The #RightToTime is becoming a global movement! 🌍✨

We are thrilled to announce our cooperation agreement with the Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation (GIUI) to integrate #TimePolicies into the global #UrbanInnovation agenda. ⏳🏙️

#TimeUse #GuangzhouAward #GlobalImpact

Time-use and Income: A Trivariate Relative Poverty Surface by Franziska Dorn, Kim Sarah Meier, and Simone Maxand

Focus and Research Question: The paper asks how poverty measurement changes when we include not only income, but also time use – especially unpaid work (care, housework) and leisure. It argues that income-only measures can miss important forms of deprivation and develops non-parametric methods to estimate multidimensional poverty thresholds.

Core Idea: Living standards depend on a bundle of money and time: households can sometimes compensate low income with more unpaid work, or compensate time scarcity with spending. The study, therefore, treats poverty as a problem of constrained income–time combinations, not just low income.

Data: The authors use Mexico’s nationally representative 2018 ENIGH survey, which includes income, unpaid work time, and self-reported leisure time. This allows both household-level and individual-level poverty analysis.

📊 Is income alone enough to measure poverty?

New research introduces a trivariate method combining income, unpaid work, and leisure – revealing “hidden” poverty missed by standard measures, especially among women.

🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...

#PovertyMeasurement #TimeUse

Using Time Use Data to Investigate Gender Inequalities: Enduring Patterns and New Dimensions Research on the gender revolution highlights the slowing convergence between men and women in paid and unpaid work time. This review considers both seminal studies from the 2000s and more recent anal....

How can time-use data help us better understand gender inequalities? Our latest article in Sociology Compass answers this question — have a look! dx.doi.org/10.1111/soc4... Yucheng Wu, Muzhi Zhou #timeuse

🌟 Just published our work using Thai time use data—now in #WorldDevelopment
Explore how gender norms shape unpaid elderly care, through a #FeministEconomics lens. It's timely& policy relevant for fast-aging Thailand.
📚 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lyDB,6yxD...
Let’s push for #TimeUse data & #CareEconomy

India's Time Use Surveys (2019 & 2024) show women spending ~300 mins/day on domestic work vs. men's ~90 mins. 🤯 This gap barely budged post-pandemic! #UnpaidCare #TimeUse

Check out #GenTime research led by @gczching.bsky.social on adolescents' #timeuse in Japan, Korea, UK & Finland across 3 decades. Gender differences in time use emerge in adolescence. Girls already undertake twice as much domestic work as boys. @sociologyoxford.bsky.social

🎉 New article in Gender and Research by Ruth Ogden et al. on time & wellbeing in the digital age, based on the TIMED workshop in Fribourg.

🙏 Thanks to all contributors & the TIMED team!

🔗 genderonline.cz/artkey/gav-2...

#DigitalWellbeing #TimeUse #GenderInequality #TIMEDproject

I enjoyed #BSPS2025 conference! #GenTime group @gczching.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social @zhuofeilu.bsky.social, organised 2 sessions: #gender #timeuse & attitudes. We can't fully address demographic challenges eg low fertility tackling gender inequalities. @sociologyoxford.bsky.social

Is there really a sleep deprivation epidemic? Analysis of cross-national time diary data, including Asian samples for the first time, finds no evidence of widespread sleep decline. In fact, sleep has improved in most countries studied. #TimeUse #SleepResearch

Read more here:
osf.io/preprints/so...

Research from CTUR shows a versatile digital time-use diary design capturing multiple independent fields, including child care, ICT use, and infection risk. High-quality and policy-relevant insights for today’s digital lives.

timeuse.org/time-use-dia...

#TimeUse #DigitalDiary #PolicyResearch

20-Aug-2025
#Reading for pleasure in freefall: New study finds 40% drop over two decades

intriguing - looks like the smartphone is wiping out what TV left of #readingCulture?

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1094631

#science #humans #psychology #timeUse #leisure #books

⏰ How do you spend your time in a typical day?

Today’s #ChartOfTheDay breaks down average daily time use across OECD countries.
The differences might surprise you.👇
#TimeUse #OECD

⏳ How a Working Kazakh Spends a Year 🇰🇿

💼 Work — 25.6%
💤 Sleep — 37.8%
🍽️ Meals — 7.8%
🧹 Housework — 15.5%
🎮 Free time — just 6% (!)

Only 1.5 hrs/day of actual leisure

#Kazakhstan #WorkLife #TimeUse #NurasylMaps #DataViz #LaborStats

We’re working more—but connecting less.

A new study reveals a sharp decline in how much time Americans spend with friends, family, and community—from 2003 to 2020.
Read more - www.knowewell.com/written-cont...
#Loneliness #SocialHealth #TimeUse #connectionmatters #friendship

Honored to give a keynote at the Asian Families Workshop at National Taiwan University. Learnt so much from the brilliant work shared. Huge thanks to Lake Lui & Puk Tee for the kind invitation and for organizing such a fantastic conference! #timeuse #genderinequality @sociologyoxford.bsky.social

New dates announced - register now to learn about time use research and how to handle time diary data!

Book through the UCL Online Store. More info: timeuse.org

Early bird offer: Until 30/6
Last day to register: 24/7

#timeuse #timeuseresearch #statatraining #methodstraining #quantstraining

De eso tratan las nuevas iniciativas de #4dayweek, de #TIMEUSE, del concepto de que somos "Pobres en tiempo"!!
timeuse.barcelona/barcelona-de...
www.4dayweek.com

Ecological Momentary Assessment of Parental Well-Being and Time Use: Mixed Methods Compliance and #feasibility Study Background: Parents often juggle multiple conflicting responsibilities, including work, childcare, and the household, making them a particularly burdened group. However, the impact of daily routines and associated (poor) well-being among parents has received relatively little attention. Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) is increasingly being used to capture real-time data and can help address this research gap. Objective: This study aims to examine compliance rates and the #feasibility of EMA for measuring daily well-being and time use among parents. Methods: An exploratory mixed-methods study was conducted with 74 German parents (57/74, 77% women, (age: mean 37.6, SD 5.9 years). Participants completed a baseline questionnaire, followed by 4 daily EMA surveys (at 7:30 AM, 12 PM, 16:30 PM, and 21:30 PM) over a 1-week period, and a follow-up questionnaire. A subset of parents was also subsequently interviewed. Sociodemographic background and expected #feasibility (open-ended questions) were surveyed at baseline, and #feasibility was assessed at follow-up (closed- and open-ended questions) and in the interviews. State well-being (affective and cognitive), state stress, state as well as retrospective time-use were measured in the EMA surveys. Compliance and #feasibility were examined using a combination of quantitative (descriptive analyses) and qualitative methodologies. Results: Participants completed an average of 83% (SD 13%) of the daily surveys. Compliance varied by gender and age, where men (90% vs 80%) and older parents showed higher rates. Participants generally found the survey frequency and length manageable, though some suggested adjustments to the study period depending on their individual routines. The 7:30 AM survey was reported as the most challenging due to childcare drop-offs (40%-49%), followed by the 16:30 PM survey for similar reasons (7%-17%). The qualitative analysis further revealed additional points for improvement, for instance, the need for personalization (eg, individual adjustment of the survey timings and intervals), technical support, and the incorporation of gamification elements. Most interviewees (46% vs 23%) found the used measurement of well-being and stress to be appropriate. Regarding time use, they felt that the predefined activity groups (eg, personal care, working) were suitable (46%) but noted challenges assigning less frequent activities (eg, medical appointments) (5%-54%). Reporting the timings of time-use via consecutive questions (ie, specifying the duration or start and end times of an activity) was perceived as confusing (9%-69%), with participants expressing a preference for a visual overview, such as a Gantt chart. Conclusions: The study demonstrates that, when accounting for certain sociodemographic and study design factors, EMA can be a feasible method for data collection regarding daily well-being and time use, even in highly time-constrained populations like parents. This shows great potential for future research, such as exploring work-family conflict or performative gender roles and complementing established methods (eg, retrospective daily diaries). Trial Registration: OSF Registries osf.io/8qj3d; https://osf.io/8qj3d

JMIR Formative Res: Ecological Momentary Assessment of Parental Well-Being and Time Use: Mixed Methods Compliance and #feasibility Study #ParentalWellBeing #EcologicalMomentaryAssessment #TimeUse #ParentingChallenges #MixedMethodsResearch

Schedule for the introduction to time use research event in May.

Introduction to Time Use Research online workshop - register now for May!

Tickets are available through the UCL Online Store. Early bird discount available!

#timeuse #timeuseresearch #methodstraining

Join us in London this June to learn about time use research, including household level data and sequence analysis!

Tickets are available through the UCL Online Store. Auditing tickets are also available.

#timeuse #timeuseresearch #methodstraining #statatraining #Rtraining

Call for abstracts! Submit your abstracts to the GenTime #timeuse and #gender ideologies sessions at the upcoming #BSPS2025 conference! @bspsuk.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social

The #CallForAbstracts for the 47th International #TimeUse #Research #Conference is open.
It will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from November 26 to 28, 2025.

www.iatur.org/events/detai...

Religious institutions and gendered time use: evidence from Ramadan festivities in India - Journal of Population Economics In this paper, we examine how religious mandates of the holy month of Ramadan affect the gendered distribution of time use within Muslim households in India. Using rich data on time use from a nationa...

Does Ramadan increase women's domestic burden? A study by Aparajita Dasgupta finds Ramadan actually reduces gender disparities in time use, as men work less & household chores become more communal. But women still shoulder nighttime cooking duties. #Gender #Ramadan #TimeUse
doi.org/10.1007/s001...

Perhaps, in retrospect, it was supremely naive to think we could get a commentary published that critiqued the development community's lack of progress (or reporting) on reducing the burden of unpaid care work for women and girls. #SDG #timeuse What happens to a commentary (twice) deferred?

Who’s really closing the #GenderGap in unpaid labor? Is it men doing more #Housework or women doing less? 🤔

Drs. Milkie, Sayer, Nomaguchi & Yan analyze #TimeUse & #Childcare trends in their latest study: doi.org/10.1177/2378...

A screenshot of StatCan's new Time Use data visualization tool. Users have the option to filter by type of day (weekdays, weekends or both), as well as by gender and age. Users can toggle between tempograms and data table. Users can also filter by "activity groups." The visualization captured in the screenshot says "percentage of participants in various activities, by time of day: total, weekdays and weekends" and is filtered by "unpaid care activities" as an activity group. The tempogram being displayed shows peaks in unpaid care around 7am and 7pm.

Great new #TimeUse #DataVisualization tool from Statistics Canada, which includes "unpaid #Care" as an activity group.

www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-60...

Schedule for the 2 days.

Have you registered yet?

'Introduction to Time Use Research' workshop on the 20th - 21st of February 2025 (ONLINE).

Join us to learn about #timeuse #timeuseresearch using data available through the UK Data Service!

Bookings are open at timeuse.org with early bird offers until the 31st of January.

Grace Chang presents the first @sociologyoxford.bsky.social seminar of this term. The topic is adolescent #timeuse patterns. @gentime_erc

Christmas Time in Poland Through the Lens of Gender Equality How Poles spend time during Christmas in Poland, highlighting gender differences in holiday preparations and celebrations with survey data.

'Tis the season… for women to spend two extra hours a day cooking while men kick back. 🎄 Polish holiday #TimeUse reveals striking #GenderGaps in how work and pleasure are divided. Guess who's decking the halls and who’s just watching? 🍳✨ freepolicybriefs.org/2024/12/18/c...

Can't believe we're doing this again. Refuse get attached to another platform. In this reincarnation, I'm just going to focus on sharing research & resources.

#Sociology #Demography #Family #Singlehood #TimeUse #Comparative #Gender #LifeCourse

May this platform last. 🤞🏻