Employed, married Americans spend an average of 27 hours on leisure activities in a typical week. But the amount of time they spend on leisure – and the types of leisure activities they do – differ significantly by gender.
Among employed U.S. Adults who are ages 25 to 64 and married, husbands spend about 28 hours per week on leisure. Wives spend about 26 hours on it, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of time-use data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
For employed, married adults, leisure time must be balanced against the demands of paid work, housework and other responsibilities. Our previous research has shown that in opposite-sex marriages where both spouses work, these tasks are not divided equally, and that husbands tend to spend more time on leisure than wives do.
We were interested in learning more about the gender gap in leisure time among employed, married adults. We used government data to look more closely at it, including among those with children.
66.6% of U.S. women who gave birth in the previous 12 months were in the labor force
How women spend their leisure time?
Another study suggests that sports affirm women’s fantasies of power and empower them to act in beneficial ways in their lives. Yet another study suggests that women who spend leisure time with other women may engage in socially subversive talk or activity that opens up new spaces in women’s sense of self and others.
Why do women have less leisure activities?
Leisure time for women could be less than for men because although women are more frequently engaged in part-time work than men, they spend more time completing unpaid work such as household chores and childcare.
Write a Reply or Comment
You should Sign In or Sign Up account to post comment.