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| Author: | Glorieux, I. (et al.) |
| Title: | In search of the harried leisure class in contemporary society: time-use surveys and patterns of leisure time consumption |
| Journal: | Journal of Consumer Policy
2010 : JUN, VOL. 33:2, p. 163-181 |
| Index terms: | leisure |
| Freeterms: | time-use patterns leisure time consumption optimal matching harried leisure class work-leisure paradoxes |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The study examines the contemporary work-leisure paradoxes by searching for today's harried leisure class and its equanimous counterpart. The method of optimal matching is applied on the continuous time-use data of the pooled Flemish time-use survey of 1999 and 2004. Different time-use patterns are identified on the basis on one's leisure time consumption and then analyzed. The results suggest that the members of today's harried leisure class combine great amounts of cultural and material resources with the experience of time pressure and 'voracious and volatile' leisure time consumption. Meanwhile, the members of the equanimous leisure class consume leisure time watching TV. |
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