Abstract
Recently most salaried husbands have two days off a week or every other week. Accordingly their leisure time is increasing.
The way of living or the way of using spaces in the house is influenced by how the family spends holidays ; especially, husband's way of living is an influential factor. His way of living has been becoming largely different from that of the past. This is way the authors started this investigation and the purpose of this survey is to find out how husbands live the spaces in their house.
The work has led the following results :
1. It has been made known that about 50% of salaried men have a day off a week, 20% of them have two days off every other week, and 10% of them have two days off each week. Most of them never sacrifice their holidays, but spend their leisure time at home or have intentions to stay home.
2. Although many husbands spend holidays playing with their children or watching TV programs, those who have two days off a week sometimes go out for sports or for visits. For them the most common way of spending holidays is going out one day and having rest at home on the other day.
3. Through the observation of husbands' time allocation at home on holidays, it has been found out that they spend most of the time in a living room which is located next to a dining-kitchen and is used by family members in common.
4. As for the husbands who live in 2-DK type apartment, 8% of them have their own room. This percentage rises to 40% in the case of those who live in 3-DK type apartment. However in general it is still quite hard to allot a room to the husband living in such a limited space as a house of Japan Housing Corporation.
5. Few husbands who live in 2-DK apartment have desire for a room of their own. This apparently shows that they realize it is physically impossible to have one and they have given up such a desire.
