Time Deficit of Young People, Who Experience How Much?

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the time deficit experienced by the young generation. To this end, the factors affecting the time deficit of unmarried young people aged 19 to 34 were analyzed using the 2019 Time Use Survey data. Sleep, personal care, and leisure time were set as sub-dimensions of time deprivation, and the criteria for time deficit were 75% and 90% of the sample median. Tobit regression analysis was performed because the left truncated problem appeared in the distribution of the dependent variables. As a result of the analysis, the degree of time deprivation of young women was more serious, and when the time burden for other essential activities such as paid work, unpaid work, and study was high, the degree of time deprivation of young adults increased. Life-related cognitive variables such as life satisfaction and lack of time were also variables that had a significant effect. In the case of young people living with their parents, the statistical significance of household head-related variables was also confirmed. These results raise the need for youth policies that can alleviate the time deficit of young people.