Technology to Promote Active Travel: A Multi‑Method Approach to Understanding its Role in Daily Physical Activity

28 Time Use Data for Energy Demand Modelling

Civic Society Applications

29 Synchronizing Time for Social Connection and Civic Participation

30 The Public Face of Women's Friendship: Work, Synchronous Time, and Gender Equality

Section 2 Scholarly and Policy Applications in the Global South

31 Time Use Data: A Resource for Evidence‑Based Policy Formulation and Sustainable Development Goals Monitoring

32 Towards a More Comprehensive Estimation of the Labour Force: Accounting for Subsistence Production, Informal Employment, and Unpaid Family Labour

33 Employment, Unemployment, and Education in Developing Countries: Insights from Time Use Data

34 Gender, Household Division of Labour and Time Allocation of Women and Men

35 The Interference of Unpaid Domestic and Care Work with Paid Work and Men's and Women's Earnings

36 Women's Time Poverty in Turkey

37 Assessing the Impact of Public Investments

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-087878-4

1-003-66454-7

1-04-087886-5

OCLC:

1583175654