%0 Journal Article
%T The gender time gap: Time use among self
%A Emma Hagqvist
%A Stig Vinberg
%A Susanna Toivanen
%J Time & Society
%@ 1461-7463
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0961463X16683969
%X In this article, the authors set out to study the time use of men and women in Sweden, comparing self-employed and employed individuals. Previous studies indicate that there are reasons to believe that both gendered time use and mechanisms related to time use might differ between the self-employed and employees. Employing time use data, the aim was to study whether there are differences in gendered time use between self-employed individuals and employees in Sweden, and furthermore, which mechanism relates to gendered time use among self-employed individuals and employees. The results show that self-employed men and women distribute their time in a more gender-traditional manner than employees. In addition, relative resources are found to be an important factor related to gendered time use among the self-employed. For employees, gender relations tend to be a mechanism related to gendered time use. The conclusion is that working conditions are important for gendered time use and should be considered in future studies
%K Employees
%K gender
%K relative resources
%K self-employed
%K time use
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0961463X16683969