ERIC Number: ED142890
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Publication Date: 1976-Oct
Pages: 13
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Finding Time for Companionship: Couples with Young Children.
Schiavo, R. Steven
This report discusses data obtained from 123 female respondents living with spouses, averaging 2.6 children under six years of age, in identical apartments in married student housing. The survey, containing some items investigating opportunities for companionship with spouses, focused on time to be together without children and the strategies used to obtain these opportunities. On the average, respondents reported less than two hours a day they could count on to be with their spouses without children. A majority of the respondents indicated that the couples' most frequently used strategy to gain time together was to wait until the children were asleep or out of the apartment. Dissatisfaction with opportunities for companionship was associated with lower time estimates and with having to wait for such opportunities to occur. Other family characteristics did not consistently relate to indices of companionship. (Author)
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