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From the article: "The results indicate that a 1 minute decline in market hours is associated with a 0.04 minute decline in shopping time." The correlation be

From the article: "The results indicate that a 1 minute decline in market hours is associated with a 0.04 minute decline in shopping time." The correlation between income and shopping time is simply not caused by leisure time. This should hardly be surprising - leisure and income are inversely correlated (i.e., the poor have lots of leisure, the rich very little).

shkkmo 11y ago
> leisure and income are inversely correlated (i.e., the poor have lots of leisure, the rich very little). Do you have any data for that? I rather doubt that it is very solid if it exists at all. There are a large number of poor people working more than two jobs and more hours than the rest of the "middle-class". Additionally, many of the jobs from the upper end of the middle-class tend to often require longer working hours.
- yummyfajitas 11y ago
  Most poor people don't work at all, and about half of those who do are only part time. http://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/cps/a-profile-of-the-working-poor-2013.pdf http://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/cps/a-profile-of-the-working... Doesn't cover multiple jobs, but it shows most poor folks don't work at all, and a little under half of those who do are part time. Do you have any data suggesting a significant number of poor people work multiple jobs, or work more than 50 hours/week?
  - shkkmo 11y ago
    > Most poor people don't work at all, and about half of those who do are only part time. If by "most" you mean ~10% (or were you including children and old people?) >I can't find any solid statistics, but there is certainly evidence for a 'significant number': http://poverty.ucdavis.edu/policy-brief/low-wage-work-uncertainty-often-traps-low-wage-workers http://poverty.ucdavis.edu/policy-brief/low-wage-work-uncert... I wasn't specifically thinking about people below the poverty line, but was rather intending to include the "working-class" as well.

shkkmo 11y ago

> leisure and income are inversely correlated (i.e., the poor have lots of leisure, the rich very little). Do you have any data for that? I rather doubt that it is very solid if it exists at all. There are a large number of poor people working more than two jobs and more hours than the rest of the "middle-class". Additionally, many of the jobs from the upper end of the middle-class tend to often require longer working hours.

yummyfajitas 11y ago
Most poor people don't work at all, and about half of those who do are only part time. http://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/cps/a-profile-of-the-working-poor-2013.pdf http://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/cps/a-profile-of-the-working... Doesn't cover multiple jobs, but it shows most poor folks don't work at all, and a little under half of those who do are part time. Do you have any data suggesting a significant number of poor people work multiple jobs, or work more than 50 hours/week?
- shkkmo 11y ago
  > Most poor people don't work at all, and about half of those who do are only part time. If by "most" you mean ~10% (or were you including children and old people?) >I can't find any solid statistics, but there is certainly evidence for a 'significant number': http://poverty.ucdavis.edu/policy-brief/low-wage-work-uncertainty-often-traps-low-wage-workers http://poverty.ucdavis.edu/policy-brief/low-wage-work-uncert... I wasn't specifically thinking about people below the poverty line, but was rather intending to include the "working-class" as well.