Senioritis in repose

John P. Robinson () and Andrew Caporaso ()
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John P. Robinson: Department of Sociology University of Maryland
Andrew Caporaso: Department of Sociology University of Maryland

electronic International Journal of Time Use Research, 2009, vol. 6, issue 2, 306-313

Abstract: Media and other accounts of life after retirement suggest it to be “The Golden Years” of life, when the elderly have true leisure in the classic sense of freedom from responsibilities of work. However, like earlier time-diary studies, data from the 2003-07 Americans Time Use Project (ATUS) indicate that the great majority of seniors’ extra 20+ hours of free time is concentrated on three activities – TV, reading and rest. Only a few more hours are spent on sleep. Despite reports of increased work time among seniors, relatively few of those in Andy’s new age bracket remain in the labor force and they work fewer hours.

Keywords: Time use; elderly; retirement; free time; TV; aging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J11 J14 J21 J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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