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Table 6: Mean Levels of Committed Time
|
HH:MM |
Total |
Weekdays |
Total |
Total |
Weekend |
Total |
|
All |
4:14 |
3:26 |
8:47 |
1:29 |
3:46 |
6:11 |
|
Male |
5:46 |
1:42 |
8:46 |
2:00 |
2:24 |
5:26 |
|
Female |
2:44 |
5:08 |
8:49 |
0:59 |
5:05 |
6:54 |
|
Primary |
2:22 |
3:39 |
6:36 |
0:51 |
3:01 |
4:35 |
|
Intermediate Certificate |
4:23 |
3:26 |
8:48 |
1:32 |
3:42 |
6:05 |
|
Leaving Certificate |
4:20 |
3:25 |
9:06 |
1:45 |
3:51 |
6:27 |
|
Post-secondary |
5:07 |
3:21 |
9:49 |
1:35 |
4:09 |
6:56 |
|
Employed |
6:03 |
2:55 |
10:21 |
1:34 |
3:60 |
6:39 |
|
Self-employed |
7:08 |
2:24 |
10:52 |
3:57 |
2:26 |
7:08 |
|
Student |
5:11 |
1:21 |
7:55 |
2:56 |
1:46 |
5:33 |
|
Home Duties |
0:10 |
7:28 |
8:17 |
0:06 |
6:48 |
7:41 |
|
Retired |
0:25 |
3:27 |
4:28 |
0:14 |
2:43 |
3:58 |
|
Other not employed* |
1:25 |
3:02 |
5:07 |
0:16 |
2:37 |
3:30 |
|
Child Under 5 years |
4:40 |
6:32 |
12:23 |
0:49 |
7:29 |
9:21 |
|
Child 5-10 years |
4:31 |
5:15 |
11:02 |
1:04 |
6:37 |
8:16 |
|
Child 11-17 years |
4:41 |
4:04 |
10:08 |
1:41 |
4:29 |
7:04 |
|
Under 18 unknown age |
5:01 |
4:03 |
10:26 |
0:59 |
4:56 |
6:56 |
|
No kids <18 years |
4:02 |
2:22 |
7:29 |
1:42 |
2:23 |
5:05 |
|
Bottom Income Quartile |
2:05 |
4:37 |
7:30 |
0:47 |
4:07 |
5:33 |
|
Income Quartile 2 |
3:51 |
3:25 |
8:28 |
1:24 |
3:25 |
5:46 |
|
Income Quartile 3 |
4:58 |
2:52 |
9:00 |
1:21 |
3:26 |
5:45 |
|
Top Income Quartile |
5:57 |
2:50 |
10:05 |
1:24 |
4:08 |
6:42 |
Source: Irish National Time-Use Survey, 2005.
Notes: Total paid includes time spent on education; Total unpaid = housework and
caring; Total committed = paid work, unpaid work and travel.
* Other not employed includes sick/disabled, unemployed, training and other.
earner households have the highest level of committed time of all, followed by
men in male breadwinner households. Combining the mean scores of men and
women in these households, we find that dual earner households have 1 hour
10 minutes more committed time on weekdays than male breadwinner couples
(the next busiest household type).16 However, this is not true at weekends:
16 Note that we simply add the measures of individual men and women in different household
types, we have not calculated the mean for each couple. For an analysis of couples’ time use, see
McGinnity and Russell (forthcoming).