평일 맞벌이 부부의 근로시간 및 가사노동시간, 시간부족감이 부부 중심 가족식사시간에 미치는 영향

Objective: This study aimed at examining the pathway for family mealtime as a sharing time with a couple. Concretely, it is the effects of working hours, housework time, and subjective time pressure on family mealtime for dual-income couples in weekday. Method: The analysis data of this study are Time Use Survey 2014 of Statistics Korea. The study sample consisted of 2,111 cases through matching husbands and wives. The analyses included descriptive statistics, correlation coefficient, and structural equation modeling. Results: Major findings were as follows: First, when it comes to family mealtime during weekday, husbands’ working hours and subjective time pressure were negative association. In addition, husbands' working hours were related to family mealtime via subjective time pressure as mediator. Second, in contrast to husbands, wives' working hours and subjective time pressure were not significantly related with time for family meal. Third, housework time excluding the domain of food for husbands was positively related to family mealtime. Meanwhile, in case of wives, housework time excluding the domain of food was negatively concerned with family mealtime. Fourth, housework time of the domain of food for wives was positively associated with family mealtime. Conclusions: Major results implied that there is the difference between husbands and wives in the pathway from working hours and housework time to family mealtime mediated by subjective time pressure in dual-income families during weekday.