Time, labour, and the household: measuring “time poverty” through a gender lens

Lisa Ringhofer

Development in Practice, 2015, vol. 25, issue 3, 321-332

Abstract: This article applies functional time use (FTU) analysis towards understanding inequalities in developing countries and the relevant relationships among the use of time, gendered divisions of labour, and the household economy. In so doing, it proposes one way of approaching the development concept of “time poverty”. The findings from an empirical study of an indigenous village in the Bolivian Amazon illustrate a heavier overall labour burden of the female population across all age groups. The paper also argues for FTU analysis as an analytic tool for gender-sensitive analysis with a potential to inform the work of development practitioners.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2015.1016867

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