Monday, April 16, 2007
[IWS] Dublin Foundation: FIRST EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE SURVEY: Time use and worklife options over the life course [12 April 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
First European Quality of Life Survey: Time use and worklife options over the life course [12 April 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0699.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/99/en/1/ef0699en.pdf
[full-text, 119 pages]
Author:
Torres, Anália; Brites, Rui; Haas, Barbara; Steiber, Nadia
Summary:
This report addresses the key issue of time use and worklife options over the life course. The report aims to contribute to current debates on the subject, placing them in the wider context of 25 European countries and viewing them from a life course perspective. It considers the ways in which the institutional and policy framework can be expected to affect actual and preferred patterns of time use over the life course, focusing on distinct stages of the life course. It investigates individuals' views on available working time options, while exploring their preferences regarding measures designed to help them reconcile their different time-demanding commitments.
CONTENTS
Foreword v
Introduction 1
1 Different life course stages 7
Main phases 7
Institutional context 9
2 Patterns of time use 21
Entrance phase 21
Rush hour of life 21
Late phase 22
Time use preferences 22
Data and methods in life course analyses 23
Data used in time use preferences and indicators 25
Data limitations 26
3 Analysis of time use over the life course 27
Paid working hours of women 27
Paid working hours of men 36
Unpaid working hours and total workload of working parents 38
Time spent on training activities and education 42
4 Time use preferences and worklife options 49
Important working time options 49
Available working time options 53
Take-up of working time options 57
Satisfaction with working time options 60
Plans for reducing working hours 63
Attitudes towards work and working time 66
Attitudes towards retirement 71
Attitudes to lifelong learning 76
Work-life balance solutions 78
Main conclusions 81
5 Conclusions 85
Time use and preferences over the life course 85
Identifying national 'life course regimes' 91
Lifelong learning 93
Policy recommendations 93
Bibliography 99
Annex 1 Country data 105
Annex 2 Eurobarometer questions 107
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
First European Quality of Life Survey: Time use and worklife options over the life course [12 April 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0699.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/99/en/1/ef0699en.pdf
[full-text, 119 pages]
Author:
Torres, Anália; Brites, Rui; Haas, Barbara; Steiber, Nadia
Summary:
This report addresses the key issue of time use and worklife options over the life course. The report aims to contribute to current debates on the subject, placing them in the wider context of 25 European countries and viewing them from a life course perspective. It considers the ways in which the institutional and policy framework can be expected to affect actual and preferred patterns of time use over the life course, focusing on distinct stages of the life course. It investigates individuals' views on available working time options, while exploring their preferences regarding measures designed to help them reconcile their different time-demanding commitments.
CONTENTS
Foreword v
Introduction 1
1 Different life course stages 7
Main phases 7
Institutional context 9
2 Patterns of time use 21
Entrance phase 21
Rush hour of life 21
Late phase 22
Time use preferences 22
Data and methods in life course analyses 23
Data used in time use preferences and indicators 25
Data limitations 26
3 Analysis of time use over the life course 27
Paid working hours of women 27
Paid working hours of men 36
Unpaid working hours and total workload of working parents 38
Time spent on training activities and education 42
4 Time use preferences and worklife options 49
Important working time options 49
Available working time options 53
Take-up of working time options 57
Satisfaction with working time options 60
Plans for reducing working hours 63
Attitudes towards work and working time 66
Attitudes towards retirement 71
Attitudes to lifelong learning 76
Work-life balance solutions 78
Main conclusions 81
5 Conclusions 85
Time use and preferences over the life course 85
Identifying national 'life course regimes' 91
Lifelong learning 93
Policy recommendations 93
Bibliography 99
Annex 1 Country data 105
Annex 2 Eurobarometer questions 107
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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