Family Change and Time Allocation in American Families

Delayed marriage and childbearing, more births outside marriage, the increase in women's labor force participation, and the aging of the population have altered family life and created new challenges for those with caregiving demands. U.S. mothers have shed hours of housework but not the hours...

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Published in:The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 2011-11, Vol.638 (1), p.21-44
Main Author: BIANCHI, SUZANNE M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Allocation
Americans
Birth
Births
Caregiving
Child care
Child Care Services
Child rearing
Childbearing
Childrearing Practices
Children
Couples
Delayed
Elderly
Elderly parents
Employment
Families & family life
Family
Family life
Fathers
Females
Housework
Husbands
Labor force participation
Labour force
Leisure
Marriage
Married couples
Men
Mothers
Older people
Parenting
Parents
Parents & parenting
Population aging
Population Growth
Social conditions & trends
Time
Time use
U.S.A
Wives
Women
Work hours
Workforce
Working mothers
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Summary:Delayed marriage and childbearing, more births outside marriage, the increase in women's labor force participation, and the aging of the population have altered family life and created new challenges for those with caregiving demands. U.S. mothers have shed hours of housework but not the hours they devote to childrearing. Fathers have increased the time they spend on childcare. Intensive childrearing practices combine with more dual-earning and single parenting to increase the time demands on parents. Mothers continue to scale back paid work to meet childrearing demands. They also give up leisure time and report that they "are always rushed" and are "multitasking most of the time." Time-stretched working couples reduce the time they spend with each other. A large percentage of both husbands and wives also report they have "too little time" for themselves. Delayed childbearing and the aging population also increase the likelihood that both (adult) children and elderly parents need support and care from workers later in life.
ISSN:0002-7162
1552-3349
DOI:10.1177/0002716211413731