Time Use in Domestic Settings Throughout the Life Course The Italian Case

The volume is the first to take a life-course approach to the study of domestic work in Italy. It provides a coherent and systemic overview of time spent on housework, childcare and adult care over the life course. While most previous research has focused on the time adult women and men spend on hou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dotti Sani, Giulia Maria
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Series:SpringerBriefs in Sociology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Theoretical background
  • Chapter 3. The Italian Time Use Survey
  • Chapter 4. Domestic work among children, teenagers, and young adults
  • Chapter 5. Young and beautiful. Domestic work among childless women and men
  • Chapter 6. Parenthood and domestic work: a never-ending workload
  • Chapter 7. When the kids grow up: domestic work among Italians aged 45 to 64
  • Chapter 8. In the empty nest: housework and adult care among Italians aged 65 and above
  • Chapter 9. Conclusions