Institutions, Social Norms, and Bargaining Power: An Analysis of Individual Leisure Time in Couple Households



Table 1

Sample Means

By Country, Gender, and Type of Day

United States                                    Denmark

Women               Men                Women              Men

Work

Non-Work

Work

Non-Work

Work

Non-Work

Work

Non-Work

Days

Days

Days

Days

Days

Days

Days

Days

Leisure Time

187.57

368.29

204.73

465.62

215.12

393.26

245.02

466.92

Housework Time

117.44

280.46

69.67

218.92

133.80

228.88

82.03

196.50

% No Leisure

3.90%

1.20%

4.96%

1.20%

1.53%

0.17%

1.66%

0.00%

% No Housework

9.75%

3.33%

31.54%

11.31%

2.80%

1.99%

13.42%

4.91%

Power

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

Married

0.95

0.96

0.96

0.96

0.75

0.69

0.74

0.69

Enrolled in School

0.06

0.06

0.03

0.04

0.00

0.08

0.00

0.03

Education (years)

14.30

13.97

14.27

14.10

12.69

12.48

12.50

12.42

Age

40.58

39.56

42.05

42.16

41.41

39.88

43.26

42.30

Age Squared/100

17.32

16.51

18.53

18.64

18.07

16.93

19.71

19.03

# Children age 0-2

0.15

0.28

0.22

0.24

0.09

0.18

0.14

0.16

# Children age 3-5 in US, 3-6 in DK

0.19

0.27

0.25

0.24

0.20

0.21

0.20

0.20

# Children age 6-9 in US, 7-9 in DK

0.28

0.36

0.33

0.34

0.16

0.14

0.14

0.13

# Children age 10-14

0.38

0.40

0.39

0.38

0.30

0.26

0.31

0.27

# Children age 15-17

0.16

0.14

0.16

0.15

0.15

0.12

0.16

0.12

Number of Other Adults

0.19

0.16

0.18

0.17

0.20

0.16

0.19

0.17

Unemployment Rate

5.37

5.40

5.38

5.41

5.07

5.15

5.11

5.15

Winter

0.27

0.26

0.26

0.27

0.05

0.03

0.04

0.02

Spring

0.25

0.24

0.26

0.24

0.46

0.47

0.46

0.47

Summer

0.24

0.25

0.24

0.24

0.04

0.03

0.05

0.02

Fall

0.24

0.25

0.24

0.25

0.45

0.48

0.45

0.49

Weekend/Holiday

0.20

0.67

0.23

0.82

0.14

0.74

0.16

0.85

Sample Size

3978

7597

5489

4915

785

1158

961

876

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