Child and Adolescent Time Use: A Cross‐National Study
Child and Adolescent Time Use: A Cross‐National Study
Pablo Gracia,J. García-Román,Tomi Oinas,Timo Anttila
TLDR
The differences in child and adolescent time use across the following three countries with distinct policy and cultural regimes: Finland, Spain, and the United Kingdom are examined to better understand how societal contexts influence children’s daily lives in ways that affect their future lifestyles, development, and identity formation.
Abstract
Objective: This study examined the differences in child and adolescent time use across the following three countries with distinct policy and cultural regimes: Finland, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Background: Studying children’s time use cross-nationally is urgent to better understand how societal contexts influence children’s daily lives in ways that affect their future lifestyles, development, and identity formation. Yet previous studies have largely omitted this important question. Method: The study used 2009 to 015 time-diary data on children aged 10 to 17 from Finland, Spain, and the United Kingdom (N = 3,491). Multivariate linear regression models examined (a) between-country and (b) within-country variations. Results: Finnish children spent 153 daily minutes less with parents, 128 more with “others” and 54 daily minutes more alone when compared