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Table 10: Models of Committed Time, Weekends

All

Men

Women

B

Sig.

B

Sig.

B

Sig.

(Constant)

9.26

.001

7.28

.065

16.09

.000

Female

4.82

.000

Age (ref . 18-24 years)
25-44 years

3.60

.070

6.06

.031

2.96

.307

45-64 years

4.94

.020

8.53

.004

2.60

.397

65+ years

Employment status (ref employee)

2.28

.382

6.88

.068

-0.73

.840

Self-employed

2.02

.210

2.00

.311

3.37

.285

Student

-0.98

.706

-1.70

.658

1.13

.754

Unemployed

-12.94

.000

-10.74

.007

-15.84

.002

Home Duties

1.77

.306

-7.35

.617

1.26

.488

Retired

-3.96

.047

-4.44

.139

-3.53

.184

Other not employed
Educ. (ref = primary)
Intermediate/Junior

-4.82

.050

-9.46

.006

0.73

.842

Certificate level

3.74

.016

3.50

.117

4.16

.056

Leaving Certificate level

4.37

.005

3.57

.114

4.93

.021

Post-secondary

3.48

.028

4.75

.043

1.95

.367

Children (ref no kids <18 years)

Youngest child <5 years

14.45

.000

9.83

.002

18.03

.000

Youngest child 5-10 years

9.89

.000

8.68

.008

10.26

.000

Youngest child 11-18 years

4.42

.016

2.53

.354

5.68

.022

Child(ren) <18 unknown age

6.06

.008

3.02

.383

9.73

.001

Lone-parent

Partner’s employment

-0.99

.750

-7.78

.201

2.00

.602

(ref. Not employed)

No partner

2.88

.059

5.67

.011

-0.37

.866

Partner employed

1.59

.249

0.64

.737

1.22

.552

Adult carer

6.32

.000

4.52

.085

7.33

.000

Equivalised income

0.00

.343

0.00

.535

0.00

.540

Dublin

1.38

.305

0.87

.664

1.44

.430

adjusted r2

0.235

0.126

0.290

N

871

417

453

Source: Irish National Time-Use Survey 2005.

do less unpaid work, though to fully investigate this we would need to model
paid and unpaid work separately.

In the final section we examine how perceptions of time-pressure vary
across social groups and consider how the patterns of committed time outlined
here translate into feelings of being rushed and stressed.



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