The Study On Married Women's Time Allocation

The issue of time conflict of married women has gradually aroused the attention of both socialists and economists. Focusing clearly on married women as research object, this paper describes the history and current situation of married women's time allocation in China, and reveals its determinants. The finding of research shows that the tendency of married women's time allocation is: 1) work time and leisure time increasing; 2) housework time reducing greatly; 3) the ability of time management becoming stronger, Neo-classical theory can not perfectly explain the facts on time allocation of married women. Based on the theoretical and practical research in China and abroad, this paper suggests three phases of time allocation according to the definition of time trichotomy. Then it constructs an expanded theory-analysis framework and the related hypothesis. The results of Multi-Regression analysis indicate that married women's time allocation is influenced by integrated determinants, which include society culture view, family economic situations and demography characteristics, individual economic situations and demography characteristics. The last part of this paper recommends the policies and suggestions for bettering the time allocation of married women from the aspects of gender-consciousness, women's income, human capital investment, family and marries harmony.The characteristics and contributions of this paper are as follows:(1) Describe systematically and review on the related research in China and abroad. Construct an expanded theory-analyze framework and testify it by survey data.(2) Describe completely the history and current situation of married women's time allocation in China, and provide the Gender and national comparison of it.(3) Distinguish and investigate the determinants of working time, housework time and leisure time, and compare the nature and degree of variables, then provide specifically the suggestions for bettering women's time allocation.