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Time Spent in Housework By Urban Adolescents

School of Home Economics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Grace E. Tasker

Family Resource Management, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Deborah K. Babcock

Department of Experimental Statistics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

This study examined the amount of time urban adolescents spent in housework. Data used here resulted from the eleven-state family time use survey, "An Inter state Urban/Rural Investigation of Families' Time Use." The sample consisted of 517 adolescents aged 12 through 17 in two-parent/two-child families. Total time in household work tasks reported for adolescents averaged 71 minutes per day. Adolescents spent the most time in shopping, maintenance of home, yard, car, and pets, housecleaning, and food preparation. Sex of the adolescent, education of the father, education and employment of the mother, income of the family, and season of the year significantly affected the time spent on housework. The age of the adolescent and state of residence were not significant sources of variation in the time spent.

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, 199-205 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X8301200210


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