AIFS Research - Research projects
Time Use in Families
- Duration: 2007-10
- Funding source(s): Appropriation
- Partner organisations(s): ANU
- Related themes: Families and work**, Family transitions and family law*, Children, young people and their families**
- Related project(s): Labour Market Issues for Families
- ** Indicates theme(s) to which the project is most relevant
* Indicates theme(s) to which the project has some relevance
The Time Use in Families project explores adults’ and children’s time use to better understand those factors that contribute to family members’ wellbeing through the way they spend their time. It includes analyses of interactions between work and family.
Several ongoing research streams are aligned to this project, including analysis of parental time with children and infants’ time use (particularly breastfeeding), and also adults’ time use and experience of time pressure.
The project leverages existing data sources, including data from LSAC and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) time use data.
Publications
- Baxter, J. (2010). An exploration of the timing and nature of parental time with 4-5 year olds using Australian children's time use data (Research Paper No. 45). Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
- Baxter, J. (2009). Parental time with children: Do job characteristics make a difference? (Research Paper No. 44). Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
- Baxter, J. (2009). Family statistics and trends: The sources of time pressure: Work, family and more. Family Relationships Quarterly Newsletter, 13, 21-23.
- Baxter, J., & Smith, J. (2009). Breastfeeding and infants’ time use (Research Paper No. 43). Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
- Baxter, J. (2007). Children’s time use in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: Data quality and analytical issues in the 4-year cohort (LSAC Technical Paper No. 4) (PDF 840 KB). Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Presentations
- Baxter, J. (2009, 3-4 December). The time use of infants: Are the days of breastfed infants different to not-breastfed infants? 2nd LSAC Research Conference, Melbourne.
- Baxter, J. (2009, 23-25 September). Breastfeeding and infants' time use. Poster presentation at the 31st Conference of the International Association of Time Use Research, Lueneburg, Germany.
- Baxter, J. (2009, 23-25 September). Too much spare time? 31st Conference of the International Association of Time Use Research, Lueneburg, Germany.
- Soloff, C. (2009, 23-25 September). LSAC computer-assisted child diary. Poster presentation at the 31st Conference of the International Association of Time Use Research, Lueneburg, Germany.
- Soloff, C., & Baxter, J. (2009, 23-25 September). LSAC parent-complete diaries for children's activities. Poster presentation at the 31st Conference of the International Association of Time Use Research, Lueneburg, Germany.
- Baxter, J. (2008, 1–3 December). Parental time with children: Do job characteristics make a difference? (PDF 6.5 MB) 30th annual conference of the International Association of Time Use Research, Sydney.
- Baxter, J. (2008, 9–11 July). Parental time with children and children’s activities: An analysis of Australian time use diaries of 4–5 year olds. 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne.
- Smith, J., & Baxter, J. (2007, 3–4 December). Comparison of time use data in the LSAC and Time Use Survey of New Mothers (TUSNM) to identify breastfeeding patterns and the influence of various background variables. Paper presented at the Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children research conference, Melbourne.
- Baxter, J., & Hayes, A. (2007, 5–8 July). Days of their lives: Developmental implications and correlates of how four year olds spend their time (PDF 785 KB). Paper presented at the Australasian Human Development Association conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney.