This article attemps to examine the everyday life of women reflected in the use of time from the educational point of view.
Reviewing the research on the use of time, we find a great difference of time allocation between men and women. This difference is derived from the role of sex. Among women; those who are employed feel higher “time pressure” than housewives because of their dual role of work and housework.
Taking these characteristics into consideration, three analyses were conducted.
First, I examine the effect of life cycle from ten years old to seventy and over on the women's use of time.
Sex difference on the use of time was found even in the teen-age. Girls devote more time to housework than boys and less time to leisure. Among adult women, those who are older have more free time than younger women.
But the time devoted to educational activities such as study or reading is less among older women.
Second, I analyze the effect of education on the women's use of time.
As Japanese data show, it is ambiguous to assert that better-educated women tend to spend more time to child-care. Better-educated women have more time devoted to studies, hobbies and association. Least-educated women spend more time to rest and relaxation. The age difference of time devoted to educational activities may be derived from the better-educated among younger women. Cntrolled by education, age difference about study does not appear.
Lastly, I conducted cohort analysis on the five NHK time-budget surveys from 1960 to 1980.
Although new cohort that includes better-educated people who have new life style could not be found, additional facts that could not be given by the simple time series analysis were discovered.
