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Is there enough time in the day or
week for most Americans to do the things
they enjoy, or are Americans spending
' ^jre of their time in the workplace?
John Robinson, a member of the
Department of Sociology at the University
of Maryland and an expert on time use,
had some surprising answers to these
questions.
For example, Robinson said, there
is no direct relationship between time
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spent studying ana improved graaes.
But there is a relationship between time
spent in class and improved grades,
i In interviews recently, students
expressed their views about this
relationship.
"I think the more I spread out my
studying, the better I do. I find the less
I study, the better I do, and the less I
worry about studying, the better I do,"
graduate student Candace Drewes said.
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adults, $18.50 for students.
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for faculty, military and senior citizens ?
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the amount of time she spends studying.
"You either understand it or you
don't," she said.
Robinson also said employees tend
to overestimate the time they spend
working.
"Employers records show fewer hours
worked over the last couple of decades,"
Robinson said recently at a presentation
in Buckhout Lab. People who estimate
that they work 80 hours a week actually
record working only 60 hours a week.
People who estimate working 40
hours a week are fairly accurate and
actual diary figures show a decline in
hours worked. Productive activity has
declined about six hours a week, Robinson
said.
Robinson breaks time down into four
types: productive, which includes paid
work and commuting time; household,
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"Tb Kill a Mockingbird," Nov.
21-26; Dec. 2-3,8 p.m. Theater
USC will stage the production
at the Longstreet Theater.
Tickets are $6 for students and
$8 for faculty, military and senior
citizens and $10 for the general
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child care and shopping; personal care,
which includes sleeping, eating and
grooming; and free, which includes
watching television, reading, socializing,
culture, fitness, religion, education, rest
and travel.
These four classifications allow
Robinson to look at time in a structured
way.
Robinson collects his data by asking
open-ended questions to randomly chosen
people and having people write down
their activities in the form of a daily
diary.
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out diaries for a week, but for now, he
has information only on a daily basis.
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Talstaff," Nov. 22-24,7:30 p.m (Friday i
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Robinson said most Americans use
their free time watching television. There
has been some decrease in reading, mostly
of newspapers, but an increase in reading
books, magazines and the Internet.
Socializing has declined and is offset
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and exercise has almost doubled since
1965, and time spent with religious
activities has remained the same since
1965. Time spent at cultural and sporting
events has declined slightly.
"Just as much time is spent with
children (today) than 30 years ago,"
Robinson said.
To offset the amount of time women
spend in the work force, which is affecting
their free time, they are getting married
later, getting divorced earlier and having
fewer children, Robinson said.
The bottom line ? time is irrelevant
The people who are the busiest do more
with their time," Robinson said.
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shments.
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>rgan, Nov. 15-16,7:30 p.m. Free.
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Singers, Nov. 20,7:30 p.m. Free.
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Danielle Howie, Elizabeth Allen and
Burton Emie will appear at the Oxfam Hunger
Banquet, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Capstone
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