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The purpose of this study is to investigate the time
allocation of Taiwan*s female employees. Methods of descriptive
analysis, one-way ANOVA, t-test and the ordinary least square
are applied to the dataof " Time Utilization Survey of 1994 in
Taiwan Area, " which was conducted by the Directorate-General of
Budget Accounting and Statistics of the Executive Yuan. The
important findings are described as follows:1. The time
allocation of female employees has significant difference for
different age, marital status and education. This implies that
the factors of life cycle, family matters and education
background on, market work hours per week, marital status,
occupation and job location. 2.Important factors affecting
commuting time include education, market work hours per week,
marital status, occupation, job location and employment status
of worker. Important factors determining market work hours
include education, marital status and occupation. Important
factors behind household time include education, market work
hours per week, marital status, occupation, job location and
employment status of worker. Influential factors for leisure
time include education, market work hours per week, marital
status and occupation.3. According to the analysis of OLS, the
female with higher education will work longer in the market.
Perhaps the female who possess larger human capital are more
competitive in the labor market. Additionally, the difference
of market work hours between single and married female is
small. However, the household time of single female is less than
that of married female while the leisure time of single female
is more than that of married female. These phenomena imply that
married female employees will sacrifice their leisure time in
order to handle their household while participating in the
labor market. Finally, some suggestions regarding the
public policy of female employment and the process of Time
Utilization Survey are proposed.
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