Changing Times Together? A Time-Diary Analysis of Family Time in the Digital Age in the United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT: Objective: This study examines the impact of digital mobile devices on different aspects of family time in the United Kingdom.Background: Recent years have witnessed increasing concerns surrounding the consequences of the widespread diffusion of Internet-enabled mobile devices such as smartphones for family well-being. However, research examining the extent to which mobile devices have influenced family time remains limited.Method: Using nationally representative time-diary data spanning a period of unprecedented technological change (U.K. 2000 and 2015 Time Use Surveys), the authors construct a set of novel family time measures that capture varying degrees of family togetherness and examine changes in these measures over time. Novel diary data are also analyzed to exp

SUBMITTER: Mullan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6774328 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature