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Time Spent in Housework By Urban Adolescents
Author(s) -
Lawrence Frances Cogle,
Tasker Grace E.,
Babcock Deborah K.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x8301200210
Subject(s) - residence , yard , time use survey , demography , psychology , sample (material) , socioeconomics , work (physics) , environmental health , geography , medicine , sociology , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , chemistry , chromatography
This study examined the amount of time urban adolescents spent in housework. Data used here resulted from the eleven‐state family time use survey, “An Inter state Urban/Rural Investigation of Families' Time Use.” The sample consisted of 517 adolescents aged 12 through 17 in two‐parent/two‐child families. Total time in household work tasks reported for adolescents averaged 71 minutes per day. Adolescents spent the most time in shopping, maintenance of home, yard, car, and pets, housecleaning, and food preparation. Sex of the adolescent, education of the father, education and employment of the mother, income of the family, and season of the year significantly affected the time spent on housework. The age of the adolescent and state of residence were not significant sources of variation in the time spent.