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| Author: | Bittman, M. Rice, J.M. Wajcman, J. |
| Title: | Appliances and their impact: the ownership of domestic technology and time spent on household work |
| Journal: | British Journal of Sociology
2004 : SEP, VOL. 55:3, p. 401-423 |
| Index terms: | Domestic appliances Domestic appliances industry Incomes Technology Women |
| Freeterms: | Household work |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Ever since the appearance of Vanek's pioneering article in 1974, there has been a controversy about whether "labour saving" domestic appliances actually save labour time. Nevertheless, none of the protagonists on the subject have any direct data about which households own or do not own domestic appliances. Instead, they all rely on the passage of the years as a proxy for ownership of domestic appliances, since a higher proportion of contemporary households now own domestic appliances. The Australian 1997 Time Use Survey (Australian Bureau of Statistics 1998b) is rare among official surveys, as it simultaneously provides detailed information on time spent in housework and an inventory of household appliances. The analysis of this data show that domestic technology rarely reduces women's unpaid working time and even produces some increases in domestic labour. |
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