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



Table 3

Impact of Power on Time Use by Sample

By Country, Gender, and Type of Day

United States

Denmark


Women

Men

Women

Men

Work

Days

Non-work

Days

Work

Days

Non-work

Days

Work

Days

Non-work

Days

Work

Days

Non-work

Days

Leisure Time

Full Sample

17.14

121.23 **

43.77

138.85 *

-10.19

190.46 *

-94.15

89.19

Dual Earners

10.29

119.03

-13.01

104.74

35.16

62.61

-164.95

56.16

Single Self-Earner

70.26

98.01

120.75

*      121.35

412.59

301.30

Single Partner Earner

145.59 **

282.46

655.04 ***

With Children

16.90

92.17 *

51.19

116.32

-32.02

-55.75

1.86

-6.51

Without Children

11.25

169.80

7.02

159.44

-0.99

329.94 **

-220.87

135.84

Housework Time

Full Sample

-24.91

33.37

-3.56

-74.00

24.48

-3.44

-61.31

-322.00 ***

Dual Earners

-31.14

86.35

24.46

-25.27

13.07

-14.98

-46.87

-278.66 **

Single Self-Earner

163.66

-119.70

-11.73

-51.20

-82.28

-459.85

Single Partner Earner

-2.30

-281.56

-2.38

With Children

-18.29

78.19

5.58

-81.34

63.31

12.89

-11.16

9.03

Without Children

-42.42

-125.18

-0.07

-64.57

39.27

-197.00

-96.06

-302.20 **

Sample Sizes

Full Sample

3978

7597

5489

4915

785

1158

961

876

Dual Earners

3623

4205

3860

3021

733

831

793

642

Single Self-Earner

355

386

1629

1300

52

60

168

144

Single Partner Earner

3006

594

267

90

With Children

2587

5549

3829

3438

383

595

497

426

Without Children

1391

2048

1660

1477

402

563

464

450

Asterisks indicate statistical significance: *** significance at the 1% level, ** at the 5% level, and * at the 10% level.

Both the Danish and the US models contain the same set of explanatory variables reported on in Table 2.

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