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Typology of Time Use of Married Working Women with the Preschool Child(ren) in Korea

미취학 자녀를 둔 기혼 취업여성의 시간사용 유형에 관한 연구

  • Lee, Sun Myeong (Department of Consumer Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Yeo, Jung Sung (Department of Consumer Science, Seoul National University)
  • 이선명 (서울대학교 소비자학과) ;
  • 여정성 (서울대학교 소비자학과)
  • Received : 2016.06.27
  • Accepted : 2016.08.21
  • Published : 2016.10.30
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Abstract

This study explored a typology (or time allocation), investigated personal and work characteristic differences among time allocation types, and identified determinants of time allocation types of married working women with a preschool child. The data source for this research was the 2014 Time Use Survey conducted by Statistics Korea. We analyzed 368 time diaries (184 for weekdays and 184 for weekends) using frequency, mean, cluster analysis, chisquare, analysis of variance (ANOVA), Duncan's test, and multinomial logistic analysis. The results of this research are as follows. Time allocation of married working women with a preschool child was classified into three different types of 'work-centered,' 'work-family balanced,' and 'family-centered.' The work-centered type accounted for 14.7% of total respondents, and compared with other types, this type of people spent more time working, and less time doing house-work, caring for family, and having leisure. The work-family balanced type represents more than half of the total, and spend more time working on weekdays and house-working, having leisure on weekends. The family-centered type represents 28.8%, and spends most of the time doing house-work and caring for family on both weekdays and weekends. Occupation, employment status, monthly income, and weekly hours of work were different for each type. Occupation, employment status, perception of lack of time, health condition, and weekly hours of work were identified as determinants for each type.

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