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Title: When the Kids Grow Up: Time with Spouses over the Life Course

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: Research underscores the changing nature of marital quality over the life course, highlighting the centrality of parental status. We use 2003-2007 American Time Use Survey data to examine how much time husbands and wives spend together. Our analyses consider the relevance of life stage, which we measure as the age of the youngest child in the household. We expect that the time spouses spend together will change as children age. To unpack this change, we consider both the time couples spend together as a couple and time together in the presence of others, anticipating that there may be distinctions.

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Authors: Genadek, Katie; Flood, Sarah

Conference Name: the 2009 Time Use Research Conference

Publisher Location: University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Data Collections: IPUMS Time Use - ATUS

Topics: Aging and Retirement, Family and Marriage

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