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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 2 Domestic participation of young adults living at parental home in France and Italy by gender

From: The time benefits of young adult home stayers in France and Italy: a new perspective on the transition to adulthood?

 

Men

Women

Italy

France

Sign.

Italy

France

Sign.

All

 Domestic time (min per day)

34.6 (69.7)

54.0 (87.3)

***

102.2 (107.9)

99.4 (107.1)

ns

 Share of household domestic time (%)

5.4 (10.4)

10.3 (16.8)

***

16.5 (16.7)

17.6 (19.1)

ns

 % of participants a

42.5 (49.4)

54.1 (49.9)

***

79.5 (40.4)

78.6 (41.1)

ns

 N

2985

629

 

2566

532

 

Participants

 Domestic time (min per day)

81.5 (50.0)

99.9 (97.6)

***

128.6 (106.1)

126.6 (105.7)

ns

 Share of household domestic time (%)

12.8 (9.3)

18.9 (18.8)

***

20.7 (16.2)

22.3 (18.9)

*

 N

1268

340

 

2039

418

 
  1. Source: own calculations based on time-use surveys (Italy 2002–2003, France 1998–1999)
  2. Standard errors in parentheses
  3. ns no significance
  4. Significance refers to the difference in the indicators between the two countries: *10%; **5%; ***1%
  5. aParticipants devote at least 10 min a day to domestic tasks