Time Fungibility under Increased Telework Density and Intensity: An Inductive Study of Teleworker Time-Use Under COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders

Abstract Objective: The number of states in the USA that allows sales of raw milk for human consumption has been trending upwards and reached thirty-eight in 2016. These legislative changes could encourage raw milk consumption. The current study examined the determinants of weekly raw milk use by at-home meal preparers in the USA. Design: Using the 2014–2016 American Time Use Survey – Eating and Health Module, multivariate logit regressions and average marginal associations were estimated to examine how at-home meal preparer characteristics, time use and shopping choices, underlying health and the presence of at-risk individuals in households and raw milk legalisation status are associated with the probability an at-home meal preparer consumed or served raw milk during an average week. Setting: USA. Participants: At-home meal preparers aged 18 years and above. Results: Estimated average marginal associations suggested younger at-home meal preparers, male at-home meal preparers, larger sized households and households located in non-metropolitan areas were more likely to use raw milk during an average week. Married households and households with a person aged 62 years or above were less likely to use raw milk. Variables indicating health characteristics of at-home meal preparers or the presence of an at-risk individual in the household were not statistically significant. Conclusions: There are many government-sponsored information resources about the risks of raw milk currently available. Additional education may be needed to prevent illnesses from raw milk.

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Associations between maternal employment and time spent in nutrition-related behaviours among German children and mothers

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980011003375 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 15 (7) ◽

pp. 1256-1261 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Anke Möser ◽

Susan E Chen ◽

Stephanie B Jilcott ◽

Rodolfo M Nayga

Keyword(s):

Health Outcomes ◽

Time Use ◽

Maternal Employment ◽

Time Budget ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Meal Preparation ◽

Employed Mothers ◽

German Children ◽

Time Eating ◽

At Home

AbstractObjectiveTo examine associations between maternal employment and time spent engaging in nutrition-related behaviours among mothers and children using a nationally representative sample of households in West and East Germany.DesignA cross-sectional analysis was performed using time-use data for a sample of mother–child dyads. Associations between maternal employment and time spent in nutrition-related activities such as eating at home, eating away from home and food preparation were estimated using a double-hurdle model.SettingGerman Time Budget Survey 2001/02.SubjectsThe overall sample included 1071 households with a child between 10 and 17 years of age. The time-use data were collected for a 3 d period of observation (two weekdays and one weekend day).ResultsMaternal employment was associated with the time children spent on nutrition-related behaviours. In households with employed mothers, children spent more time eating alone at home and less time eating meals with their mothers. Moreover, employed mothers spent less time on meal preparation compared with non-employed mothers. There were regional differences in time spent on nutrition-related behaviours, such that East German children were more likely to eat at home alone than West German children.ConclusionsMaternal employment was associated with less time spent eating with children and preparing food, which may be related to the increasing childhood obesity rates in Germany. Future national surveys that collect both time-use data and health outcomes could yield further insight into mechanisms by which maternal time use might be associated with health outcomes among children.

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Gender differences in working at home and time use patterns: evidence from Australia

Work Employment and Society ◽

10.1177/0950017014568140 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 29 (4) ◽

pp. 571-589 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Abigail Powell ◽

Lyn Craig

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Time Use ◽

Working At Home ◽

Use Patterns ◽

At Home

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Work at home and time use in Finland

New Technology Work and Employment ◽

10.1111/j.1468-005x.2010.00258.x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 68-77 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Jouko Nätti ◽

Mia Tammelin ◽

Timo Anttila ◽

Satu Ojala

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

Work At Home ◽

At Home

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Social contact, time alone, and parental subjective well-being: A focus on stay-at-home fathers using the American Time Use Survey.

Psychology of Men & Masculinity ◽

10.1037/men0000321 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Erin Kramer Holmes ◽

Jocelyn Wikle ◽

Clare R. Thomas ◽

McKell A. Jorgensen ◽

Braquel R. Egginton

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

Contact Time ◽

Social Contact ◽

Well Being ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

American Time Use Survey ◽

Time Use Survey ◽

At Home

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Canadians’ Family Meal Status: A Comparison between Anglophones and Francophones

World Journal of Social Science Research ◽

10.22158/wjssr.v5n1p28 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 28

Author(s):

Davod Ahmadi

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

General Social Survey ◽

Canadian Community Health Survey ◽

Demographic Characteristics ◽

Family Meals ◽

Social Survey ◽

Nutrition Labels ◽

Family Meal ◽

Community Health Survey ◽

At Home

In this paper, we studied Anglophones and Francophones’ family meal such as, frequency of family meals, shopping for groceries, selecting foods based on nutrition labels, personal cooking abilities, and types of foods used when preparing meals. We also investigated the association between the amounts of minutes eating meals at home and some socio-demographic characteristics. Data from Canadian Community Health Survey: Food Skill 1 on 2012 and General Social Survey: Time Use was analyzed. A decreasing trend was found for the more amount of time spent on meals at home for Anglophones and Francophones in the last two decades. However, Francophones still spent more amounts of time on meals at home compared to their Anglophone counterparts.

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Time Spent at Home and Alone in the United States, 2019

10.31235/osf.io/vgs2c ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Kelsey Jeanne Drotning

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Time Use ◽

Low Income ◽

Black People ◽

The United States ◽

Foreign Born ◽

Social Distancing ◽

American Time Use Survey ◽

Time Use Survey ◽

At Home

Social distancing conditions implemented in response to the Covid-19 pandemic significantly altered where and with whom people were able to spend their time. By examining data from the 2019 American Time Use Survey, this study provides a baseline of how much time people spent at home, alone, and alone at home prior to the onset of the pandemic. Men, Black people, older adults, low-income households, foreign-born adults, people who live alone, and people who are unemployed spend more time alone than other groups. These findings highlight which groups in the United States already spent more time at home and more time alone pre-pandemic, forecasting how other groups time use may shift in response to Covid-19 pandemic social distancing regulations.

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Is Cooking Still a Part of Our Eating Practices? Analysing the Decline of a Practice with Time-Use Surveys

Cultural Sociology ◽

10.1177/1749975518791431 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 93-118 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Marie Plessz ◽

Fabrice Étilé

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

Cooking Time ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Population Characteristics ◽

Central Feature ◽

The Usa ◽

Eating Practices ◽

Linear Regressions ◽

Time Use Surveys ◽

At Home

People now spend less time doing housework in general, and cooking in particular. So is cooking still a central feature of our daily eating practices? This article compares trends in household cooking durations in France and the USA in the period 1985–2010 using time-use surveys and practice theory. We ask how the association between cooking and eating at home has changed over time, and how it has contributed to the decline in the time spent on household cooking. Descriptive statistics show that US households spent 20 minutes less time per day cooking in 2010 than in 1985 (15 minutes less time per day in France). Linear regressions indicate that the association between cooking duration and the number of eating events at home has declined in the USA but not in France. The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method points to this fact as the primary reason for the change in cooking time in the USA; in France, decreased cooking time is accounted for primarily by changes in population characteristics. French and American food practices have followed gradually diverging trajectories, with cooking less a feature of eating practices – even at home – in the USA, whereas the association between eating and preparing food at home remains stable in France.

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