Our Monday gender issue focus Married or single, weekends and weekdays, men have more leisure time than women. Imagine a typical weekend. Yes, mom might spend a bit less time watching the kids and dad does do more housework. However, when it…
If you live close to the average of 79 years, using 28,835 jelly beans to represent each day, here is how you might spend your life: In a 1930 essay, “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren,” economist John Maynard Keynes predicted…
During a typical day, we spend our time working, relaxing, sleeping, caring for others, caring for ourselves, doing housework and attending to an assortment of minor and major miscellany. Last Thursday, in its annual American Time Use Survey, the BLS…
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