Time for Life
Time for Life

Author: John Robinson

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 027103985X

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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 we average more than an hour more free time per day than in the 1960s. Time-use experts John P. Robinson and Geoffrey Godbey received national attention when their controversial findings were first published in 1997. Now the book is updated, with a new chapter that includes results of the 1995&–1997 data from the Americans' Use of Time Project. &“Time for Life, an outstanding work of scholarship that manages to be highly readable, demands the attention of everyone interested in what&’s happening in today&’s society.&” &—Edward Cornish, The Futurist &“Time for Life . . . is excellent fodder for lively classroom discussions, not only about family time use, but about the ontological and epistemological assumptions in the prevailing post-positivist paradigm of family science.&” &—Alan J. Hawkins and Jeffrey Hill, Journal of Marriage and the Family &“Regardless of where you stand on this issue, Robinson and Godbey's arguments and data make for very interesting reading and open a cultural window on American society. . . . This is a piece of scholarship that should be read and its conclusions contemplated by people well outside the readership of this journal. . . . Time for Life is good social science research that should appeal to a broad audience.&” &—Journal of Communication

Time Use Research in the Social Sciences
Time Use Research in the Social Sciences

Author: Wendy E. Pentland

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-05-08

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0306471558

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This collection demonstrates the use and variety of applications of time use methodology from multidisciplinary, multinational, and multicultural perspectives. A distinguished roster of contributors from such fields as psychology, occupational therapy, sociology, economics, and architecture examines the complex relationship between human time utilization and health and well-being and evaluates the future of time use analysis as a research tool in the social sciences.

Time Use
Time Use

Author: William H. Michelson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-11-17

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1317250419

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Many researchers have studied people's everyday use of time. National and international agencies increasingly collect and analyze time-use data. Yet this perspective and its techniques remain a black box to most social science researchers and applied practitioners, and the potential of time-use data to expand explanation in the social sciences is not fully recognized by even most time-use researchers. Sociologist William Michelson's unique book places the study of time-use data in perspective, demystifies its collection and analytic options, and carefully examines the potential of time-use analysis for a wide range of benefits to the social sciences. These include the sampling of otherwise socially "hidden" groups, bridging the gap between qualitative and quantitative phenomena, gender studies, family dynamics, multitasking, social networks, built environments, and risk exposure.

Models for Intensive Longitudinal Data
Models for Intensive Longitudinal Data

Author: Theodore A. Walls

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2006-01-19

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 0195173449

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A new class of longitudinal data has emerged with the use of technological devices for scientific data collection called Intensive Longitudinal Data. This volume features state-of-the-art applied statistical modelling strategies developed by leading statisticians and methodologists.

The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work–Family Interface
The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work–Family Interface

Author: Kristen M. Shockley

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-04-26

Total Pages: 1081

ISBN-13: 1108245072

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The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work-Family Interface is a response to growing interest in understanding how people manage their work and family lives across the globe. Given global and regional differences in cultural values, economies, and policies and practices, research on work-family management is not always easily transportable to different contexts. Researchers have begun to acknowledge this, conducting research in various national settings, but the literature lacks a comprehensive source that aims to synthesize the state of knowledge, theoretical progression, and identification of the most compelling future research ideas within field. The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work-Family Interface aims to fill this gap by providing a single source where readers can find not only information about the general state of global work-family research, but also comprehensive reviews of region-specific research. It will be of value to researchers, graduate students, and practitioners of applied and organizational psychology, management, and family studies.