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This page presents the final programme as actually took place at this conference. Where people have given permission, we include the powerpoint slides and the papers. This page includes some material updated

MONDAY 1 AUGUST

9:20-10:30, Research opportunities in time use archives watch film of session
Chair: Almudena Sevilla-Sanz (UK)

10:30-11:00, Tom Juster Memorial Lecture
Chair: Almudena Sevilla-Sanz (UK)

11:30-13:00, Parallel Sessions 1

Well-being of carers
Chair: Younghwan Song (USA)

  • Megan Thomas, Bernie Carter, Anne Hunt, Margaret Hurley, Steve Robertson (UK) "The impact of having a preschool child with a disability on parental sleep"
  • Masago Fujiwara, Michinori Hirata (Japan) "Study of in-home care workloads of carer wives & husbands in Japanese elderly couples"
  • Velan Nirmala, U Devasenadhipath (India) "Analysis of time use of female caregivers in HIV/AIDS affected households in India: a case study"

Parenting & child care - (cross-national)
Chair: Rina Camporese (Italy)

  • Cristina Borra, Almudena Sevilla-Sanz (Spain/UK) "Education & parental time investments in children: a cross-country analysis over time"
  • Marc Grau i Grau (UK) "Time spent with children: a comparison between French, Spanish & Swedish families"
  • Janet Gornick, Liana Sayer (USA) "Cross-national variation in employment hours influences on gendered child care time"

Gendered time use
Chair: Maria Sagrario Floro (USA/Philippines)

  • Judith Borja (Philippines) "How Filipino women use their time: patterns & shifts in time allocation as women get older"
  • Neuma Aguiar, Emílio Suyama (Brazil) "The determinants of work (paid & unpaid) & leisure by women & men in a Brazilian city"
  • Innocent Chirisa (Zimbabwe, presented by Shingai Kawadza Zimbabwe) "Dodging the police, reinventing time’: time use & the daily behaviour of street vendors in Harare CBD, Zimbabwe"

Students' well-being
Chair: Laurent Lesnard (France)

  • Alain Fernex, Laurent Lima (France) "A study of students' time use"
  • Margarida Romero (USA) "Work life learning balance in the virtual campus"
  • Margarida Romero, Elena Barberà, Marga Franco (USA) "Measuring online learners time use & time quality"

14:15-16:15, Parallel Sessions 2

Parenting & child care - (work/life balance)
Chair: Eva Österbacka (Finland)

  • Leslie-Anne Keown (Canada) "Daily rhythm & the time fragmentation of Canadian parents: integrating simultaneous activities & episodes"
  • Lyn Craig, Abigail Powell (Australia), "Work-family balance strategies & household time in/equity in Australia"
  • Michael Bittman (Australia), "Non-parental childcare, an imperfect substitute?"
  • Yoo-Jean Song (Republic of Korea) "Changes in parental time spent in childcare in Korea"

GPS & tracking
Chair: Marie Louise van der Klooster (Australia)

Eating & sleeping
Chair: Monica Chavez-Elorza (Mexico)

  • Jonathan Woodward (USA) "Time as an ingredient in meal production & consumption"
  • Sarah Daniels, Ignace Glorieux (Belgium) "More than just preparing a meal? Concerning the meanings of cooking"
  • Jane Greve, Jens Bonke (Denmark) "Socioeconomic differences in obesity & changes in time spent producing meals & eating, 1987-2009"
  • Yu Sun Bin, Nathaniel Marshall, Nick Glozier (Australia) "Are Australians really sleeping less?"

Measures & indicators
Chair: Masago Fujiwara (Japan)

Time use of marginalised populations
Chair: Jennifer Whillans (UK)

  • David Kendall, Moustafa Traore, Abbas Nokhasteh, Andres Borda (UK/France) "Paris 19: mobility, memory & migration"
  • Malwina Bakalarska (Poland) "The use of time by Africans in the context of Nigerian & UK system"
  • John Gloster, Dale Miller (USA) "Linking "leisure time" with frequencies in criminal activity in the US"
  • Elizabeth McKay, Aideen Higgins, Anne Clarkin (UK) "How do women spend their time in prison & how does this impact on their quality of life?"

16:45-18:45, Parallel Sessions 3

Parenting & child care - (work & care)
Chair: Afshin Zilanawala (USA)

  • Glenn Stalker, Michael Ornstein (Canada) "Community differences in Canadian parents' strategies for childcare & employment"
  • Mariëlle Cloïn (Netherlands) "The secondary shift: part-time work & time pressure in the Netherlands"
  • Jessie Vandeweyer, Ignace Glorieux (Belgium) "Working less: the way to reduce time pressure for working women? Quantity & quality of time as indicators for time pressure"
  • Evrim Altintas (UK) "Inequality in parental time investment in the US: preliminary evidence from MTUS"

National survey reports
Chair: Omar Ismael Abdourahman (Djibouti)

  • Jae-Hyun Lee, Chong-Hyun Song , Kwang Yung Choo (Republic of Korea) "Major time-use survey results of the Korean people in 2010 & changes during the industrialization period"
  • Marcel Bechard, Jodi-Anne Brzozowski, Leslie-Anne Keown (Canada) "Reflections on & highlights of the 2010 Canadian time use data"
  • Raúl Sanchis (Spain) "Time use survey in Ecuador 2011: a method for indigenous regions: the case of Saraguro in Ecuador"
  • Lara Gama de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (Brazil) "The process of coding in the Brazilian pilot time use survey"

Variations by timing of work
Chair: Joeri Minnen (Belgium)

  • Takeshi Mizunoya (Japan) "How does full-time workers’ paid working time vary by weekday?"
  • Jens Bonke (Denmark) "Do morning-type people earn more than evening-type people?"
  • Satu Ojala, Jouko Nätti, Timo Anttila, Tomi Oinas (Finland) "Distributed work: how prevalent is it? Work at different locations in the Finnish use of time survey"
  • David Cotter (USA) "Rural/urban differences in informal work"

Travel
Chair: Béatrice Koncilja-Sartorius (Switzerland)

  • Maik Hoemke (Switzerland) "Everyday life mobility - journeys as a lost time"
  • Feixiong Liao, Theo Arentze, Harry Timmerman (Netherlands) "Playing with time: meet in a supernetwork"
  • Steven Roddis, Christina Inbakaran (Australia- presented by Marie van der Klooster) "Travel time in Melbourne – results from VISTA 07"
  • Jorge González Chapela (Spain) "The effect of residential location on retirement age: theory & some evidence on male behavior"

Volunteering
Chair: Ayse Burça Kizillirmak (Turkey)

TUESDAY 2 AUGUST

8:45-10:45, Parallel Sessions 4

Couples & division of labour - 1 watch film of session
Chair: Melinda Podor (USA)

  • Daniela Bellani, Pablo Gracia (Spain) "Domestic tasks, gender inequality & social class"
  • Tomi Oinas (Finland) "Social class & domestic division of labor in Finnish dual-earner households"
  • Martin Browning (UK) "Do you have time to take a walk together? Private and joint leisure within the household"
  • Liana Sayer (USA) "Gender equality & time together among partnered British, French, & American parents"

Health in rural environments
Chair: Kimberly Fisher (UK)

  • Yoko Shimada, Guo Minna, Yuzuru Matsuoka (Japan) "Analysis of indoor PM2.5 exposure in urban & rural China using time use survey"
  • Elinor Godfrey (UK) "Recreational exposure to tick-borne diseases in Europe"
  • Elena Groß, Isabel Guenther, Youdi Schipper (German/Swiss/Netherlands) "Water access & time savings in developing countries: the case of rural Benin"
  • Yuta Masuda, Lea Fortmann, Mary Kay Gugerty, Marla Smith-Nilson, Joseph Cook (USA) "Proposed methods for time use data collection from rural least developed country populations"

Survey methodology & distribution
Chair: Jose Ignacio Giménez-Nadal (Spain)

  • Anu-Hanna Anttila (Finland) "How does it feel? The self-completion questionnaires as contexts of auto-observations"
  • Paavo Väisänen (Finland) "The effect of face-to-face & telephone interviews in keeping of time use diaries"
  • Georgeta Marinela Istrate, Nicoleta Hrehorciuc-Caragea (Romania) "An inventory of work research based on time use surveys in Romania"
  • Christina Inbakaran, Marie Louise van der Klooster (Australia) "Communication & marketing of employment time use data – comparing Australia & Germany"

Children's time use - 1
Chair: Margarida Romero (USA)

  • Eithne Hunt, Elizabeth McKay, Ivan Perry (Ireland) "Measuring & mapping adolescent time use & well-being – an occupational perspective"
  • Lisa Matricciani, Tim Olds, John Petkov (Australia) "In search of lost sleep: secular trends in the sleep time of school-aged children"
  • Masaaki Mizuochi (Japan) "A comparative analysis of children’s time use in Japan & France"
  • Katia Ferrar, Tim Olds, Kate Ridley (Australia) "Trans-Tasman adolescent time use clusters"

Location & travel
Chair: Andrew Harvey (Canada)

  • David Cotter (USA) "Rural-urban differences in time use: convergence, divergence or irrelevance"
  • Gamze Dane, Theo Arentze, Harry Timmermans, Dick Ettema, Feixiong Liao (Netherlands) The effect of monetary expenditure, socio-demographic factors & time-location on the duration of leisure activities"
  • Rose Woods (USA) "A first look at the “trips away from home” in the American time use survey"
  • Dujuan Yang, Harry Timmermans (Netherlands) "Analysis of influence of fuel price on daily travel times expenditures for different activities"

11:15-12:45, Plenary 2: Household level time use watch film of session
Chair: Man Yee Kan (UK)

  • Oriel Sullivan, Jonathan Gershuny (UK) "Determinants of total household domestic work/care by household members & paid & unpaid help"
  • Elsa Fontainha (Portugal) "Power, interactions & households' economic behavior"
  • Duncan Ironmonger, Faye Soupourmas (Australia) "Gross household product of the United States: household production output estimates, 2003-2009"

13:45-15:15, Parallel Sessions 5

Time use & policy in developing countries
Chair: Michael Bittman (Australia)

  • Maria Sagrario Floro, Hitomi Komatsu (USA) "Labor force participation, gender & work in South Africa: what time use data can reveal"
  • Hongqin Chang, Fiona MacPhail, Xiao-Yuan Dong (China/Canada) "The feminization of labor & the gender work-time gap in rural China"
  • Valeria Esquivel (Argentina) "The value of unpaid care work & its impact on the extended income inequality in the city of Buenos Aires"

Health & time use
Chair: Kathryn Ashton (New Zealand)

  • Jose Ignacio Giménez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina (Spain) "Causality between health & labor market hours? An IV response"
  • Sibyl Kleiner, Reinhard Schunck, Klaus Schömann, Eliza Pavalko (USA/Germany) "Different norms, different effects? Work time & mental health in the United States & Germany"
  • Jo Hodgekins, Miranda Mugford, Max Birchwood, David Fowler (UK) "Time use as an outcome measure in mental health research"

Children's time use - 2
Chair: Sabine Gagel (Luxembourg)

Couples in transition
Chair: Norbert Neuwirth (Austria)

  • Kristiina Aalto, Johanna Varjonen (Finland) "How the transition to parenthood changes the rhythms of daily life"
  • Béatrice Koncilja-Sartorius, Claudine Sauvain-Dugerdil (Switzerland) "New parent, new family: the type of time spent with the first baby"
  • Victoria Vernon (USA) "Does unemployment affect the division of labor within a household?"

Time on the job
Chair: Maria Stanfors (Sweden)

  • Kathleen Baker, Emily Simms, Heather Petcovic (USA) "Expertise as a predictor of time use during geologic field research"
  • Sachiko Kuroda, Isamu Yamamoto (Japan) "Firm’s demand for work hours: evidence from multi-country & matched firm-worker data"
  • Mar Vazquez-Mendez, Antonio Garcia-Sánchez (Spain) "When should we work? A theoretical approach"

15:45-17:45, Parallel Sessions 6

Housework & gender roles
Chair: Santosh Nandal (India)

  • Marc Ajenjo Cosp, Joan García Román (Spain) " Assessing the transmission of the gender roles using time use surveys"
  • Eva Österbacka (Finland) "Intergenerational time use correlation"
  • Renzo Carriero (Italy) "Perceived fairness & the division of domestic labour: a dynamic view"
  • Jouko Nätti, Timo Anttila, Tomi Oinas, Satu Ojala (Finland) "Home-based work & time use in dual-earner households"

Parenting & child care - (parents' education)
Chair: Glenn Stalker (Canada)

  • Pablo Gracia, Carlos Gonzalez-Sancho (Spain) "Parental similarity in education & time with children in the UK"
  • Jose Ignacio Giménez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina (Spain) "Parents' education as determinant of educational childcare time"
  • Almudena Sevilla Sanz, Catalina Amuedo Dorantes (UK / Spain) "Immigration & parenting investments of college-educated mothers in the US: evidence from time-use data"
  • Martin Dribe, Maria Stanfors (Sweden) "Educational homogamy & household division of labor"

Survey methodology
Chair: Leslie-Anne Keown (Canada)

  • Andrew Hancock (New Zealand) "Approaches in activity classifications for time-use surveys"
  • Elisabetta Lazzaro (USA) "Reconciling recall-questions surveys & time-use data in cultural participation"
  • John Robinson, Liana Sayer (USA) "Time-diary-estimate differences & social desirability"
  • Joeri Minnen, Ignace Glorieux, Theun Pieter van Tienoven (Belgium) "The effects of a registration method on the report of an activity in a diary: differences in number, duration & context"

Time poverty - 1
Chair: Valeria Esquivel (Argentina)

  • Sibyl Kleiner (USA) "Is subjective time pressure a problem of the advantaged? A cross-national perspective"
  • Afshin Zilanawala (USA) "By what measure? Time poverty in US families: examining the role of gender & family structure"
  • Claire Wolfteich (USA) "Time poverty & women workers-mothers: implications for religion & spirituality"
  • Paul Dolan, Robert Metcalfe (UK) "With my money on my mind: income, happiness & intrusive financial thoughts"

Work-life balance
Chair: Judith Borja (Philippines)

  • Marta Seiz (Spain) "The influence of partners’ domestic engagement on female employment transitions after marriage & childbirth"
  • Anne Roeters, Lyn Craig (Netherlands / Australia) "Part-time employment & the consequences for individual & family well-being: Australia & the Netherlands compared"
  • Norbert Neuwirth (Austria) "Changes in work-life balance "
  • Cheong-Seok Kim (Republic of Korea) "Time pressure & its reasons among Koreans in later life"

18:00-19:00, IATUR Business meeting
Chair: Kimberly Fisher (UK)

WEDNESDAY 3 AUGUST

9:00-10:30, Parallel Sessions 7

Choices of students & young people
Chair: Teresa Harms (UK)

  • Anna Grigolon, Astrid Kemperman, Harry Timmermans (Netherlands) "Using association rules to explore interdependencies in vacation portfolios & co-variates: the case of students"
  • Shingai Kawadza (Zimbabwe) "Students’ on- & off-campus behaviour in the context of time use: lessons from the University of Zimbabwe"
  • Younghwan Song (USA) "Minimum wages & teen time use"

Leisure - 1
Chair: Jiri Zuzanek (Canada)

Sequences & schedules
Chair: Evrim Altintas (UK)

Unemployment & recession
Chair: Ignace Glorieux (Belgium)

Household production
Chair: Joachim Merz (Germany)

  • Jin Wook Kim, Young Jun Choi (Republic of Korea) "Dynamics in the four types of work-family time allocation in South Korea"
  • Mohammad Sepahvand, Ranjula Bali Swain, Roujman Shahbazian (Sweden) "Degree of substitutability in the household production model: evidence from time use data in eight countries"
  • Eric Jiménez Rosas, Layla Orlando, Gemma Michán Aguirre, Verduzco Chirino (Mexico) "Time use & home research: a meta-analytic approach"

11:00-12:30, Parallel Sessions 8

Parenting & child care - (health)
Chair: Anne Roeters (Netherlands)

  • Jay Stewart (USA) "Do children sleep less when both parents work?"
  • Chiara Monfardini, Daniela Del Boca, Cheti Nicoletti (Italy / UK) "Children time-use choices & the production of cognitive ability"
  • Judith Brown, Jan Nicholson, Dorothy Broom (Australia) "Parenting style, children’s lifestyle behaviours & childhood obesity"

Time poverty - 2
Chair: Sibyl Kleiner (USA)

  • Minna Ylikännö (Finland) "Short of time but not poor"
  • Joachim Merz, Tim Rathjen (Germany) "Intensity of interdependent multidimensional time & income poverty: results using German time use diary data"
  • Tomomi Shinada (Japan) "Work-time inequality in Japan: who are the really poor?"

Work and community in Asia
Chair: Young Jun Choi (Republic of Korea)

  • Yuko Kaneko (Japan) "Contribution of citizens’ activity to community development in Japan–pilot analyses based on measurement of size"
  • Ki-Soo Eun (Republic of Korea) "Balance between work & family for Korean women, 1999-2009"
  • Tahee Kwon (Republic of Korea) "Overwork & actual work time reduction in South Korea"

Couples & division of labour - 2
Chair: William Michelson (Canada)

  • Tania Cappadozzi, Anna Emilia Martino, Daniele Spizzichino (Italy) "The division of domestic work & childcare among Italian couples: a persistent asymmetry"
  • Miriam Beblo, Anne Solaz (Germany/France) "Does the work division differ between first & second unions? Evidence from Germany"
  • Melinda Podor (USA) "Intra-household allocation of time use between couples"

Leisure - 2
Chair: Malwina Bakalarska (Poland)

  • Jonghee Choi (Republic of Korea) "Leisure time & quality of life for the elderly in Korea"
  • Ivan Chorvát (Slovak Republic) "More time for leisure? Leisure time of Slovaks in comparative perspectives"
  • Timo Anttila, Tomi Oinas, Jouko Nätti (Finland) "Social classes & time use in Finland"

13:45-15:45, Parallel Sessions 9

Parenting & child care - (focus on fathers)
Chair: Lyn Craig (Australia)

  • Jennifer Baxter (Australia) "Fathers’ involvement in young children’s social & educational activities"
  • Jiwon Seo, Ki-Young Lee, Oi-Sook Kim (Republic of Korea) "The determinants of fathers' child care time in Korea"
  • Christina Boll (Germany) "Share the leave – share the laundry? Fathering policies & parental time use in a multinational comparison"
  • Toshiyuki Kobayashi (Japan) "A new change in male housework in Japan: focusing on a change in men in their 30s"

Time & income poverty
Chair: Jens Bonke (Denmark)

  • Ayse Burça Kizillirmak, Emel Memis (Turkey) "Income poverty & intra-household allocation of unpaid work: analysis of time use by couples in Turkey"
  • Araceli Ortega, Mónica Chávez, Ana Gabriela Santana (Mexico) "Time use & multidimensional poverty in Mexico from a gender perspective"
  • Omar Ismael Abdourahman (Djibouti) "Time poverty: a contributor to women’s poverty?"
  • Valeria Esquivel (Argentina) "Measuring time & income poverty in the case of Buenos Aires: why time deficits matter for policy design"

Worklife balance & non-standard work hours
Chair: Renzo Carriero (Itlay)

  • Mark Ellwood (Canada) "The impact of overtime on non-work hours"
  • Matt Barnes, Lizzie Becker (UK) "Finding the time: understanding the participation time of antisocial workers"
  • Jean-Yves Boulin, Laurent Lesnard (France) "Sunday work: trends in regulations, perceptions & time use impacts in a gender perspective"
  • Jiri Zuzanek (Canada) "Sunday blues: have Sunday time use & its emotional connotations changed over the past two decades?"

16:15-18:00, Closing plenary - moving analysis forward watch film of session
Chair: Michael Bittman (Australia)

  • Jay Stewart (USA) "Tobit or not tobit?"
  • Theun Pieter van Tienoven, Ignace Glorieux , Joeri Minnen (Belgium) "Regularity of time-use. Introducing a new method of weekly routine"
  • Jonathan Gershuny (UK) "Too many zeros: estimating long-term time use from day-diary data"