cam.issuedOnline	2021-11-03
datacite.contributor.supervisor	editor: Nishi, Akihiro
dc.contributor.author	Lee, Ines
dc.contributor.author	Tipoe, Eileen
dc.contributor.orcid	Lee, Ines [0000-0001-6684-479X]
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-03T19:15:14Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-03T19:15:14Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.date.submitted	2021-06-25
dc.date.updated	2021-11-03T19:15:13Z
dc.description	Funder: IZA Institute of Labor Economics
dc.description.abstract	We investigated changes in the quantity and quality of time spent on various activities in response to the COVID-19-induced national lockdowns in the UK. We examined effects both in the first national lockdown (May 2020) and the third national lockdown (March 2021). Using retrospective longitudinal time-use diary data collected from a demographically diverse sample of over 760 UK adults in both lockdowns, we found significant changes in both the quantity and quality of time spent on broad activity categories (employment, housework, leisure). Individuals spent less time on employment-related activities (in addition to a reduction in time spent commuting) and more time on housework. These effects were concentrated on individuals with young children. Individuals also spent more time doing leisure activities (e.g. hobbies) alone and conducting employment-related activities outside normal working hours, changes that were significantly correlated with decreases in overall enjoyment. Changes in quality exacerbated existing inequalities in quantity of time use, with parents of young children being disproportionately affected. These findings indicate that quality of time use is another important consideration for policy design and evaluation.
dc.identifier.doi	10.17863/CAM.77687
dc.identifier.eissn	1932-6203
dc.identifier.issn	1932-6203
dc.identifier.other	pone-d-21-20859
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/330246
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
dc.subject	Research Article
dc.subject	Social sciences
dc.subject	Medicine and health sciences
dc.subject	Engineering and technology
dc.subject	People and places
dc.subject	Biology and life sciences
dc.title	Changes in the quantity and quality of time use during the COVID-19 lockdowns in the UK: Who is the most affected?
dc.type	Article
dcterms.dateAccepted	2021-10-07
prism.issueIdentifier	11
prism.publicationName	PLoS One
prism.volume	16
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
rioxxterms.version	VoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord	10.1371/journal.pone.0258917

Changes in the quantity and quality of time use during the COVID-19 lockdowns in the UK: Who is the most affected?

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