The Paradoxical Loneliness of the Elderly Poor; Which Kids Get to Sleep At Night (and Why); Is Independence Still A Privilege?; The 9/11 Effect (for Marriage); The Housework Reporting Gap
Time use and housework! I love time use. When it comes to paid work, people generally (and some subgroups more than others) overreport paid work in point-in-time estimates versus time diary measurements, but I don’t know of similar research comparing single question estimates for housework or childcare versus time diaries. I also think it would be harder to estimate, whereas most wage earners have a clearer idea of when they clock in and out versus exactly how long it takes them to cook dinner.
Personally, I find quite funny your descriptions of wooing ChatGPT into doing your bidding, and its reluctance.
The volunteer info reminds me of a conversation I had with a man who ran a soup kitchen in Fresno, CA. He said what’s most frustrating about his job is that at the winter holidays church and civic groups are on waiting lists to get their chance to volunteer, but the rest of the year he’s calling churches and clubs begging for help.
Lots of interesting stuff here! Having not read the actual study, I suspect that at the lower end of the socioeconomic ladder there are more families that are "rich in kin" like you initially hypothesized -- but that they are probably lost in the data because there's an equal number of "fragile families" where their children/nieces/nephews/grandchildren/etc. are dysfunctional, struggling with addiction, etc.
I Love this post! It's clear and summarizes the findings well.
Except for the gross AI image (sorry).
Time use and housework! I love time use. When it comes to paid work, people generally (and some subgroups more than others) overreport paid work in point-in-time estimates versus time diary measurements, but I don’t know of similar research comparing single question estimates for housework or childcare versus time diaries. I also think it would be harder to estimate, whereas most wage earners have a clearer idea of when they clock in and out versus exactly how long it takes them to cook dinner.
Personally, I find quite funny your descriptions of wooing ChatGPT into doing your bidding, and its reluctance.
The volunteer info reminds me of a conversation I had with a man who ran a soup kitchen in Fresno, CA. He said what’s most frustrating about his job is that at the winter holidays church and civic groups are on waiting lists to get their chance to volunteer, but the rest of the year he’s calling churches and clubs begging for help.
oh that's really interesting about the soup kitchen!
Lots of interesting stuff here! Having not read the actual study, I suspect that at the lower end of the socioeconomic ladder there are more families that are "rich in kin" like you initially hypothesized -- but that they are probably lost in the data because there's an equal number of "fragile families" where their children/nieces/nephews/grandchildren/etc. are dysfunctional, struggling with addiction, etc.
good point!