Class, gender and time poverty: A time-use analysis of British workers' free time resources

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 451-471

  Chatzitheochari, Stella ^a   Arber, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free time; Gender; Social class; Time poverty; Time use research; UK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; POVERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865836359     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2012.01419.x     Document Type: Article

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