Trends in Free Time with a Partner: A Transformation of Intimacy?

نویسندگان

  • Marieke Voorpostel
  • Tanja van der Lippe
  • Jonathan Gershuny
چکیده

Shared free time with one’s spouse is positively related to marital satisfaction (e.g. Crawford et al. 2002). Yet little is known about the amount of time partners actually spend together and its trend over time. This article investigates how much free time couples spend in each other’s presence, how this has changed over the last four decades and to what extent this is related to changed circumstances. Also, differences between men and women herein are assessed. There are two main theoretical views on trends in the shared time of partners.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Social Indicators Research

دوره 93  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009