Where and how family members spend time at home? A quantitative analysis of the observational tracking on the everyday lives of Italian families

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serval:BIB_E340279D6688
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Where and how family members spend time at home? A quantitative analysis of the observational tracking on the everyday lives of Italian families
Journal
International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches
Author(s)
Arcidiacono F., Pontecorvo C.
ISSN
1834-0805
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2010
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
4
Number
2
Pages
113-129
Language
english
Abstract
This paper examines a dataset that derives from an observational tracking, in order to analyze where and how middle-class working families spend time at home. We use an ethnographic approach to study the everyday lives of Italian dual-income middle-class families, with the aim to analyze quantitatively the use of home spaces and the types of activities of family members on weekday afternoons and evenings. The different analyses (multiple correspondence analysis, agglomerative hierarchical cluster, discriminant analysis) show how particular spaces and activities in these spaces are dominated by certain family members. We suggest a combination of qualitative and quantitative methodologies as useful tools to explore in detail the everyday lives of families, and to understand how family members use the domestic spaces. In particular, we consider relevant the use of quantitative analyses to examine ethnographic data, especially in connection with the methodological reflexivity among researchers
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