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American Time Use Survey Provides Valuable Information on Work, Family, and How We Endure the Conflict Between the Two; In Mid June, Congress Will Reconsider Funding for the ATUS |
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From Ascribe Newsfeed: Mothers do more paid work - 14 hours more - than they did 40 years ago. Suzanne Bianchi, University of Maryland sociologist, and her colleagues used the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), a time diary study that has been collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics since 2003. Men have steadily increased their participation in housework and child care over the past 30 years. And contrary to claims of some earlier studies, dads who work less than full-time don't use their extra time just to watch TV. Part-time worker dads do more housework (about an hour more) than full-time worker dads, and about 40 minutes more childcare. To understand changes in family life and to guide policy makers - and families themselves - about the best ways to adjust to new patterns of work and parenting, researchers collect such information. This in turn becomes the basis for news stories, advice columns and television programs that citizens rely on - and are hungry for. "The Council on Contemporary Families uses this kind of scientific research in order to understand the complex and changing dynamics of the family," reports Evergreen State College Professor Stephanie Coontz, CCF's Director of Research and Public Education. "Many CCF briefing papers and fact sheets rely on data from the time-use studies." Dr. Bianchi is Professor and Chair Department of Sociology, University of Maryland. We provide direct, immediate access to mainstream national media for 600 colleges, universities, medical centers, public-policy groups and other leading nonprofit organizations.
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