A short history of time (with some brief reflections on its future)
Jonathan Gershuny, University of Essex

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Time diary design for measuring the risks associated with lifestyles
Kimberly Fisher, University of Essex

This talk considers how time diaries, which measure daily activity patterns, assist with the analysis of physical activity and the lifestyle patterns of groups in the population.

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Sunday Working and Family Time – The lessons learnt from analysing time-diary data
Michael Bittman, SPRC, University of University of New South Wales, Sydney

Recent decades have seen what some have called the "demise of the standard working hours". Perhaps as a response, the notion of 'unsociable hours' of work has simultaneously gained some currency. However, the conventional labour force surveys capture very little information on the prevalence of paid employment at unsocial times or its effects. This papers uses information drawn from time-use surveys to show how the proportion of working-age Australians working on a Sunday -- the day traditionally reserved for rest -- has changed since 1974. It analyses the kinds of activities particularly reserved for Sundays, the impact of Sunday work. The research demonstrates that Sunday workers irrevocably forfeit significant amounts of time for relaxation, family conviviality and civic association.