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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) |
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 |
-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.