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Table 9: OLS Model of Total Committed Time, Weekdays
All |
Men |
Women | ||||
B |
Sig. |
B |
Sig. |
B |
Sig. | |
(Constant) Female Age (ref . 18-24 years) |
36.01 2.06 |
.000 .017 |
34.77 |
.000 |
39.58 |
.000 |
25-44 years |
-1.34 |
.402 |
0.44 |
.853 |
-1.97 |
.371 |
45-64 years |
-4.01 |
.017 |
-2.02 |
.415 |
-5.46 |
.018 |
65+ years Employment status (ref employee) |
-9.81 |
.000 |
-5.96 |
.058 |
-12.31 |
.000 |
Self-employed |
2.84 |
.026 |
2.13 |
.192 |
3.76 |
.108 |
Student |
-7.24 |
.000 |
-5.45 |
.083 |
-7.66 |
.006 |
Unemployed |
-24.40 |
.000 |
-24.05 |
.000 |
-25.43 |
.000 |
Home Duties |
-6.38 |
.000 |
-13.34 |
.127 |
-5.73 |
.000 |
Retired |
-11.91 |
.000 |
-14.90 |
.000 |
-9.09 |
.000 |
Other not employed |
-10.97 |
.000 |
-17.28 |
.000 |
-3.00 |
.290 |
Certificate level |
2.10 |
.085 |
2.63 |
.153 |
1.12 |
.495 |
Leaving Certificate level |
2.26 |
.061 |
1.68 |
.362 |
2.78 |
.086 |
Post-secondary Children (ref no kids <18 years) |
1.99 |
.110 |
0.91 |
.639 |
2.44 |
.138 |
Youngest child <5 years |
11.71 |
.000 |
9.63 |
.000 |
12.73 |
.000 |
Youngest child 5-10 years |
7.43 |
.000 |
6.50 |
.019 |
7.36 |
.001 |
Youngest child 11-18 years |
3.86 |
.009 |
3.34 |
.138 |
3.78 |
.053 |
Child(ren) <18 unknown age |
5.55 |
.002 |
4.41 |
.133 |
6.65 |
.004 |
Lone-parent Partner’s employment |
0.82 |
.742 |
-3.36 |
.537 |
3.33 |
.259 |
No partner |
-2.28 |
.063 |
-0.72 |
.704 |
-4.78 |
.005 |
Partner employed |
-0.14 |
.900 |
-0.67 |
.669 |
-0.30 |
.850 |
Adult carer |
5.24 |
.000 |
3.40 |
.109 |
6.00 |
.000 |
Equivalised income |
0.00 |
.192 |
0.00 |
.140 |
0.00 |
.817 |
Dublin adjusted r2 |
-0.46 0.472 870 |
.663 |
-1.06 0.449 415 |
.523 |
0.12 0.501 454 |
.929 |
Note: Committed time = employment/education + caring + housework + travel.
Note the dependent variable is measured in number of 15 minute slots.
Source: Irish National Time-Use Survey, 2005.
emerges on weekdays. Levels of committed time are also significantly higher
among women than men at weekends - due to high levels of unpaid work
carried out by women. Committed time is lower among older groups on
weekdays but age has less effect on free-time at weekends. The level of
committed time at weekends does not vary with age among women, however,
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