ABSTRACT
A constructive attribute of the time-use approach is that it integrates qualitative and quantitative phenomena. The first three chapters have highlighted this attribute and provided a few simple examples of ways in which qualitative and quantitative data enter the time-use data set and subsequently appear in analyses. In this chapter, a deeper focus on qualitative-quantitative integration arises from examining empirical assessments of gender differences in the experience of everyday life, particularly how qualitative phenomena are treated in the data-gathering and analytic processes. To the extent that subjective data are integrated into the basic time-use matrix, with its quantitative activity duration dimension, time-use data have greater potential to expand explanation in the social sciences.
