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Time Use in Domestic Settings Throughout the Life Course

The Italian Case

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Authors:
  1. Giulia Maria Dotti Sani

    1. European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy

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  • Provides an in-depth study of the allocation of time spend on unpaid domestic work in a gender-unequal context: Italy
  • Studies a life-course approach focusing on the three pillars of unpaid domestic work: housework, childcare and elderly care
  • Addresses aspects often neglected in the current literature such as the allocation of time to domestic work among children and the elderly

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Sociology (BRIEFSSOCY)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Giulia Maria Dotti Sani
    Pages 1-9

  3. Theoretical Background

    • Giulia Maria Dotti Sani
    Pages 11-25

  4. The Italian Time Use Survey

    • Giulia Maria Dotti Sani
    Pages 27-48

  5. Domestic Work Among Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults

    • Giulia Maria Dotti Sani
    Pages 49-64

  6. Young and Beautiful. Domestic Work Among Childless Women and Men

    • Giulia Maria Dotti Sani
    Pages 65-78

  7. Parenthood and Domestic Work: A Never-Ending Workload

    • Giulia Maria Dotti Sani
    Pages 79-102

  8. When the Kids Grow up: Domestic Work Among Italians Aged 45–64

    • Giulia Maria Dotti Sani
    Pages 103-116

  9. In the Empty Nest: Housework and Adult Care Among Italians Aged 65 and Above

    • Giulia Maria Dotti Sani
    Pages 117-130

  10. Conclusions

    • Giulia Maria Dotti Sani
    Pages 131-142
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About this book

The volume is the first to take a life-course approach to the study of domestic work in Italy. It provides a coherent and systemic overview of time spent on housework, childcare and adult care over the life course. While most previous research has focused on the time adult women and men spend on housework and the division of domestic chores among partners, this unique contribution studies the amount of time spent on chores by Italians in different phases of the life course. It addresses relevant aspects often neglected in time use studies, such as the socialization to domestic chores among children, teenagers and young adults living in the parental home and the reproduction of gender inequalities in housework at later stages of the life course.

Authors and Affiliations

  • European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy

    Giulia Maria Dotti Sani

About the author

Giulia Maria Dotti Sani is a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Research from the University of Trento. Her main research areas are the sociology of the family, time use studies, and social stratification. Her methodological skills include time budget analysis, multilevel and panel modeling. She is specialized in the management and analyses of large household longitudinal and cross-sectional datasets (e.g. Multinational Time Use Study, European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, European Social Survey, Italian Household Survey and Time Use Survey). She has published original research in highly ranked international peer-reviewed journals such as the European Sociological Review, the Journal of Marriage and Family, the European Journal of Political Research, Social Science Research and the Journal of Family Issues.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Time Use in Domestic Settings Throughout the Life Course

  • Book Subtitle: The Italian Case

  • Authors: Giulia Maria Dotti Sani

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Sociology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78720-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78719-0Published: 20 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78720-6Published: 06 April 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2212-6368

  • Series E-ISSN: 2212-6376

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 142

  • Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Gender Studies, Family

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