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dc.contributor.authorLe, Anh
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:04:35Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:04:35Z
dc.date.created2013-09-18T20:00:30Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationLe, Anh T. and Miller, Paul W. 2013. Lone mothers’ time allocations: Choices and satisfactions. Australian Journal of Social Issues. 48 (1): pp. 57-82.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28352
dc.description.abstract

This paper uses the 2006 Australian Time Use Survey to examine theallocation of time to personal care, employment-related activities, homeduties, leisure and child care of lone mothers, in comparison to the timeallocations of single women, women in childless couples and partneredmothers. Both primary and secondary time allocations are considered. Thesatisfactions that women report concerning their current time allocations arealso analysed. The time use and satisfaction data are described using bothtabulations and multiple regression methods. Lone mothers are shown tohave similar time allocations as the other types of households, even thoughthey have different financial and time resources. This raises the concernthat lone mothers’ desire or need to maintain such time allocations maylead to task overload. Consistent with this, lone mothers are found to beless satisfied with the way they allocate their time than single women andpartnered mothers. The tensions associated with time use among lonemothers discussed in the literature are real, and important.

dc.publisherAustralian Council of Social Service
dc.relation.urihttp://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=476559428914599;res=IELHSS
dc.subjectlone mothers
dc.subjecttime allocations
dc.subjectwell-being
dc.subjectsatisfaction
dc.subjectchild care
dc.titleLone mothers’ time allocations: Choices and satisfactions
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume48
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage57
dcterms.source.endPage82
dcterms.source.issn01576321
dcterms.source.titleAustralian Journal of Social Issues
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curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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