Evening work and its relationship with couple time

• Verfasst von: Ambiel, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Rapp, Ingmar [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Gruhler, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Evening work and its relationship with couple time
• Verf.angabe: Benjamin Samuel Ambiel, Ingmar Rapp, Jonathan Simon Gruhler
• E-Jahr: 2023
• Jahr: 27 September 2023
• Umfang: 15 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 26.10.2023
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Journal of family and economic issues
• Ort Quelle: New York, NY : Springer Science + Business Media B.V., 1978
• Jahr Quelle: 2023
• Band/Heft Quelle: 45(2023), 3, Seite 621-635
• ISSN Quelle: 1573-3475
• DOI: doi:10.1007/s10834-023-09934-8
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Couple time
• Sach-SW: Dyadic data
• Sach-SW: Nonstandard work
• Sach-SW: Time use
• K10plus-PPN: 1868097854

Abstract

This article examines the relationship between couple time and nonstandard working time, in particular evening work, using household-based time use data from Germany. We analyzed three measures of couple time: total time couples spend together, engaged leisure time and other couple time. Engaged leisure includes joint leisure activities and a mutual acknowledgement of the partner’s presence, while other couple time includes the performance of different activities or joint unpaid work. The results of multiple OLS-regressions on data from 1957 couples across 5871 diary days strongly suggest that evening work reduces not only total couple time but also specifically engaged leisure time. In contrast, other couple time is less affected by time spent in paid evening work. As engaged leisure time is strongly related to relationship stability and satisfaction, it can be assumed that evening work has negative effects on intimate relationships.