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Working status and leisure

An analysis of the trade-off between solitary and social time

Department of Sociology of the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, G.Kraaykamp{at}maw.ru.nl

Wouter van Gils

Department of Sociology of the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Tanja van der Lippe

Department of Sociology/ICS, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Paid labour is often said to come at a price. Using time-budget information on 9063 Dutch respondents and their partners, we investigated whether couples working full time economize on their solitary and social time budget. Results show that individuals who are part of a full-time working couple spend a smaller share of their available time budget on social interaction with relatives and friends than individuals from single-earner families or combination households. Instead, in full-time working couples, partners prefer to spend a relatively large share of their leisure time on institutionalized social interaction, such as volunteering, cultural participation and attending sports events.

Key Words: couples • full-time work • social time • societal involvement • time budget

Time & Society, Vol. 18, No. 2-3, 264-283 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X09337845


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