Time for life
the surprising ways Americans use their time
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Author
Contributions
- Godbey, Geoffrey. - Contributor
Publication
1997 - Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pa, Pennsylvania
Language
English
Word Count
91,750 words, Guess
Page Count
367 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1011884M
- ISBN-100271016523
- OCLC Control Number36126282
- OCLC Control Numbertimeforlifesurpr00robi
- Library of Congress Control Number96052500
and 2 more
- LibraryThing1302233
- Goodreads3996268
Classifications
- DDC640/.43/0973
- LCCHN90.T5 R66 1997
Description
Is it possible that Americans have more free time than they did thirty years ago? While few may believe it, research based on careful records of how we actually spend our time shows that Americans have almost five hours more free time per week than in the 1960s. Here time-use experts John P. Robinson and Geoffrey Godbey explain this surprising trend and how it has come about. They also discuss why so few Americans apparently appreciate how their free time has increased or how that new free time is being used. Their unique source of time-use information, the Americans' Use of Time Project, is the only such detailed historical data archive in the United States. Every ten years the project has been asking thousands of Americans to report their daily activities on an hour-by-hour basis in time diaries.
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