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Is it possible that Americans have more free time than they did thirty years ago? While few may believe it, research based on careful records of how we actually spend our time shows that Americans have almost five hours more free time per week than in the 1960s. Here time-use experts John P. Robinson and Geoffrey Godbey explain this surprising trend and how it has come about. They also discuss why so few Americans apparently appreciate how their free time has increased or how that new free time is being used. Their unique source of time-use information, the Americans' Use of Time Project, is…
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2 editions- Other · English · 1999Pennsylvania State University Press · 402 pages · 9780271019703
- Other · English · 1997Pennsylvania State University Press · 367 pages · 9780271016528
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