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Dink on facts of life9/15/2023 ![]() Those ABS studies have become the gold standard, methodologically, among time use researchers worldwide (Stinson, 1999).įrom the earliest days of those time use studies, family researchers have been exploring them to cast light on issues of work–life balance that confront Australian families. Piloted in 1987, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has been conducting time use studies (increasingly intermittently, which is a great pity) for almost a quarter century now. 2Īmong the many high-quality research tools available for exploring those issues in Australia, I want to draw attention to one in particular: the Australian Time Use Study. It has been studying that for three decades now: through its path-breaking Maternity Leave Study through the book Work and Family Life (Wolcott & Glezer, 1995), and the magisterial Australian Living Standards Study underlying it and continuing into the present day through the Institute’s research theme on “Families and Work”. 1 Taken very literally, and seen in a narrow family law context, that could have been pretty limiting.īut right from the start, the Institute saw the impact of work on family life as an important part of the “factors affecting marital and family stability”. The Act charged it with (and I quote) studying “factors affecting marital and family stability in Australia”. The Institute’s original mandate seemed to give it little scope for action. ![]() Not only were the circumstances of its birth unfortunate. ![]() Conceived as an afterthought to the Family Law Act of 1975, the Institute’s birthing took fully another 5 years, and another Act of Parliament to patch up botched initial legislation. The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) fits that bill. But they lie at the very opposite ends of the spectrum when time use is calibrated in terms of our measure of needs-based 'discretionary time' instead.Īustralians pride themselves on having dubious origins. A person in a dual-income household without children and a lone mother would appear to be equally time-poor on naïve time use measures of 'free time'. He shows the importance of making this distinction by reference to groups that are the most and the least advantaged, in terms of this measure of 'discretionary time'. In his keynote presentation to the 11th AIFS Conference, 2010, the author proposes a way of measuring how much time people strictly need to spend on various activities of daily life. In particular, people use their time in the way they do out of choice or out of necessity. However, social researchers ought to take care in interpreting that data. People can be 'time-poor', just as they can be 'money-poor' and those two groups are very often not the same. Social researchers make heavy use of that data, which helps us see important dimensions to social disadvantage that are elided by statistics reporting financial flows alone. “Had to pause for a bit … I thought I was watching a flashback of the #factsoflife, but then I realized has not aged at all!!!” one lamented.Australia is blessed with time use data that constitute the gold standard worldwide. #factsoflife #LiveInFrontOfAStudioAudience.”Īnother added, “Lisa Whelchel looks exactly the same! Holy moly! Tell us your secret girl! #LiveInFrontOfAStudioAudience.” Original “The Facts of Life” stars Mindy Cohn (left) and Kim Fields (right) also appeared on Tuesday’s special, “Live in Front of a Studio Audience.” ABC via Getty Images NBCUniversal via Getty Imagesįans took to social media to gush over Whelchel’s agelessness during the night’s episode taping. Lisa Whelchel played the wealthy preppy teen Blair Warner in the NBC series for nine seasons from 1979 until 1988. Her former co-stars Mindy Cohn and Kim Fields also stopped by the studio set for the taping. Whelchel sang the show’s iconic theme song and sported an Eastland School uniform, reminiscent of her old costume from the original series. The actress appeared on the network’s special “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life/Diff’rent Strokes” Tuesday alongside Jennifer Aniston (who played Blair in the live episode).Īniston, 52, starred in the live revival of “The Facts of Life” alongside actors Gabrielle Union, Allison Tolman, Kathryn Hahn, Ann Dowd, Jon Stewart, Will Arnett and Jason Bateman. Whelchel, 58, played wealthy preppy teen Blair Warner on the NBC series for nine seasons until 1988. ![]() Lisa Whelchel seemingly hasn’t aged a day since she starred in the 1979 sitcom “The Facts of Life.” ‘Facts of Life’ star: Clooney then was ‘kind of a kids’ drink’ Kim Fields’ ‘Living the Dream’ role shakes off child-actor past Jennifer Aniston, Gabrielle Union cast in ‘The Facts of Life’ reboot Jon Stewart cast in mystery role on ‘Facts Of Life’ live with Jennifer Aniston ![]()
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