Time Use Research in the Social Sciences

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pentland, Wendy E. (Editor), Harvey, Andrew S. (Editor), Lawton, M. Powell (Editor), McColl, Mary Ann (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Statistics.; Social Sciences.; Social Sciences, general.; Statistics, general.

Despite the fact that, for most of us, time is a central focus of our lives, the examination of what we do with our time and why has received limited attention as a method for understanding human behavior in the social sciences. Humans' view and use of time shows tremendous variation, including...