Chauffeuring parenthood: The everyday travel times of families

IF 0.2 Q3 Social Sciences

Portuguese Journal of Social Science Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI:10.1386/pjss_00011_1

M. Schouten, Soledad Las Heras

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Abstract

The time parents dedicate to the routine transport of their children has increased significantly since the second half of the twentieth century. This change was triggered by various developments, including new forms of parenthood, the central place the car has come to occupy in society and the tendency to urban dispersion. The article addresses the coordination efforts made by families to provide transport for their children to and from schools, nurseries or extracurricular activities. It focuses on the meaning parents attribute to the time spent on this transport, and on gender differences in this type of time allocation. To illustrate this point, analyses have been made of qualitative and quantitative data obtained in the context of a research on the use of time and technology in families, in the Portuguese districts of Castelo Branco and Braga, during the period 2010–12. The principal revelations of this research are the diversities but also general trends in representations and practices regarding temporalities and transport shown in interviews and focus group discussions. It was found that parents interviewed considered time devoted to routine transport of their children a care task; and, linked to this, mothers bore the brunt of this fragmented and time-consuming activity.

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司机为人父母：家庭的日常旅行时间

自二十世纪下半叶以来，父母花在子女日常交通上的时间显著增加。这一变化是由各种发展引发的，包括新的父母身份、汽车在社会中占据的中心地位以及城市分散的趋势。该条阐述了家庭为子女提供往返学校、托儿所或课外活动的交通工具所作的协调努力。它侧重于父母对花在这种交通工具上的时间的意义，以及这种时间分配中的性别差异。为了说明这一点，对2010-2012年期间葡萄牙卡斯泰洛·布兰科和布拉加地区在家庭中使用时间和技术的研究中获得的定性和定量数据进行了分析。这项研究的主要启示是，在访谈和焦点小组讨论中，关于时间和运输的表征和实践存在多样性，但也存在普遍趋势。调查发现，接受采访的父母认为，花在孩子日常交通上的时间是一项照顾任务；与此相关的是，母亲在这种分散且耗时的活动中首当其冲。

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期刊介绍： The Portuguese Journal of Social Science is a peer-reviewed cross-disciplinary journal focusing on research about Portuguese society by scholars of any nationality. However, the journal takes a broad view and accepts articles that are not exclusively devoted to the Portuguese case. We particularly welcome comparative studies. While the journal concentrates on research articles it operates a flexible policy in respect of other types of submission, including book reviews.