What We Really Do All Day: Insights from the Centre for Time Use Research

by	Jonathan Gershuny, Oriel Sullivan

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How has the way we spend our time changed over the last fifty years?Are we really working more, sleeping less and addicted to our phones?What does this mean for our health, wealth and happiness?Everything we do happens in time and it feels like our lives are busier than ever before. Yet a detailed look at our daily activities reveals some surprising truths about the social and economic structure of the world we live in. This book delves into the unrivalled data collection and expertise of the Centre for Time Use Research to explore fifty-five years of change and what it means for us today.

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Weight	0.222 kg
Dimensions	2.1 × 11.1 × 18.1 cm
by	Jonathan Gershuny, Oriel Sullivan
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Pages	384
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year Published	2019-6-27
Imprint	Pelican
Publication City/Country	London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10	0241285569
About The Author	Jonathan Gershuny is Professor of Economic Sociology and Co-Director at the Centre for Time Use Research, Department of Social Science, University College London. His previous books include After Industrial Society? and Changing Times.Oriel Sullivan is Professor of Sociology of Gender and Co-Director at the Centre for Time Use Research, Department of Social Science, University College London. Her previous publications include Changing Gender Relations, Changing Families: Tracing the Pace of Change.
	Surprising truths about modern life . . . a fascinating analysis
Other text	This book is brilliant at busting myths about how we spend our time . . . its insight into what we do is illuminating . . . it's impossible not to see your life – and those of your parents and children – reflected in the data . . . And that makes reading it an excellent use of time.
Series	Pelican Books

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