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Research Brief No. 8 - A Widening Parental Leisure Gap, Glenn J. Stalker

Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster Research/Policy Brief

Who in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom have the least time for lei-sure? Our study finds that the distribution of leisure time today depends not only on gender, as previously found, but also on family and employment status. Since the 1960s, the amount of leisure time available to men and to women has become increasingly similar. However, parents of young children and those employed full-time are having increasingly less time for leisure than non-parents and those who are not employed. These analyses demonstrate the need to qualify accounts of over-work and the double-burden.