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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