• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.65 no.3
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• pp.29-52
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• 2013

This study examined how middle-aged and elderly persons allocated their time in overall perspective and whether the patterns were varied by age, socio-demographic factors, and the interaction effect between them. This study analyzed the 2009 Time Use Survey Data (17,096 time-diaries of people aged 45 or more) of the National Statistical Office using tobit regression model. The main results are as follows. First, middle-aged and elderly people gradually decreased paid work times. Second, the patterns of time allocation were varied by age, gender, education level, marital status and household type(Agricultural/non-agricultural). Third, there were interaction effects between age and the socio-demographic factors on paid work time and leisure time. Highly educated or urban persons were likely to have less time in paid work less than other groups with increasing age. And females were likely to have less time in domestic labor and care work than males with increasing age. But they had more time in social and economic productive activities than males. Based on these findings, this study suggests comprehensive approach to analyze the time use of elderly beyond economic working time or leisure time. To establish effective ageing society policy, it is necessary to consider the time allocation of elderly which divided into the social stratification.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.66 no.2
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• pp.101-125
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• 2014

This paper aims to examine the effects of increase in childcare subsidy on time allocation of women, particularly low- and moderate-income women with pre-school children. For the purpose, the study adopts seemingly unrelated tobit and analyses data from the 2004 and 2009 Time Use Survey Data of the National Statistical Office. First of all, the results reveal that the policy changes in childcare subsidy affect time allocation of low- and moderate-income women with pre-school children, which increases paid-work whereas decreases caregiving and housework in a daily life. The results show that the changes take place in accordance with the goals of childcare subsidy promoting women's employment and reducing women's burden of caregiving. Yet the study has a couple of limitations- the only marginally significant impact in several variables, little effect on time allocation of all women- for the generalization of the findings. Nevertheless, the results indicate that employment policies for women, particularly for mothers, and the provision of childcare services should be improved to maximize the positive effects of increase in childcare subsidy.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.57-79
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• 2016

This study analyses determinant factors of time allocation within married couple using 2014 Time-use survey. Findings show that husbands spend less time on child care and housework than wives do. When wives have high income and young kids, husbands' time spending on child care and housework increases. Wives' time allocation is associated with husbands' income- wives' working time is negatively associated, but wives' housework time is positively associated with husbands' income. However, both wives' and husbands' income is not related to child care time. When wives' income increases, while, husbands' time spent on housework and child care increases. There are complementary relations within time allocation, but substitute relationships between wives' and husbands' housework time. In other words, if a wife works long hours, husband spends more time on housework, but if a wife or a husband spends on housework, her husband or his wife does not spends on it. However, findings of married couple time allocation for weekend shows different patterns from weekday time use.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.145-160
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• 1994

이 논문의 목적은 남편의 장시간노동이 사회적 문제로 부각되는 실정에서 남편이 직업노동과 관련해서 소비하는 시간이 어느정도나 되며 이것이 다른 생활시간배분에 어떤 영향을 주고 또 가정생활시간에 어떤 영향을 주는지를 분석해보는 것이다. 연구결과는 요약 하면 다음과 같다 1) 남편의 총직업노동시간의 실태를 보면 평일 11시간 43분 토요일이 8시 간 21분 일요일이 1시간 13분으로 나타났다 평일 직업노동시간을 5집단으로 나누어 다른 생 활시간에 미치는 영향을 살펴본 결과 전반적으로 직업노동시간이 긴 집단이 짧은 집단에 비 해서 다른 모든 생활시간- 생리적, 가사적, 사회문화적 시간-에 소비하는 시간이짧은 것으 로 나타났다 . 2) 남편의 장시간노동으로 인한 가정생활문제에 대한 지각에 있어서는 남편 은 주로 자신의 피로회복문제나 스포츠.여가시간 부족문제 생활의 여유가 없다는 문제 가 족단란시간 부족문제 자녀와의 접촉시간 부족문제 등을 심각하다고 지각하고 있었고 부인은 남편의 건강염려 남편의 자녀접촉시간 부족 가족단란시간 부족 남편과 취미 스포츠를 할 시 간 부족 부부간 대화시간 부족등이 문제가 된다고 지각하였다 3)남편의 장시간노동으로 인 한 가정생활문제에 대한 지각은 남편의 경우에는 연령 부인의 취업여부 막내자녀연령, 직업 노동시간, 직업노동시간에 대한 태도에 따라서 부인의 경우에는 연령, 부인의 취업여부, 막 내자녀연령, 남편의 직업노동시간에 대한 태도, 성역할태도 따라서 차이가 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the KHMA Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.403-403
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• 2012

• Proceedings of the KHMA Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.233-233
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• 2013

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.63-74
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• 2023

This study considered allocating and balancing time use as an important factor that determines the quality of life, and attempted to analyze the happiness of married women through the perspective of satisfaction with time use. We investigated the structure of time use, and analyzed the factors that affect happiness in the perspective of time use through the Time Use Survey data. Analyzing the happiness of married women, we found out that the level of happiness and the factors affecting happiness varied by generation. In the case of economically active women, the happiness of baby boomers and Generation X was mostly impacted by mandatory work hours, while the happiness of Generation Y was mostly impacted by the presence of care-dependent people. However, in the case of economically unactive women, the happiness of baby boomers and Generation X was mostly impacted by leisure and volunteering time that could be used freely, while the happiness of Generation Y was mostly impacted by the attitude toward gender roles. Therefore, through the perspective of time use, the happiness and the factors determining the happiness of married women differs by generation and economic activeness. This study has significant implications for the establishment of family policies for married women.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.49-78
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• 2014

This paper examines the impacts of introducing Five-day school week in South Korean on adolescents' time use. Exploiting the exogenous variation in the adolescents' time at school on Saturday, I estimate the causal effect of change of adolescents' discretion time on their time use. The main findings are as follows. The introduction of the five day school week increased the adolescents' discretion time and their time spent on sleeping, passive leisure(mainly watching television). A one-minute decrease in the adolescents' time at school increase their sleeping time by 0.46 minute and passive leisure time by 0.26 minute.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.27-52
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• 2010

This study, using Korean Time Use Survey 1999, analyzes how opportunity costs of maternal time affects the ways in which mothers allocate their time to market work/housework/child care/leisure. Opportunity costs include two kinds: hourly child care costs and log hourly wage rates. Results show that a unit increase in child care costs reduces market work but increases housework, child care, and leisure. The effects of log wage rates are opposite those of child care costs. The result that a unit increase in the log wage rates decreases child care lime is not consistent with a previous study for the United Stales. These results differed by mother's educational attainments. This study suggests that policy-makers should pay careful attention to the effects of various types of mother's opportunity costs on non-market time in promoting maternal employment.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.43-59
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• 2017

This study aimed to analyze time allocation for men who work long hours and their wives. Using 2014 time-use survey data (provided by Statistics Korea), we analyzed the amount of time spent in four areas-paid work, housework, leisure, and life essentials-of male workers who work more than 52 hours a week and of their wives. Descriptive statistics and a paired t-test were conducted using SPSS version 18.0. The results were as follows: First, the time allocation of men who worked long hours differed from their wives with the exception of personal maintenance time. Second, the working time of wives who work long hours was longer than their husbands who work long. Third, men who worked long hours did less housework when their wives were employed than when they were not employed. All the results showed gender differences in terms of time allocation. Equal role-sharing between spouses is needed for the work-life balance of both husbands and wives.