The influence of work characteristics on the degree of togetherness with the partner

Abstract

This study investigates whether work characteristics are related to togetherness with the partner and whether this effect is different for men and women. Two different types of togetherness are examined: indoor leisure and outdoor leisure. For this study the New families Netherlands survey among 2050 married and cohabiting peoples is used. The results show that there is no evidence for the effect of work characteristics on togetherness. When the analyses are done for men and women separately, there is evidence that workhours of the men are positively related with outdoor leisure.